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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Closures (14 Apr 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 155. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the efforts being made to secure replacement permanent work for the 140 workers who lost their jobs due to the closure of the BOSE plant in Carrickmacross in County Monaghan; the status of the efforts in this regard of his Department and the State agencies; his assessment of the prospect of an early resumption of manufacturing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Internships (14 Apr 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 395. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to address the issues arising for non-central applications office medical students in the system who now find themselves with no guarantee of an internship position when they graduate; his understanding of the maximum capacity for internship positions and how these are distributed across the hospital network; if there is scope to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (14 Apr 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 402. To ask the Minister for Health why the ring-fenced €35 million additional moneys for mental health in 2016 has not yet been released, given that a quarter of the year is now past; the intended use of this promised sum in 2016; when he will release the moneys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6491/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Globalisation Fund (3 Feb 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will submit an application under the European Globalisation Fund following the liquidation of Xtravision and the resulting 580 job losses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4518/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Licensing (2 Feb 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 72. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the drug Nivolumab, an immunosuppressant drug treatment for cancers that experts have described as a game-changer; if he will license this drug once the clinical trials are completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3936/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Feb 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 79. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware, and if it is acceptable, that there are approximately 250 children with scoliosis who are waiting for an operation to fix their spine or waiting to see a consultant; that many of these children have been waiting for more than 15 months for vital treatment; how he will ensure that these children who are in chronic pain are treated as soon as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (2 Feb 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 80. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive is negotiating with the drug supplier Vertex, which produces the drug Orkambi, a drug which has been found to significantly improve the lives of cystic fibrosis sufferers, to ensure that the best possible treatment is available to the thousands of sufferers; if he has considered a pan-European Union approach to acquiring this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (2 Feb 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 81. To ask the Minister for Health why he has not honoured commitments by his predecessor to fund academic appointments to University Hospital Waterford in the context of the reconfiguration of acute hospital services in the south east; if an agreement was entered into in 2013 to fund a number of specific posts at the hospital over an initial five year period; if he will issue a direction in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Feb 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 91. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his provision of arthritis-specific front-line staff during his period as Minister for Health, including consultants, clinical nurse specialists, advanced nurse practitioners, physiotherapists and occupational therapists; the numbers in situ; if he will add to their number, with a particular focus on addressing the long waiting lists for those...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Early Childhood Care Education (2 Feb 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 323. To ask the Minister for Health to review a decision to refuse a person (details supplied) in County Meath preschool assistance hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4041/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (2 Feb 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 380. To ask the Minister for Health if he has appointed a clinical lead to the national endoscope working group which was established by the Health Service Executive; if he will name the appointee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4328/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (2 Feb 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 381. To ask the Minister for Health why the target for processing routine colonoscopy patients within 13 weeks, has been revised from 100% to 70%, given the publication of the HSE service plan for 2016,; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4329/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (2 Feb 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 382. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of outsourcing colonoscopy patients who are waiting longer than 12 months for an appointment through the National Treatment Purchase Fund, in each of the years 2011 to 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4330/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (2 Feb 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 429. To ask the Minister for Health to advise why surgery has been cancelled on six occasions to date for a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan with Down Syndrome; to ensure no further cancellation or delay occurs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4627/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Architectural Qualifications (2 Feb 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 516. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the so-called grandfather clause that was to apply to self-taught and long practicing architects; if he will comprehensively and finally address this matter in the interest of those directly affected and before the conclusion of the Dáil Éireann term; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

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]

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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (13 Jan 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 551. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations in force under, or relating to, section 59 of the Health Act 1970; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46479/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (13 Jan 2016)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 567. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision to refuse a full medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46576/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (16 Dec 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 130. To ask the Minister for Health the services he provides for children with autism in County Monaghan, the specific supports in place, the assistance and back-up available to children and to their parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45578/15]