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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion (10 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I also asked about the Victor McElfatrick report. I am concerned that it has not been published. I also asked about the recruitment of additional staff at Oberstown. Will the Minister, please, comment on both issues?

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Hear, hear.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It depends on the part of the country in which one lives.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Oversight (15 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 11. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 8 October 2013, the standards of accountability and transparency that have been set for bilateral assistance which are referred to; the mechanisms in place to measure the IMF and World Bank against these standards; if a copy of the scores for same will be made available; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Charges (15 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with recommendations of the Union of Students in Ireland, he will look into commissioning research on the financial impacts on students and families of the incremental increases of the student contribution charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43551/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Payments (15 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan received a grant towards university fees of just €2,000, considering the person's course fees are €7,500; if he will ensure that the balance of fees is paid as this person cannot afford to pay the balance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43677/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Work Initiatives (15 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will seek to secure on behalf of child-care sector Tús programme participants the opportunity to remain on Tús until they achieve level 5 certification or to proceed to community employment, regardless of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38769/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (15 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 167. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal hearing will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan in respect of their appeal to her Department’s decision to refuse payment of their disability allowance claim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43488/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Services Provision (15 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 378. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to resolve the situation which sees a number of prospective Irish adopters prevented from adopting children in Russia due to recent protocol changes in that country; the measures which will be taken before the end of October 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43501/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (15 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 413. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of obesity related deaths here in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the funding provided for the weight management clinic at Loughlinstown Hospital for the same period; his plans to address the obesity epidemic in this State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43230/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Waiting Lists (15 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 437. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are waiting lists for dental treatment in Navan, County Meath, where young persons on the list since 2009 are only now being seen; if he will indicate what happens to young persons who cease to qualify for treatment on age grounds despite never having been seen; the number of young persons on the waiting list in the area and the types of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (15 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 466. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to apply for funding under the Trans European Network–Transport (Ten-T) 2014-2020 for the development of a rail network linking Derry to Limerick, Shannon and Cork, or any part thereof, along a western arc corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43651/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (15 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 467. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of correspondence between his Department and the EU Committee on Petitions to date in 2013 regarding the European Regional Development Fund, the Western Rail Corridor and the Atlantic Corridor; his proposals to address the issues raised by the committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43652/13]

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There is an old saying - a true one - that goes: "Oh, what a tangled web we weave/When first we practise to deceive!" This Fine Gael-Labour coalition has spun its way through budget 2014 but all its spinning cannot deceive the Irish people, who know the reality of austerity. Make no mistake: this was an austerity budget. Behind the waffle and the spin that we got from the Minister for...

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There is no difference between them whatsoever. This Government’s idea of universal health care is to give out GP-only cards with one hand and take back full medical cards with the other. Under the mysterious heading of "Medical Card Probity”, the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, and Minister of State Deputy Alex White have targeted a massive so-called saving of...

Cochlear Implants: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Gabhaim buíochas le gach Teachta a ghlac páirt sa díospóireacht tábhachtach seo. Gabhaim buíochas ach go háirithe leis na tuismitheoirí atá linn inniú agus molaim iad as an feachtas atá ar siúl acu agus tá súil agam go neireoidh leis go luath. I thank all the Deputies who have taken part in this debate. I believe this is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Issues: Discussion (17 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the Minister and Mr. O'Brien from the HSE. I also welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, who is back at work following her recent bout of illness. The HSE service plan for 2014 is in the process of preparation. Was any study carried out by the Department of Health or the HSE of the likely impact of a significant reduction in the budget provision for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Issues: Discussion (17 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: They are not months in hospital waiting to go home.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Issues: Discussion (17 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Home is not an option. It is a nursing home-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Issues: Discussion (17 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Hundreds of beds in the public sector are being used at this moment.