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Other Questions: Budget 2014 (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: As the Oberstown project is a capital project, it would not show up in the 2014 expenditure report. When does the Minister expect to see that project completed? I note that no provision has been made for extra staff in 2014. Can the Minister elaborate on the expected recruitment of additional staff to operate the new facilities at Oberstown? Some €6.7 million has been allocated for...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Remit (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 28. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the planned governance and administration of family resource centres and the role of the Child and Family Agency in same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47828/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 35. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update on the implementation of all strands of the preschool quality agenda; the timeline for completion; the additional resources needed for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47825/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 37. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update on the transition from St. Patrick's Institution to the Oberstown campus, including management and governance structures, staffing, training and rostering arrangements at Oberstown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47826/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 39. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures taken to assist those prospective adopters who have been in the process of finalising arrangements to adopt a child from Russia and who had pre-2010 declarations but found themselves in the distressful situation of not being able to conclude the process due to a decision of the Russian authorities that came into effect on 3...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Rate (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 113. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in County Meath in mortgage arrears; the extent, in months, to which this is the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48359/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the special needs assistant supports provided to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; his views on whether the supports provided to date are adequate; the date on which additional supports will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47822/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 204. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the Social Welfare Appeals Office will issue a decision relating to the appeal submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48015/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 228. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Westmeath in receipt of rent supplement; and the number in each rate category and their place of residence. [48355/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Appointments to State Boards (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 243. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the role he has in the appointment of members to the board of EirGrid, including the appointment of the chairperson and directors of the board; the appointments he has made to the board of EirGrid since he assumed office; the criteria employed to select members of the board; if his attention has been drawn to any...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Statistics (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 258. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of new houses commenced in County Meath in the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the number of these that are social houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48360/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 287. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total social housing stock in County Meath. [48279/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 289. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons on the social housing list in County Meath broken by area; his plans to address the lengthening waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48354/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 290. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the approach that will be taken in deciding those houses to benefit from the €10 million funding announced for pyrite resolution; his plans for future funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48358/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Housing Management Companies (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 334. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legislation which underpins the regulation and governance of housing estate management companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48357/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reports (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 478. To ask the Minister for Health to provide information on the investigations into the care provided for a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon which are in train and scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48220/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Services (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 2. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the letter from the CEOs of the Mater, St. James's, Tallaght and Crumlin children's hospitals, Dublin, stating that the health cuts are unsustainable and a threat to the safety and quality of patient services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48146/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Services (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does the Minister agree it is a seriously worrying development when the chief executive officers of four of the largest hospitals in the country write to the HSE to warn that the quality and safety of patient services in their hospitals is seriously threatened by the cuts imposed by his Government? These four large hospitals - the Mater hospital, St. James's Hospital, Tallaght hospital and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Services (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister stated that his overriding priority is patient safety and yet from my reading of the correspondence from the four CEOs, that is also their overriding priority but there seems to be such a gulf between the Minister's and their position. The Minister falls back on the unpublished national service plan 2014 and yet the CEOs are clearly indicating that the situation, which they seek...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Services (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The four CEOs make it very clear that the situation is as a result of the composite impact of a succession of five budgets, and there is no getting away from that fact. Their language shows they are at breaking point and if there are further cuts in the national service plan for 2014, the consequences will be dire. Patient safety will suffer. That is why they have taken the very bold,...