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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (9 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 834. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost and make-up of a dedicated acquired brain injury transitional unit intensive rehabilitation post-acute unit to enable people to return home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22175/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (9 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 835. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dedicated acquired brain injury transitional units; the cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22176/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 836. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adult and paediatric patients waiting for neuro-rehabilitation beds for longer than two months, six months and 12 months; the numbers of such beds; the plans to increase the number of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22177/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (9 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 873. To ask the Minister for Health if it is possible to amend the medical card guidelines to enable significant credit union repayment in such situations as house renovations, to be deemed as an allowable expense; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22434/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Care Standards (9 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 875. To ask the Minister for Health if the European Union involves itself in setting hospital standards and regulations across Europe. [22439/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services Provision (9 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 876. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the overall health budget spent on primary care in this State; his views on how this compares with similar jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22441/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Training (9 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 877. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who are currently in training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22442/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (9 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 952. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills conas mar atá ag éirí leis an scéim phíolótach páirt-tumoideachais a luaitear i dtuarascáil na Roinne, Iúil 2013 - Meán Fómhair 2014, ar dhul chun cinn i gcur i bhfeidhm na Straitéise 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge, 2010-30, in alt 2.2 Páirt-tumadh / Foghlaim Chomhtháite Ábhar...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (9 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 1085. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the details of the funding under the scheme to support national organisations that has been granted for the coming year; the exact figures and organisations this will cover; if a more permanent arrangement has been put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22352/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Polasaí don Ghaeilge (9 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 1170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport an bhfuil aon choinníoll teanga curtha ag gabháil aige leis an socrú i dtaobh na scaireanna in Aer Lingus a dhíol; an bhfuil súil ar bith aige a leithéid a bheith ann i bhfianaise a stádais mar aerlíne náisiúnta a bhaineann úsáid as méid áirithe Gaeilge mar...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Amnesty International Report on Ireland's Abortion Laws: Discussion (9 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome Mr. O'Gorman and his two colleagues from Amnesty International to the committee. I thank them for the contribution they have made and for the publication of the report, She is not a criminal: The impact of Ireland's abortion law, and confirm that is a view the party I represent has held throughout my political activism over many years. It is the case that Irish opinion has evolved...

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (10 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: As I indicated on each of the previous Stages, I will be supporting this Bill’s final passage. I hope the outworking of the legislation and its provisions will prove beneficial to all to whom it is intended. It is important to recall that my support for this particular legislation, and indeed for the provision of free GP access for children under six, was in the context of the...

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (10 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle is quite right - it is a very important matter.

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (10 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will conclude in our shared interest. We could very well be beneficiaries of this measure in no short time. I hope the points I have made previously and again this evening were well made and will be taken up by the Minister of State.

Central Bank (Mortgage Interest Rates) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The aim of this Bill is simple: that the Central Bank be given the power to impose a cap on variable mortgage interest rates. We know that the rates currently applied by some banks in Ireland are among the highest across Europe. All the while, the Irish public has had to cough up further taxes and charges, including double taxation of water. At the same time, the Government has reduced...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (10 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the reason all patients currently on waiting lists for procedures are not made aware of their rights based entitlements under the European Union cross-border health care directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22667/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (10 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 153. To ask the Minister for Health the latest developments on the full implementation of the European Union cross-border health care directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22668/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (10 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 137. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will provide home help in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [22538/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (10 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 145. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who are lost to natural wastage each year; his plans to stem this exodus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22641/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (10 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 147. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners he deems will be required each year for the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22643/15]