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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: Is this an appropriate time to ask when the Central Remedial Clinic will return?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: I would like to know when the CRC is coming back and if St. Michael's House could be invited in, because there are issues with regard to business cases it has made for having pay rates for some of its staff above the odds.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: Is there a date for the CRC?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: When is the HSE due to report to us in respect of St. Michael's House?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: I have two concerns. One is top-up salaries and the other relates to the ancillary businesses it has. While I am quite prepared to wait for the HSE, I still want representatives of St. Michael's House to appear before us after that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: Presumably, that will not happen for three or four months.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: Thank you.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Implementation (25 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: 353. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will summarise the recommendations of the public service reform plan; the progress to date in delivering the previous reform plan; if he will identify areas that require particular focus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9429/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Guidelines (25 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: 617. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure that sporting organisations follow the Children First guidelines and other best practice for ensuring the rights of children are respected. [8966/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Administration (25 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: 638. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons covered by the GMS scheme in each of the Dublin postcodes according to the latest available figures. [8964/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (25 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: 639. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are 56 posts in child and adolescent mental health services which were sanctioned last year and have not been filled, and 15 posts which were sanctioned in 2012 which have not been filled, according to a recent Health Service Executive report. [8965/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sporting Organisations (25 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: 728. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any person-body has oversight over sporting organisations' implementation of Children First guidelines and other Government policy which affects voluntary organisations. [8967/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: I thank Mr. Bell and the other delegates for attending the meeting and I commend the vital work in the national interest of the ambulance service staff. There is no point in going over the same ground covered by previous speakers. To what extent are ambulances held up at hospitals because they cannot get access to a bed for the patient? This has been a serious problem and I ask to what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: I would like the HSE to comment on the national ambulance strategy and what outcomes it is likely to achieve for the service. I also wish to ask about the extent of ambulance hold-ups at hospitals. In the Dublin area, for example, some hospitals are more problematic than others but why is that the case? Which are the worst hospitals and which are the best? Why are ambulances being held up...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: I asked a question specifically on delays in hospitals. From my dealings with one or two ambulance drivers I know they are frustrated about being delayed at hospitals.

Other Questions: Capital Programme Expenditure (26 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: Which Fianna Fáil was obliged to put in place.

Other Questions: Capital Programme Expenditure (26 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: Shame on those in Fianna Fáil. They wrecked the country.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Open Government Partnership (26 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: 13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the preparations for Ireland’s hosting of a European-level Open Government Partnership conference in 2014; the date and venue of the said conference; the purpose and benefits set to accrue from hosting this conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9427/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Membership (27 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: 47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if in the interests of prudence, his Department has prepared or is preparing a report on the consequences for Ireland in the event that the United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union in the next five years; and if no such report has or is being prepared, his views on having such a report prepared in the near future....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Reports (27 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: 48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if in the interests of prudence, his Department has prepared or is preparing a report on the consequences for Ireland in the event that Scotland votes to become an independent country in September 2014; and if no such report has or is being prepared, his views on having such a report prepared in the near future. [10074/14]