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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Disputes (3 Dec 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I asked the Minister whether he had any expectation the INMO decision regarding 15 December would be revisited.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Vaccination Programme (3 Dec 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What I would like to see of course is a situation where everyone would be entitled. Unfortunately, that is not the case. The Minister has made the exception in respect of some specific areas of need, in particular children with cancer symptoms, only in the very relatively recent past. We are not only looking at the 130 young women of whom we know - there are possibly many more - but also...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Vaccination Programme (3 Dec 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We have to take on board the facts they outline. I am appealing to the Minister. The representatives of Reactions and Effects of Gardasil Resulting in Extreme Trauma, REGRET, will be before the health committee later today. What would the Minister say to them if he were, as I am, a member of the health committee?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Vaccination Programme (3 Dec 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 2. To ask the Minister for Health while acknowledging the findings of the European Medical Agency in regard to the Gardasil vaccine, if he will acknowledge that there are many young women who are extremely ill and suffering from symptoms such as complex regional pain syndrome and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome but who are not eligible for any State support; if he is aware that some...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Vaccination Programme (3 Dec 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek advice regarding the Minister's intention to address the dreadful circumstances that a not insignificant cohort of young women, and their families, face, consequent, they believe, on the Gardasil vaccination at school.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Vaccination Programme (3 Dec 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister's reply will offer no comfort to the 130 families associated with the campaign group, REGRET. The Health Products Regulatory Authority has received 919 reports of adverse reactions and events associated with the use of Gardasil in Ireland. This could affect many more than the 130 families we know about, given that the condition can present by degrees. The 130 girls are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Review (3 Dec 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 48. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the long awaited scheme to replace the motorised transport grant and the mobility allowance scheme; the details of the scheme; when he intends this to be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42906/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (3 Dec 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 52. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the promised medical cards for children diagnosed with cancer; the number of children to whom cards have been issued; if some children have been refused and if so the reason; if others have been delayed, and the reason; his plans on extending medical entitlement to other children with serious conditions and illnesses; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 Dec 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 54. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to encourage inclusion of a dedicated acquired brain injury pathway of care, supported by a specific programme of investment, in the 2016 Health Service Executive annual service plan; his plans for the development of regional and community based rehabilitation services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42907/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (3 Dec 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 67. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the current address of the individual needs of those persons who are being allocated a wheelchair; if it is intended to legislate for this area, in order to ensure that every consideration is given to the comfort of the user and the appropriateness of each wheelchair issued, given the ambition, hopes and interests of each individual and their...

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

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 189. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive an appointment in University Hospital Galway. [43318/15]

Rent Certainty and Prevention of Homelessness Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Dec 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Fr. Peter McVerry, well known to all of us in this House as a Trojan campaigner for the homeless, said yesterday on RTE’s "Morning Ireland" that homelessness is even worse today than this time last year. He said:The situation is much worse than last year. 270 beds were opened and within four weeks they were full and the numbers sleeping on the streets were beginning to climb again......

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: As I indicated on Second Stage, I will not be opposing the passage of the Bill. I have to accept it in the context of the reality in the provision of healthcare and its funding. I am a strong opponent of private health insurance and I object to it on principle. At its core, it is immoral that people can buy access to healthcare on the basis of the strength of their income stream or net...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIV Incidence in Ireland: Discussion (1 Dec 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I join the Chairman in welcoming the delegates whom I thank for preparing and making their presentations to us on World Aids Day. I will have to leave the meeting and may not be able to await their responses. However, Deputy Sandra McLellan will brief me afterwards. I have another engagement, but I wanted to be here for the presentations especially. Mr. Mulligan talked about the figures...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Dec 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 397. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive an appointment for surgery. [42371/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Dec 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 398. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive an appointment for surgery. [42372/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (1 Dec 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 453. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 509 of 10 November 2015, if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath, and if, given the exceptional circumstances, he will grant additional special needs assistant hours to allow this person to attend pre-school on a full-time basis; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme Funding (1 Dec 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 587. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if an announcement is imminent regarding the allocation of money for the construction of an on-site communal facility at Castleblayney Care Housing Association at Drumilliard in Castleblayney, County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42850/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Independent Advocacy Services for Health Service Users: Discussion (26 Nov 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. I also thank Deputy Billy Kelleher for allowing me to lead off. I thank each of the groupings that has come before us. I thank them for their detailed presentations on what I emphasise is a hugely important area. I have always regarded my role in public life as one of representation and advocacy. In that context, I empathise greatly with what has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Independent Advocacy Services for Health Service Users: Discussion (26 Nov 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Have my minutes being used already?