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Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (30 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 453. To ask the Minister for Health if he will add haemachromatosis to the long-term illness scheme, given that this long-term illness requires lifelong medical care and carries increased risks of several complicating conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26203/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (30 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 477. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of raising the annual financial threshold for a general practitioner visit card, on an entire population basis, in €500 intervals. [26329/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (30 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 478. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of extending a medical card to all children to whom a domiciliary care allowance is being paid, but who do not currently have a medical card. [26330/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (30 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 479. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the interim report which was to be concluded within three months by the clinical advisory group established to develop guidance on assessing applications involving significant medical conditions; if this interim report has been submitted; and if so, the recommendations of same. [26331/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (30 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 480. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reversing the changes to the assessment of means in medical card applications introduced in April 2013, regarding the treatment of home loans, credit union loans and pension contributions; the annual savings that the decision to no longer accept these as allowable expenses aims to accrue; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Members (30 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 630. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the statutory entitlements for county councillors regarding sick leave and sick pay (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26211/15]

One-Parent Family Payment Scheme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This motion condemns the Government for the decisions that have led to lone parent families carrying a disproportionate load arising from the economic crash. The fact that the number of lone parent households experiencing enforced deprivation is 63% is a shocking but telling indictment of this Government's legacy. This is particularly so given that it has occurred on the so-called Labour...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (1 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 205. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive is to meet with the manufacturers of trastuzumab emtansine in relation to making it available, given that this medication has been associated with increased life expectancy; if the executive has declined to attend meetings with the manufacturers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26523/15]

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is time for the Government to stop what is to my mind a charade, and I am not going to stand here for the next ten minutes and ignore the real reason behind the Bill. The Minister and I both know the Government's interest in this Bill is to give what I can only describe as bully-boy power to Irish Water. It is that plain and it is that simple. Although the Government may seek to justify...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Statutory Sick Pay Scheme (7 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the statutory entitlements for county councillors regarding sick leave and sick pay (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27501/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (7 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 288. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position on the Oberstown campus transition; his views that the children there are adequately supported; that the staff there are adequately supported; if he will publish the McIlfatrick report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27540/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (7 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 345. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the report on the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013, the number of pregnancies that were delivered by caesarean section, the mother having requested a termination; the gestation period of the pregnancies terminated in the report; the way the real and substantial risk to the life level of risk was assessed; if this will be made...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (7 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 342. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to providing a long-term funding solution to the organisations currently funded under the scheme to support national organisations, organisations that have to deal with uncertain futures and difficulties in planning long-term campaigns and service provision, in particular the Irish Stammering Association, which, as a national organisation,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (7 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 354. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who retired in each of the past three years [27275/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (7 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 361. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on home care packages; and on home help hours, in each year since 2008; and the amount allocated for 2015 [27302/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance Provision (7 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 404. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make available a copy of the report on the detailed costings of universal health insurance presented to him on 21 May 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27533/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (7 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 409. To ask the Minister for Health if technical aids and appliances grants for vibrating pagers provided by DeafHear are available to deaf persons in counties Louth, Cavan and Monaghan, but not to those in County Meath; if he will ensure funding is extended to County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27539/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (7 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the learning support provided for a pupil (details supplied) in County Meath to ensure the support reaches the 30 minutes per day recommended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27260/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Sector Funding (7 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 536. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will commit to providing a long-term funding solution to the organisations currently funded under the scheme to support national organisations, organisations that have to deal with uncertain futures and difficulties in planning long-term campaigns and service provision, in particular the Irish Stammering...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Library (7 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 609. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the rationale behind the decision to place all Catholic Church records of births and marriages on the website of the National Library of Ireland; the reason records held by only one religious denomination are involved; if she and her officials have properly considered the potential misuse of these data, both domestically and...