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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (17 Sep 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 719. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if payments can be claimed-applied retrospectively in cases where early childhood care and education scheme payments are made to a provider but then inadvertently stopped before the child becomes ineligible on age grounds and if the child is attending a preschool that is registered with the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (17 Sep 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 720. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a child is moved from one child care provider to another, the way his Department ensures early childhood care and education scheme payments continue, assuming the child is in the correct age cohort and the school is registered with the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33242/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Sep 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 796. To ask the Minister for Health the way he plans to minimise the impact on the thousands of persons who use the services of Muscular Dystrophy Ireland whose funding has been cut; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33076/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Sep 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 797. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to minimise the impact on the thousands of persons who use the services of the Huntingdon’s Disease Association of Ireland whose funding has been cut; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33078/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Sep 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 798. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to minimise the impact on the thousands of persons who use the services of the Irish Deaf Society whose funding has been cut; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33080/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (17 Sep 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 845. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the upgrading of the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dun Laoghaire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33254/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (17 Sep 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 1034. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card was removed from persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34018/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Sector Funding (17 Sep 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 1480. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to explain the reason all 11 neurological organisations which applied for funding in the allocations for the 2014-16 round of schemes to support national organisations were all turned down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33074/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Sector Funding (17 Sep 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 1481. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to explain how he plans to minimise the impact on the thousands of persons who use the services of Muscular Dystrophy Ireland, whose funding has been cut; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33075/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Sector Funding (17 Sep 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 1482. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to explain how he plans to minimise the impact on the thousands of persons who use the services of the Huntingdon’s Disease Association, whose funding has been cut; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33077/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Sector Funding (17 Sep 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 1483. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to explain how he plans to minimise the impact on the thousands of persons who use the services of the Irish Deaf Society, whose funding has been cut; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33079/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Section 38 and Section 39 Agencies: Health Service Executive (22 Jul 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I acknowledge what Ms McGuinness said about St. James's Hospital. A number of months ago at a meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts, there was a disagreement about whether consultants at St. Vincent's Hospital were working within their contracts in the context of private versus public hospitals. Ms McGuinness gave an example to show that she is happy that the internal audits were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Section 38 and Section 39 Agencies: Health Service Executive (22 Jul 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Does Ms McGuinness have confidence in the system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Section 38 and Section 39 Agencies: Health Service Executive (22 Jul 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Does Ms McGuinness agree that this issue did not come up until people in here highlighted the problem with sections 38 and 39? This did not come up within the HSE’s financial management systems.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Section 38 and Section 39 Agencies: Health Service Executive (22 Jul 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Do they audit themselves internally?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Section 38 and Section 39 Agencies: Health Service Executive (22 Jul 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I would like this clarified because I have received other information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Section 38 and Section 39 Agencies: Health Service Executive (22 Jul 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Sorry, I am talking about money.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Section 38 and Section 39 Agencies: Health Service Executive (22 Jul 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Okay. I will leave that then. I will come back to the final point I want to raise after I have heard the answers to my other questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Section 38 and Section 39 Agencies: Health Service Executive (22 Jul 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: All right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Section 38 and Section 39 Agencies: Health Service Executive (22 Jul 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I have a last question I would like to raise. I am not sure whether it was Ms McGuinness or Mr. O'Brien who said that the HSE knows exactly what is being paid out and mentioned that the HSE has written to section 38 and section 39 organisations. When people involved in suicide prevention have appeared at this forum, I have asked how many organisations are involved in giving help and advice...