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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 179. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the ESRI report, Delivery of Pharmaceuticals in Ireland - Getting a Bigger Bang for the Buck, published in January 2012, stated that prices of new pharmaceuticals, subject to patent protection, could be reduced further by setting the ex-factory price with reference to the lowest-priced comparator member state and that an examination...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 181. To ask the Minister for Health if he will quantify the full-year savings from sourcing the 20 most expensive and 20 most common on-patent pharmaceuticals from another member state parallel import, that State being where the cost of the drug is the lowest in Europe. [30465/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 182. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the total amount of moneys collected in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 from private patients using public hospital services as a percentage of total income and as a percentage of actual cost of services used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30466/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 184. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the diagnostic-related groupings system is employed in the health service here; if there is scope to extend this system; the expected efficiencies and savings which could be expected from same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30468/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 185. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the introduction of a prospective case-based payment system for hospital services using the existing diagnostic-related grouping system would result in savings arising from increased efficiency and productivity of 5%; if he will provide details of the pilot projects carried out to date; if he will provide detail of efficiencies and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 186. To ask the Minister for Health the total State spend on suicide prevention and awareness projects, including funding for the National Office of Suicide Prevention, for the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; if he will provide a breakdown of same by year and by scheme and-or project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30470/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Services Funding (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 187. To ask the Minister for Health the total State spend on Health Service Executive disability services for the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; if he will provide a breakdown of same by year and by scheme and-or project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30471/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the Minister, the Minister of State, the deputy director of the HSE and her colleague. I will refer to specific questions I posed in advance. There are so many issues one would like to raise in the course of the meeting, but it may not be possible to do so. I will begin with the 24th question concerning the conflict of interest in the appointment of the chairman of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In respect of Question No. 23 on the medical card issue, it states in the reply I have received that the Department of Health will develop a policy paper by the end of September 2014 on further phases of providing for a universal GP service. The Minister of State, Deputy White, would know that I would welcome that because I have been pressing for such a programme and a time-frame for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Ms McGuinness says she is not aware of a pre-meeting so I direct her to the internal audit report that refers directly to this. A pre-meeting was held on the day prior to the board meeting and some members attended. I believe the reference to "some members" is irregular - either the board should have attended or not. This requires further explanation and if Ms McGuinness is not familiar...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That was fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will let Mr. Hennessy finish and will make a brief comment at the end.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Mr. Hennessy made reference to the last visit we made to Finglas. He will recall that I made the opening contribution. I knew I spoke on behalf of all of us when I made the point that we need a dedicated office team of whatever size. We, as Oireachtas Members, act as a buffer zone for people because community welfare officers no longer deal with the people. The HSE headed off into its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In regard to the point I raised on question No. 24, I understand that Ms McGuinness is going to revert to me in regard to the pre-meeting of some members. I refer her to the internal audit report and ask her to address the other point I raised at the outset, namely, it is all very well for the CEO to say the chairman did not play a role in making the decision but there is no basis or...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the motion and commend Deputy Finian McGrath and his colleagues who tabled it. I also welcome the Minister of State back on her feet. Throughout my time in the Dáil I have argued for a rights based approach to services for people with disabilities. Regrettably, successive Governments have failed to take such an approach. The result has been that people with disabilities...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 664. To ask the Minister for Health if there was an arrangement in place between Waterford Regional Hospital and Cappagh Hospital that meant orthopaedic patients on waiting lists in Waterford were transferred to Cappagh for treatment and that they were transferred off the Waterford waiting list; if this arrangement is still in place; if not, if all patients have been notified that the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (16 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of host organisations on the JobBridge programme who have taken on between one and nine interns; the number who have taken on between ten and 20 interns; the number who have taken on between 21 and 50 interns; the number who have taken on between 51 and 100 interns; and those who have taken on 101 or more since the commencement of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (16 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of monitoring visits conducted on the JobBridge programme in each of the following years, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31975/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (16 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of host organisations who have participated in the JobBridge programme since July 2011 in each of the following categories, private sector; public sector; community and voluntary sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31976/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (16 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of monitoring visits conducted on the JobBridge programme since July 2011 in host organisations in each of the following, private sector; public sector; community and voluntary sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31977/14]