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

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 146. To ask the Minister for Health if the numbers of general practitioners currently in training is 628; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22642/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (11 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 140. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the percentage of the total health budget currently being spent on mental health is 6% and that it was 7.2% in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22695/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 141. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that there are 1,200 fewer mental health staff in the health services now than there were in 2006; the roles that make up this group; the full-year cost of providing a single individual member of staff in these various roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22696/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 142. To ask the Minister for Health the names and number of areas where there are no 24-7 mental health services for adults in acute mental distress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22697/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 143. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that just 27 of the 46 old-age mental health teams required are in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22698/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 144. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that for persons with an intellectual disability, just 13 of the 300 posts recommended in A Vision for Change are in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22699/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 145. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that just five of the 150 mental health intellectual disability posts for children have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22700/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 158. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients in Cavan Monaghan Hospital waiting for scans for over six months, 12 months and 18 months; the way this compares with the national average; the action being taken to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22734/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Process (11 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 159. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2008 [Seanad]; if there is any other legislation relating to mental health planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22735/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Health Policy (11 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 160. To ask the Minister for Health his plans further to assist the extension of automated external defibrillator coverage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22747/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Dublin Dental University Hospital: Chairman Designate (11 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome Mr. Nolan. I also convey our apologies to him for the late start of our discussion. Mr. Nolan's CV is very impressive. He has considerable experience in business and business management, all of which is well noted and appreciated. Was there an open competition to become chairperson of the Dublin Dental University Hospital board or did the Minister seek him out to take up this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Dublin Dental University Hospital: Chairman Designate (11 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have one last comment. I take well Mr. Nolan's noting of the points that Senator Burke made. I say to him only that the committee has addressed a number of issues within the whole dental field in the past 12 months in particular. The whole area of regulation is very important to us. We have significant issues around non-registered practitioners, a number of whom have been exposed across...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Dublin Dental University Hospital: Chairman Designate (11 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Correct.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: St. James's Hospital, Dublin: Chairman Designate (11 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome Mr. Donnelly and I very much welcome his emphasis midway through his presentation to the effect that he sees his role as no different from every other member of staff in the hospital, that is, to serve the patients and the community. In respect of St James's Hospital, of course, the community is an all-island community. I have had personal direct experience of St. James's Hospital...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: St. James's Hospital, Dublin: Chairman Designate (11 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The site, yes.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Post Office Network (16 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 172. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to withdraw and redraft her Department's new forms that encourage persons on social protection payments, now or in the future, to move from accessing their payments through the post office network to direct payment to a bank account; if she accepts the legitimate concern not only of those represented by the Irish Postmasters' Union but...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (16 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 182. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an appeal regarding a social welfare payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23209/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure (16 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 211. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of restoring the six-monthly scale and polish entitlement under the dental treatment benefit scheme. [23766/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure (16 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 212. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of restoring the extended gum cleaning entitlement under the dental treatment benefit scheme. [23767/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure (16 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 213. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of restoring cover for fillings under the dental treatment benefit scheme. [23768/15]