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Other Questions: HSE National Service Plan (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 6. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive service plan for 2014 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48067/13]

Other Questions: HSE National Service Plan (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: When will the HSE service plan for 2014 be published? Will it include a breakdown of the so-called saving of €113 million on medical cards under the heading "probity"? Can the Minister tell us exactly what this means, how this very considerable sum will be achieved, how he intends to realise this so-called saving and how it was calculated for budget 2014 purposes? What is the...

Other Questions: HSE National Service Plan (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister spoke about of the delay in the presentation of the national service plan. I ask him to address the other issues I made reference to because they are integral to the entire business of the national service plan. Will the Minister clarify the conflicting situation between the €666 million and the figure of €1 billion cited more frequently at this point in time?...

Other Questions: HSE National Service Plan (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Not certainly, however, in respect of the €113 million, surely we do not need to wait on the national service plan to get an indication of how that figure was computed. What is the basis of it and what is the Minister's target area in respect of current medical cardholders to realise such a so-called saving over the course of 2014? It is a time of great worry for many medical...

Other Questions: Medicinal Products Expenditure (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: If possible, I will make an addendum. I acknowledge that savings and progress have been made, but there are significant differentials. In particular, I am aware of the situation of the generic equivalent of Lipitor, a commonly prescribed cholesterol lowering drug that is four and a half times more expensive to me living on this side of the Border as it is to my neighbour a short distance...

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This is the second Bill with the same title that the Government has brought before Members in 2013, both of which were designed to remove medical card coverage from more older people over 70 years of age. It has been an annus horribilis for senior citizens. The position has moved from having in place universal medical card coverage for over-70s under the previous Government to that...

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Now they further restrict medical card access as a so-called savings measure that will adversely affect the health of our older citizens. It is another smooth transition, make no mistake about it, from Fianna Fáil to Fine Gael. There is no other way to describe what is being presented here and I cannot leave the Labour Party out of that story. Despite the sham fight we witnessed...

Order of Business (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What are the Taoiseach's intentions towards the Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2013, which successfully passed Second Stage in the Dáil in April 2013? The Bill seeks to suspend the Statute of Limitations for a specified cohort of victims of symphysiotomy. I urge the Taoiseach to facilitate the presentation of the Bill before the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Report (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 21. To ask the Minister for Health the progress he has made since 26 September in ensuring justice and truth for the survivors of symphysiotomy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48068/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 28. To ask the Minister for Health the reason, despite the recent introduction of generic substitution and reference pricing, the Health Service Executive is still paying up to four times as much as the NHS for some of the most commonly prescribed medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48066/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 34. To ask the Minister for Health the way the Budget 2014 figure of €113 million, under the heading of probity savings for medical cards, was reached; the way he expects this cut to be made; if he has estimated the number of full, general practitioner only and discretionary medical cards that will come under this heading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48064/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 37. To ask the Minister for Health if he will carry out an immediate review of the adequacy of ambulance cover in the north east region and across the State in view of the recent incident when a stroke victim in Navan, County Meath, had to wait 40 minutes for an ambulance and a similar recent incident in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48065/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 161. To ask the Minister for Health in regard to the 477 multidisciplinary staff for community mental health services promised for 2013, the number that are currently in post; if all of the 477 staff for 2013 will be hired in 2013; if he will provide a breakdown of the 477 staff for 2013 by discipline and by region; if he will provide a breakdown of the 477 staff in terms of the allocation to...

Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: As the Tánaiste is aware, today, 14 November, marks, as it has every year since 1991, World Diabetes Day, a day to raise public awareness of diabetes and of the escalating health threat that this condition now poses. I want to commend the work of the International Diabetes Federation, its Irish association, Diabetes Ireland, and all of those in our health service who care for patients...

Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply. I wish to advise him and the House that the theme of this year's World Diabetes Day is education and prevention. That is why I have chosen to make this matter my choice for Leaders' Questions. It is hugely important the we give a lead from this House in this regard. In 2008, the national retinopathy screening committee developed a framework for a...

Order of Business (14 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: When will the health information Bill be published? This Bill is intended to provide a framework for better governance of health information and initiatives, and the unacceptable delay in publishing the Bill has been criticised not only by me and others in here, but also by the troika. Information management improvements have the potential to deliver significant savings on our overall...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Maintenance (14 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 123. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the policies and protocols which govern the management of local authority houses; the factors which influence a decision to keep individual properties boarded up for an extended period of time; his views on the current situation in an estate (details provided) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (19 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 341. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Meath in receipt of rent supplement; and the number in each rate category and their place of residence. [49187/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (19 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 669. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the building which has, since 1979, been home to the Kilmuckridge Family Resource Centre in County Wexford is currently for sale on the open market; if he will immediately intervene to reverse the decision by the Health Service Executive to sell the building; if he will provide assurances that the future of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (19 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 686. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, the number of persons over 70 years who will lose their full medical cards as a result of the measures announced in Budget 2014; the number that will have their medical card replaced with a GP only card; and a breakdown of same by county. [49365/13]