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

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 926. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to a person (details supplied) in County Meath; the date on which they will receive a psychology appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23214/14]

Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach is still not listening.

Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We are looking forward to it.

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Second Stage (28 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The debate on this Bill is timely because the cutting of discretionary medical cards was undoubtedly one of the key issues in the local and European Parliament elections and in the two by-elections just concluded. This issue was presented at door after door to canvassers across the political spectrum. The effective removal of discretion as a category of medical card has had a devastating...

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Second Stage (28 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the Minister. I am sorry he cannot remain for the remainder of the debate.

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Second Stage (28 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister of State has also indicated that competition law precludes him from negotiating in respect of fees.

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Second Stage (28 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am conscious of what has been happening. Perhaps the Minister, Deputy Reilly, distracted the Minister of State; he may have missed it when I noted that he has indicated that the Government is prepared to negotiate on all aspects of the new contract, with the exception of that which relates to fees.

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Second Stage (28 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is the Minister of State indicating that this includes fees?

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Second Stage (28 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Again, I am commending to the Minister of State - nothing that I have said changes this - that he should address several issues. At the top of the list is the need to address the section 31 clause, for want of a better description. I can only speak in terms that I have long known and, sadly, been affected by myself.

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Second Stage (28 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister of State will certainly understand it from his previous role in life before coming to the House. Again, I put it to the Minister of State that the reference in the contract to "shall not do anything to prejudice the name or reputation of the HSE" is an outrageous insertion. The Minister of State can clarify the matter in his response at the end of Second Stage, but he has...

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Second Stage (28 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is an agreement to engage, not an agreement of finality and closure on the issues. Anyway, I wish the exercise success; let us make no mistake about it. There is no other way but to sit down and hammer out the issues, and I welcome the development today as the essential first step. We also need to take into account the legitimate concerns of GPs regarding the under-resourcing of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Fisheries Protection (29 May 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce legislation, or arrange for the introduction of a by-law, that would protect the wild trout population in the Annalee, Bunnoe and Laragh rivers in County Cavan; if he will engage directly with the representatives of the Cavan, Laragh and Bunnoe anglers clubs to this end; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (5 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 123. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out in detail the outworking of the Government decision of 29 May regarding medical card reviews; if the suspension of reviews includes the restoration of medical cards awarded on a discretionary basis and already withdrawn under after review; if it includes other categories of medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Appointments (5 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 124. To ask the Minister for Health if, when he appointed Mr. Noel Daly as Chair of the West/North West Hospital Group, he was aware that he was a 50% shareholder and founder of N and M Health Partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24078/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Annual Overview Report on the Regulation of Designated Centres for Older People 2013: HIQA (5 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I join the Chairman in welcoming Mr. Quinn and Mr. Whelan, representing the Health Information and Quality Authority. I thank HIQA for its report and the vital role the organisation plays. This acknowledgement is deserved once again. When we recall that HIQA was established as a consequence of the failure of self-regulation and the so-called regulation that applied under the Health Service...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Annual Overview Report on the Regulation of Designated Centres for Older People 2013: HIQA (5 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To clarify, he is not an apprentice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Annual Overview Report on the Regulation of Designated Centres for Older People 2013: HIQA (5 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank Mr. Quinn for his comprehensive reply to the questions. However, he missed just one, which is very easy to do. Mr. Quinn referred to "timely engagement with residents to plan future health events and end-of-life care preferences". Could Mr. Quinn elaborate on how that unfolds?

Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (10 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am sharing time with Deputy McDonald. I welcome the Government's announcement earlier today and we await the full details on the terms of reference of the statutory commission of investigation announced by the Minister and discussed in the House this afternoon by the Taoiseach. It is a dreadful fact that women and children placed by the State under the so-called care of religious orders...

Health Identifiers Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (10 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I move amendment No. 1:In page 13, to delete lines 11 to 13.This amendment seeks to delete lines 11 to 13 on page 13, which read:The assigning of an individual health identifier to an individual shall not be regarded in any way as indicating, in and of itself, an entitlement to, or eligibility for, the provision of a health service to the individual.We discussed my position on this on...

Health Identifiers Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (10 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I acknowledge I am not surprised. Nevertheless, it is important that the points I have made are taken on board. I am anxious that we get to a position in which people's entitlement to and eligibility for health services is affirmed. This is something that is not currently confirmed in the Constitution nor in any legislation of which I am aware, which is a major failure on the part of...