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Other Questions: Preschool Services (13 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There can be no question that the provision of the free preschool year was a positive move. It was, as was understood at the time of its introduction, a step on the road. It is well-documented that many parents want to keep their child in preschool for a second year but the reality is that they cannot afford to do so. There are consequences, accordingly, not just for the child but for the...

Other Questions: Preschool Services (13 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I readily accept that funding is not available as simply as that and I am willing to acknowledge it. If the prospects of extending the free preschool year to a second year are impeded by budgetary constraints, as the Minister states, and I would argue that such is penny wise and pound foolish because there is never bad time to invest in preschool care for children as the return will...

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion [Private Members] (13 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I move:That Dáil Éireann:noting the:— continuing dramatic fall in the number of persons granted or retaining discretionary medical cards; — persistent refusal of the Minister for Health and the Government to recognise the reality of this reduction and the hardship it is causing, despite numerous representations from the public, representative groups and Oireachtas...

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion [Private Members] (13 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Sinn Féin makes no apology for returning to the issue of medical cards, as well as once again urging the Minister for Health and the Government to listen to and act upon the voices of thousands of people who are being adversely affected by medical card cuts. We in Sinn Féin, and others in the Opposition, have repeatedly brought this to the attention of the Minister for Health and...

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion [Private Members] (13 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: If the Minister of State revisits what Deputy O'Brien said he will find that he based it absolutely on the financial situation.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (13 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 111. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the efforts he has made and will make to help ensure the financial viability of Darndale Belcamp Integrated Childcare Service Limited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21037/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Strategy Publication (13 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 121. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the development of the early years strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21040/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Data (13 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 129. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and proportion of children in care without an assigned social worker; the number and proportion of children in care without a care plan; the January 2011 and January 2014 figures for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21039/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Places (13 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to the decision to cut the SOLAS training allowance of €31.80 per week that assists persons with disabilities to cover the additional costs of accessing training course if he will examine the effect of this cut on participation rates on training courses, including any drop off in attendance from trainees due to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (13 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 484. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce an incremental purchase scheme for council tenants wishing to purchase their homes; the plans in place for council tenants to be able to buy their homes from the council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21422/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (13 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 636. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive a dental appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21394/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (13 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 638. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive a dental appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21405/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (13 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 672. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process that exists to get bus shelters erected; the number bus shelters in County Cavan; if he will consider the erection of more bus shelters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21102/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Medical Card Reviews (14 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 2. To ask the Minister for Health if he will elaborate on the third tier medical card and other measures of which he has spoken of in view of the loss of discretionary medical cards by many thousands of citizens in need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21352/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Medical Card Reviews (14 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I ask the Minister to explain his recent reference to a "third tier". Of what is it a third tier? I also ask him to refer to other measures he has spoken of in the context of the loss of discretionary medical cards.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Medical Card Reviews (14 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister up until very recently has refused to recognise the problem. I believe he was prompted into doing so by a recent meeting of his parliamentary party. He floated what I can only describe as a vague notion of some kind of "third tier" of services. The Minister of State made no reference to that in his reply, yet that is the core of the question I have posed. I asked that he...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Medical Card Reviews (14 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Of course, the only real tears, as opposed to tiers, are those of the families who have been left in distress. The notion that there is no such thing as a discretionary medical card is belied by the Minister of State's own figures, given in parliamentary replies, which show that in March 2011, 97,120 people were in possession of full medical cards or GP visit cards on a discretionary basis....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Medical Card Reviews (14 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This is not about elections.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Medical Card Reviews (14 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This is about facts. I am citing the Minister of State's own figures.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Maternity Services (14 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 5. To ask the Minister for Health if a report has been prepared on an infant born at Cavan General Hospital in November 2012 who was subsequently transferred to a neo-natal unit at a Dublin hospital and died there; if the report has been presented to him; and when same will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21353/14]