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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Investigation into Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise (Resumed): Health Service Executive (19 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Let us look at what the HSE has to say on its own website about itself and the commitment to what one can expect from the HSE. Under the statement "What you can expect" from the HSE regarding dignity and respect, it states, "We treat people with dignity, respect and compassion". I do not believe any of those could be ticked after listening to the case presented this morning. Under safe and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Investigation into Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise (Resumed): Health Service Executive (19 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will Mr. O'Brien deal with the other questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Investigation into Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise (Resumed): Health Service Executive (19 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It comes to the same thing for most of us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Investigation into Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise (Resumed): Health Service Executive (19 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Just one sentence will not manage it, but it is one point. It is the response that Mr. O'Brien gave earlier to my question on the HSE's efforts to close down the "Prime Time" investigation programme. I am reliably informed that every effort was employed by HSE representatives to dissuade the RTE investigation unit from proceeding with its planned programme. HSE voices claimed that nothing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Investigation into Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise (Resumed): Health Service Executive (19 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I do not think Mr. O'Brien can be so sure there was none of that. He will have to wait and see.

Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Offices (26 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, for taking this Topical Issue. The announcement that the offices of the Department of Social Protection in Ballybay are to be relocated elsewhere in the county has been a devastating blow to the morale of the people of Ballybay and the economy of this mid-Monaghan town and its hinterland. As voices across...

Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Offices (26 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I share the fear of my colleagues that we are tilting at windmills. The Minister's reply is of the same construct as the responses we have received for a period of months. I can only ask her whether there is any midway position that can be arrived at. Is there anything else she, in her position as Minister with responsibility for the Department of Social Protection, can do to demonstrate...

Midland Regional Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (26 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Deputy will follow me with five minutes, that is correct. The Private Members' business before us this evening deals with the harrowing and deeply upsetting cases that we have heard of over the past number of weeks and also relates to other cases going back, in some instances, years and decades. Táthar tar éis go leor cainte a dhéanamh le tamall ar imeachtaí...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (26 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 596. To ask the Minister for Health if a magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, scan will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [19834/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the eight therapist posts allocated to County Laois and County Offaly, among 80 posts allocated nationally under progressing disability services, for services for those with disabilities between zero and 18 years of age; the locations where the eight therapists have been placed; the services they offer; the therapists'...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 647. To ask the Minister for Health the areas to which the 80 posts under progressing disability services were allocated; the roles these entailed; the number of these posts that were filled; the number that are to be allocated this year; the location where they will be placed; their roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20018/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 648. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 80 posts allocated under progressing disability services that were located in County Waterford in 2014; the roles these entailed, the number of these posts that were filled in County Waterford; the number to be allocated this year in County Waterford; the location where they will be placed; their roles; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (26 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 701. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a database for children born with Down's syndrome; if consideration has been given to the benefit which such information gathering could potentially yield, particularly for the planning of both health and educational services, by providing information on trends in demographics, current service use and future service need; if he is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (26 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 710. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment of needs referral will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20516/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Reform Implementation (26 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 747. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements that were made during industrial relations discussions in the health sector in relation to pay, hours and practice, over the past four years; the way they differed from the Haddington Road agreement; if it is envisaged that these will be changed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20750/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Curaclam Scoile (26 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 884. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills conas mar atá ag éirí leis an scéim phíolótach páirt-tumoideachais atá á cur i bhfeidhm faoi láthair ag an tSeirbhís um Fhorbairt Ghairmiúil do Mhúinteoirí i gcomhar leis an gComhairle Náisiúnta Curaclaim agus Measúnachta; cén líon scoileanna,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (26 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 885. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs assistant will be assigned to a child (details supplied) in Dublin 13. [20420/15]

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (27 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am not shocked, but I am deeply saddened that the Government has decided and will force through its decision by weight of numbers to sell the State's stake in what has always been to so many, me included, the national airline. Shame on Fine Gael but even greater shame on the Labour Party for this. We are told the Government decided to sell our Aer Lingus shareholding because the offer...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (27 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding of a medical device (details supplied); his plans to include it on the long-term illness scheme or primary care reimbursement scheme; the additional cost which would be incurred from funding this product; his plans to consider co-payment for the product; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20970/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (27 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school transport in respect of children (details supplied) in County Meath; the options available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21053/15]