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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Health (5 Dec 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is it the case that where we have signalled items on an ongoing basis, we do not have to repeat them - that our requests have been noted by the secretariat?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Health (5 Dec 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I refer to issues such as the one I highlighted this morning about the excessive cost of child care following on from the report yesterday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Health (5 Dec 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I hope I will not have to put that in writing again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Health (5 Dec 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I hope not.

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: May we take the opportunity to say a few brief words?

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is important nevertheless. Two of my amendments have been disallowed. I want to-----

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It would be preferred that the Bill would close at this point.

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am not opposing its final passage. I just wanted to make a couple of remarks. It is important to understand that we accept that risk equalisation is essential if we are to have community rating where we will see a situation where the same premium for particular health insurance plans, regardless of age, gender or health, are accessible. It is only in the context of the health insurance...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Thefts (10 Dec 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cases where livestock cattle have been reported as stolen since January 2012; and if he will provide a breakdown per county on reported instances of this nature. [52693/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Thefts (10 Dec 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions his Department has implemented to reduce the number of instances of livestock cattle thefts across the State. [52695/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Thefts (10 Dec 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 419. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider introducing a compensation scheme for farmers who have had livestock stolen from their lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52696/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (10 Dec 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 469. To ask the Minister for Health if he will maintain funding to the Dyspraxia Association of Ireland at 2012 levels to ensure the organisation can continue in its important work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52486/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (10 Dec 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 485. To ask the Minister for Health when payment will be made by the Health Service Executive to North Meath Community Development Association in relation to rent of properties at Climber Hall, Kells, County Meath in line with binding arbitration adjudication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52631/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (10 Dec 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome our guests. The briefing note we have received refers to proposals designed to ensure all medical devices are safe for patients and restore public confidence in the European medical devices regulatory system. It is fair to state said confidence has been significantly dented and that it is important that it be restored. The debacles involving DePuy hip implants and PIP breast...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (10 Dec 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: My mistake. I accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (10 Dec 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have a brief supplementary question, although it is not directly related to the point to which Mr. Barron has just responded. We are advised in one of the briefing notes that there are four categories of medical device. They indicate that class 1 encompasses everything from sticking plasters to the items on which Mr. Barron and I depend. It goes all the way up to class 3, which concerns...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (10 Dec 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I knew there was a catch. I would never think of that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (10 Dec 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is catch-you-out time for us.

Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On Monday, the Minister for health wrote to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children to advise that he would not now be attending tomorrow's scheduled meeting of the committee to discuss the HSE national service plan for 2014, because, as he said, it is still not ready. There is now the real possibility, uniquely, perhaps, that we will not have an opportunity to discuss the HSE...

Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: One would almost draw from the Taoiseach's remarks that it was the committee's fault the Minister has not yet come forward with the service plan for 2014.