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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 780. To ask the Minister for Health the number on waiting lists at Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal awaiting surgery under its urology department for the years 2011 to 2014, and in 2015 to date [38021/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (3 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 781. To ask the Minister for Health if referrals of breast cancer patients can be extended beyond County Donegal to increase the number of these patients at Letterkenny General Hospital to facilitate the appointment of a second consultant breast surgeon and further to secure the long-term viability of breast cancer services at the hospital. [38022/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (3 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 783. To ask the Minister for Health his views that the centralisation of breast cancer referrals from general practitioners in County Donegal to Galway University Hospital and away from Letterkenny General Hospital, is good practice; and if this practice is consistent with securing the long-term sustainability of breast cancer services at Letterkenny General Hospital. [38024/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (3 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 782. To ask the Minister for Health if the service level agreements between the Health Service Executive medical education and training unit and the College of Anaesthetists, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland require the colleges to ensure the fair and equal distribution of training posts for junior doctors to hospitals throughout the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (3 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 797. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive requires a receipt with proof of travel as part of the application for reimbursement of financial expenses for patients from here who have availed of medical procedures or operations across the Border; his view on whether forms that are completed by the relevant hospital or clinic confirming that a procedure or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Colleges (3 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 951. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Question No. 656 of 6 October 2015 regarding accountability and transparency in further education grading procedures, if she will note that the policies and guidelines available on the Quality and Qualifications Ireland website at www.qqi.ie make no provision for further-education students to receive an explanation of the reasons...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours and Piers Maintenance (3 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is aware that two boats, a 30 m mussel dredger and a smaller fishing boat, have been abandoned and are derelict at the quay at Ramelton in County Donegal; the assistance his Department will provide to remove these. [37396/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services Provision (3 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the application from the City of Derry Airport for his Department to co-fund the re-instatement of the Derry to Dublin air connection, along with the British Government Department for Transport and the airport itself; and if he will accede to this request in acknowledgement of the infrastructural deficits in linking...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Minister of State and her officials for their hard work and their agreement to engage with civic society partners, those who work on the front line and are experts in these issues, in order to address any remaining concern around the Bill ahead of the Seanad debate. As was the case on Committee Stage, today's engagement has seen a significant number of amendments, which reflects...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 149:In page 109, line 8, to delete “5th anniversary” and substitute “2nd anniversary”. This is a self-explanatory amendment. We feel that five years is too long a period and ask for two years to be the period after which the legislation will be revisited, given the very serious matters the Bill addresses.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Minister of State for her response. She indicated earlier that her officials will meet a number of groups, including Mental Health Reform. I will withdraw the amendment pending the outcome of those meetings. Mental Health Reform and the other relevant groups can raise the specific concerns that led to me tabling this amendment and tease out various matters with the Minister of...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 143:In page 105, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following:“(3) Save as provided in subsections (1) and (2) or otherwise expressly provided by any other provision of this Act, this Act applies to patients receiving treatment in an approved centre.”. This amendment addresses the position of patients whose treatment is regulated by Part 4 of the Mental...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It can be moved. I have not withdrawn it yet

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It has not been ruled out of order.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am trying to establish and assert my right to move it. In fairness, the Minister of State asked me earlier if I would withdraw a number of amendments and I indicated after some consideration that I would do so in good faith.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: On what basis?

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: All right so. The acceptance of amendment No. 81 has invalidated all the other amendments in my name in this group. I was willing to withdraw them in good faith and in acknowledgment of what the Minister of State has said.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is okay.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Okay.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I note the Minister of State's comment. Obviously, there is a big gap between three years and six months and we need to close that gap when the Bill is taken in the Seanad. The Minister of State made a generous offer that her officials - she is busy - who are working on the legislation can meet the parliamentarians and perhaps they would meet the following NGOs which are working on this:...