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

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek to establish whether a report has yet issued on an investigation undertaken into the tragic loss of a newborn life, following a C-section at Cavan General Hospital in November 2012.

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

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Would it be allowed into the record?

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

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I believe that would be appropriate.

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

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I join the Minister in extending sincere sympathy to the grieving family once again. However, it was not at the request of the family that I tabled this question, but because another tragic outcome has presented at Cavan General Hospital in the past fortnight. All families in the dependent catchment, including all of counties Cavan and Monaghan, particularly all expectant mothers and women...

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

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the report be published, even in redacted form, if necessary?

Other Questions: Medical Card Eligibility (14 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is not what we have.

Other Questions: Medical Card Eligibility (14 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Perhaps the Minister of State could get a little excited sometimes, because the passion is what is missing.

Other Questions: Medical Card Eligibility (14 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will paraphrase what the Minister of State said a few moments ago, which is that one must ensure the services people need are what they get. Yet he has placed people not on a pathway to those needs and services but in a maze in which they are unable to find how to get to the end point. This is absolutely unacceptable. Moreover, in the Minister of State's earlier response to me - when I...

Other Questions: Medical Card Eligibility (14 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Make no mistake about it-----

Other Questions: Medical Card Eligibility (14 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----I am asking the Government to recognise the hurt and pain that exists, of which its backbenchers must be at least equally aware as are Members on this side.

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Hear, hear.

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a gabháil le gach Teachta a ghlac páirt sa díospóireacht. I thank all Deputies who took part in this debate last evening and this evening. If anything, the contributions have strengthened our resolve, not just Sinn Féin Deputies but all of us who have demonstrated a real understanding of the issue at the core of this debate, to challenge...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (14 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 13. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on progress on the proposed introduction of free general practitioner visits for all children aged five and younger, including engagement with the Irish Medical Organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21288/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (14 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 40. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the recent study in The Lancet journa,l which analysed data across nine countries and 420,000 patients and concluded that patients are more likely to die if nursing staffing levels are low, the action he proposes to take to increase nursing numbers in public hospitals to safe and sustainable levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (14 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 47. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that discretionary medical cards are provided for persons whose income or assets exceed the threshold but for whom purchase of care, services and equipment relating to the illness would create undue financial hardship; that the Health Service Executive has stated that a panel of clinicians examine each case and apply an adjustment for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (14 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 49. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that, in the context of the ongoing reviews of provision of medical cards, all survivors of symphysiotomy will continue to retain their entitlement to medical cards, which are not subject to means testing and which are designated SOS, and which they have been given as part of the package of health supports for such survivors; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (14 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 56. To ask the Minister for Health the purpose of the current Health Service Executive review of emergency ambulance services; if it will include a capacity review for the entire State with the aim of enhancing the service, including increased staffing and infrastructure where required in regions with poor ambulance cover, and the retention of the highly valued ambulance role of the Dublin...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (27 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 739. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the finding of Britain's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (details supplied) that women with uncomplicated births should have greater access to midwife-led care outside hospitals; the steps he will take to increase such access in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22315/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (27 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 748. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 644 of 25 February 2014, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive. [22349/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (27 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 786. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 631 of 15 April 2014, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [22579/14]