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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (20 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 698. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 277 of 24 June 2015, the date on which the proposed new bus service in Kentstown in County Meath will commence; the route and timetable for same; if representatives of his Department, Bus Éireann and the National Transport Authority will meet with local public and community representatives to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (21 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 126. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of nurses leaving the public health system each year, broken down by retirement; or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36785/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (21 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 127. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time emergency departments and other similar units that are open for specific periods, broken down by this categorisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36786/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Dental Services (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 2. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the preparation of the long promised new dental Bill; the reason it is taking such an inordinate length of time to produce; if he is aware of the serious concerns regarding any row-back on the registration of all key players across the dental health care team; if he will confirm that it is intended that the Dental Council will have overall...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Dental Services (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek to establish the current status of preparation of the new dental Bill. Why it has taken so long to prepare and present? Is the Minister aware of concerns about the registration of all the different professional roles within the overall dental health care team and the intended roles and responsibilities of the Dental Council on the enactment of the new legislation - that is, in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Dental Services (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister of State has not explained why there is such a delay in the presentation of this new legislation. The existing Dental Act 1985 is 30 years old. When the Minister of State makes the point in relation to the Dental Council and allied dental health professions and, specifically, those who an practice independently, she is failing to take on board the Dental Council's own very...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Dental Services (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I strongly disagree. The professional regulation unit's notes relating to this matter from August 2015 refer to allied dental health professions who are not allowed to practise independently, which is everyone other than dentists, orthodontists and clinical dental technicians. It is important that the Minister of State understands that while not registering the professions, the Dental...

Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is shocking that 7,630 people were on trolleys across the hospital network in September, which was just last month. That figure represented an increase of 17% on the number of people on trolleys in the same month in 2014. As patients and front-line staff face into the winter period, it looks as if this crisis is certainly going to deepen. Front-line practitioners have said that patient...

Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Nobody knows better than I the complexity of all of the issues involved in this. It is not just a matter of delayed discharges. The points the Tánaiste has made illustrate the Government's piecemeal approach to the overall difficulties. It is very important to recognise that capacity is critically impacted by the number of nurses available and the current number is nowhere near what...

Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: With respect, I came to the Chamber to discuss nursing in a sensible and fair manner. The Tánaiste is now peddling a mistruth. Our measures provided for taking 100,000 people out of the universal social charge net. The Government's measures have only provided for removing 43,000 from the USC net. Under our submission, more would have been allocated to reducing the impact of USC than...

Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The fact is that people would be better off under Sinn Féin.

Order of Business (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On the matter of data protection, the Tánaiste will be aware of the practice in recent years, with significant changes in respect of some of the financial institutions and some ceasing to function-----

Order of Business (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Can the Tánaiste not?

Order of Business (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will have another go.

Order of Business (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Tánaiste is aware that, in recent years, with some financial institutions closing their doors and others ceasing to perform in given areas - for example, mortgages and other lending practices - they have sold, for want of a better description, their loan books or aspects thereof to other financial service providers, including some outside the jurisdiction. There is significant...

Order of Business (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Yes, No. 64, the data sharing and governance Bill, from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The Tánaiste has a particular interest in matters fiscal. We formerly served together on one of the Oireachtas committees in this regard. I am anxious to hear her view on this issue. Have these matters been brought to her attention? Can she give us some sense of the Government's...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 33. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed national office for rare diseases; if he will confirm the address and the contact details, if established; the staffing approval involved; the steps he will take or that will be taken to ensure the widest possible public awareness of this key service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36363/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 47. To ask the Minister for Health for a detailed account of the spend to date, at end quarter 3, of the additional €35 million allocated for mental health purposes in 2015; if he will specify each of the headings and subheadings, and the sums expended in each case; if the total sum will be fully and appropriately utilised before year end; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 49. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position regarding the establishment of an island of Ireland-based deep brain stimulation service from suitability assessment through to and including the insertion procedure and subsequent aftercare; if access to this service at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast will be open to suitable sufferers of Parkinson's disease and dystonia from...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 79. To ask the Minister for Health if he, his Department or the Health Service Executive have considered the real health and consequent economic benefits of targeted screening of all first-line blood relatives of those already diagnosed with coeliac disease; if a cost-benefit analysis has been carried out; if he will commit to such a screening programme; and if he will make a statement on the...