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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (11 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance the total annual cost of tax relief at source for private health insurance for the past three years. [10698/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (11 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 95. To ask the Minister for Health if he has knowledge of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission investigating market structures and prices of pharmaceutical sales. [10626/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (11 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 96. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of negotiations of pharmaceutical supply contracts on behalf of the State and the Health Service Executive. [10627/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (11 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 103. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment by the early intervention team and access to appropriate speech and language therapy will be arranged in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [10678/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Risk Equalisation Scheme (11 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 106. To ask the Minister for Health the total annual cost of subsidies or other expenditure by the State made to private health insurance for the risk equalisation mechanism for the past three years. [10699/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cost of Prescription Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the Chair and welcome the witnesses. The first thing to say to Mr. Goodman is there is credit due for the effort made and the fact that there have been significant reductions achieved in recent years. I want to acknowledge that at the outset. I put the question because there is a common view that the Department or our negotiators, whoever they may be individually, in terms of any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cost of Prescription Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In regard to that matter, I took Mr. Goodman's response as indicating an awareness of this situation and that it will be factored into the new negotiations. All these matters are informing the approach of the negotiators in the course of this year. We must have faith in the negotiators. We have offered our respective perspectives on all of these. We have been taking notes, as have the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cost of Prescription Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I believe Mr. Goodman also wished to make a point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: (Resumed) Alcohol Research Group (12 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I warmly welcome Dr. Holmes and Mr. Angus, and thank them for their submission and oral presentation. I have already indicated that I will support the Bill, but I have some concerns about minimum unit pricing. I do not wish to be obstructive, but I want to tease out the issues, because I have concerns about the effectiveness of minimum unit pricing and its impact across society. I have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: (Resumed) Alcohol Research Group (12 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: After such a long examination of the detail of the witnesses’ case, we have come full circle and Senator Crown has now reflected on something I argued for at the outset. I am not going to labour the point but it will be a missed opportunity to use the additional revenue for good and required purposes, particularly focused on the victims of alcohol abuse. That sadly will continue. We...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Applications (24 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 319. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a work permit will issue in respect of a person (details supplied); and if the issuing will be brought forward in view of the fact that there are major issues with attracting candidates to general practice. [12023/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (24 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 586. To ask the Minister for Health the provision of emergency departments across the country, including location, hours of service, staff complement and services available, including catheterization laboratory, by hospital; his plans to change the current system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11314/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (24 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 624. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial delay in medical treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11494/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (24 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 628. To ask the Minister for Health the details of availability of ocular Zovirax; if recommendations on prescribing alternative medications will be made for any period during which it is not available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11507/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (24 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 630. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for research in smart technology for those with visual impairment, in view of the fact that there are up to 250,000 persons here with some form of visual defect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11519/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (24 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 648. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff currently employed by the Health Service Executive, by profession and in tabular form. [11657/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (24 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 649. To ask the Minister for Health the number of healthcare staff per 1,000 citizens, by profession and in tabular form. [11658/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (24 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 658. To ask the Minister for Health if a copy of a file will be made available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11733/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (24 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 673. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the medication Regorafenib (Stivarga); the cost for treatment, per year, per patient; the number of patients who require the medication; his plans to include the medication under the general medical services scheme-high-tech drugs scheme; the cost to fund this medication for all who need it; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (24 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 674. To ask the Minister for Health the charges for phlebotomy by general practitioners under the general medical scheme; if this will be covered by the new contracts for general practitioners; the status of charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11815/15]