Results 16,801-16,820 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Jan 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank all Members who have contributed during the course of today's debate. The Minister, Deputy Varadkar, made reference in his contribution earlier this morning to the budget 2016 commitments of the Opposition parties. He made false claims regarding his and his Government's budget 2016 commitments. I note that he acknowledges that Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil recognised in the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Assessments (20 Jan 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and location of identified hotspots in counties Monaghan and Cavan included in the catchment flood risk assessment management programme; the intended address and timeframes regarding each of these; the criteria used in identifying designated hot-spots; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2421/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Products Regulatory Authority: Chairman Designate (21 Jan 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I wish Ms Horan well in her new post. She has been a member of the board of the HPRA for some time. When did she first take up a position as a member of the board? I will not repeat the comments made by Deputy Kelleher. We place huge trust in and depend on the reliability of entities entrusted with scrutiny and regulation regarding health products. In recent years, however, we have had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Products Regulatory Authority: Chairman Designate (21 Jan 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Ms Horan should be careful how she replies to that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Products Regulatory Authority: Chairman Designate (21 Jan 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: One of the questions that I asked Ms Horan was what she would bring to her new position that would assuage any outstanding fears or concerns. We will not reopen the point about the HPV vaccine, but we will most certainly refer again to the experiences of the DePuy hip replacements and the PIP implants. Her comment that there will always be issues with health products does not give me the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Products Regulatory Authority: Chairman Designate (21 Jan 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: As I would always say, that is accountants for you. We will say no more.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Wellness, Well-being and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Jan 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In welcoming both Bressie and Paul this morning, I must note that the only word which reflects what they have put on the record in their contributions this morning is "powerful". I acknowledge both their contributions. Paul will very well understand that I want especially to commend Niall on his address this morning. I hope that many people watching this engagement will take great comfort...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (26 Jan 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 307. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath to ensure that preschool assistant support is provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2707/16]

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (27 Jan 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: How much time do I have?

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (27 Jan 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: My goodness. I am sorry I missed the Minister of State's opening remarks. I was attending the briefing on the Traveller accommodation issue in County Louth in the AV room. I have to say it is a very serious matter and most disturbing indeed. The Medical Practitioners Amendment Bill 2014 had its genesis, as I recall, in a Private Members' Bill in 2009. Some might dispute that, but that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Draft Regulations on the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005: Motion (28 Jan 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Accepting that we have provided for the titles of "optometrist" and "dispensing optician" and in order to get a better sense of the issue, when the Minister equates the title of "optometrist" and the title of "optician", it suggests that there is some difference between the title of "dispensing optician" and the title of "optician". I am not fully acquainted with this issue. The Minister...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Draft Regulations on the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005: Motion (28 Jan 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have no issue with the proposition and I am fully supportive. I thank the Minister for trying to help me understand the difference.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Draft Regulations on the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005: Motion (28 Jan 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will muddle on for another while.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Draft Regulations on the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005: Motion (28 Jan 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: One does have to go to these people from time to time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Oberstown Children Detention Campus: Chairperson Designate (28 Jan 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I join the Chairman in welcoming Professor Kilkelly and take the opportunity to wish her every success in her new responsibilities. I note from her goals referencing the cohort of those young people who find themselves, for whatever period of time, under the shelter of Oberstown that they will enjoy their right to be safe, to enjoy health care and educational rights, to be supported to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Oberstown Children Detention Campus: Chairperson Designate (28 Jan 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There should be no obstacle or impediment to anyone wishing to serve. I support what Senator van Turnhout has just said.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ambulance Service Provision (2 Feb 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 58. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the seriously inadequate ambulance provision, on standby and in service, in County Monaghan and in counties Cavan, Louth and Meath generally; if he accepts that, despite this Deputy highlighting to him in advance the serious lack of ambulance cover across these counties over the Christmas-new year period, there was a total...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ambulance Service Provision (2 Feb 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek to establish the steps the Minister has taken and intends taking to address the inadequate ambulance provision covering my home county of Monaghan and the neighbouring counties of Cavan, Louth and Meath and to highlight to him once again the questionable practice of extending significant leave to important emergency care providers over the Christmas-new year period with inadequate...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ambulance Service Provision (2 Feb 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will rely on the facts relating to a case to demonstrate the problem. A constituent has outlined his experience having become ill at home with severe chest pains during Christmas week. Having suffering a previous attack, he called the ambulance service at approximately 8.45 p.m. and was answered promptly by a call attender. The call attender took details and advised that an ambulance was...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ambulance Service Provision (2 Feb 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: He wishes to record, in the strongest possible terms, his complaint about the non-availability of an ambulance for two-and-a-half hours on that night. He also wishes to record that there were two ambulances parked at the Monaghan ambulance station base - which is located less than three miles from his home - during the period in question. Those are the consequences of the situation that I...