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Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is shocking that 7,630 people were on trolleys across the hospital network in September, which was just last month. That figure represented an increase of 17% on the number of people on trolleys in the same month in 2014. As patients and front-line staff face into the winter period, it looks as if this crisis is certainly going to deepen. Front-line practitioners have said that patient...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Dental Services (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I strongly disagree. The professional regulation unit's notes relating to this matter from August 2015 refer to allied dental health professions who are not allowed to practise independently, which is everyone other than dentists, orthodontists and clinical dental technicians. It is important that the Minister of State understands that while not registering the professions, the Dental...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Dental Services (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 2. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the preparation of the long promised new dental Bill; the reason it is taking such an inordinate length of time to produce; if he is aware of the serious concerns regarding any row-back on the registration of all key players across the dental health care team; if he will confirm that it is intended that the Dental Council will have overall...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Dental Services (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek to establish the current status of preparation of the new dental Bill. Why it has taken so long to prepare and present? Is the Minister aware of concerns about the registration of all the different professional roles within the overall dental health care team and the intended roles and responsibilities of the Dental Council on the enactment of the new legislation - that is, in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Dental Services (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister of State has not explained why there is such a delay in the presentation of this new legislation. The existing Dental Act 1985 is 30 years old. When the Minister of State makes the point in relation to the Dental Council and allied dental health professions and, specifically, those who an practice independently, she is failing to take on board the Dental Council's own very...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 33. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed national office for rare diseases; if he will confirm the address and the contact details, if established; the staffing approval involved; the steps he will take or that will be taken to ensure the widest possible public awareness of this key service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36363/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 47. To ask the Minister for Health for a detailed account of the spend to date, at end quarter 3, of the additional €35 million allocated for mental health purposes in 2015; if he will specify each of the headings and subheadings, and the sums expended in each case; if the total sum will be fully and appropriately utilised before year end; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 49. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position regarding the establishment of an island of Ireland-based deep brain stimulation service from suitability assessment through to and including the insertion procedure and subsequent aftercare; if access to this service at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast will be open to suitable sufferers of Parkinson's disease and dystonia from...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 79. To ask the Minister for Health if he, his Department or the Health Service Executive have considered the real health and consequent economic benefits of targeted screening of all first-line blood relatives of those already diagnosed with coeliac disease; if a cost-benefit analysis has been carried out; if he will commit to such a screening programme; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 91. To ask the Minister for Health for details of the winter flu vaccine programme for the months ahead; the persons who will have free access; the promotional steps being employed; the research and steps that have been taken to ensure the appropriateness of the vaccine, given the non-match-up last year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36366/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 247. To ask the Minister for Health given the decision by members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation to initiate industrial action at St. Vincent's University Hospital in Dublin 4, the steps he is now taking to address the real crisis across the hospital network here, specifically through the recruitment of additional staff, including consultants, nurses and midwives; and the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (21 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 126. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of nurses leaving the public health system each year, broken down by retirement; or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36785/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (21 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 127. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time emergency departments and other similar units that are open for specific periods, broken down by this categorisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36786/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 647. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to a motion passed at a meeting of Meath County Council (details supplied) in October 2015, if he will request An Bord Pleanála to defer any decision in relation to this matter; if so, if he will do so immediately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36290/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (20 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 698. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 277 of 24 June 2015, the date on which the proposed new bus service in Kentstown in County Meath will commence; the route and timetable for same; if representatives of his Department, Bus Éireann and the National Transport Authority will meet with local public and community representatives to...

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Yesterday, while this Government outlined its budget measures for 2016, 469 people lay on trolleys in hospitals across this State. While it glorified a budget that will give €181.9 million back in taxes to the top 14% of earners, nurses at St. Vincent's University Hospital began a work-to-rule in protest at the appalling conditions staff and patients are subjected to on a daily basis....

Financial Resolution No. 4: Income Tax (13 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister described it as a useful instrument and I have no doubt but that benefits can accrue through the creation of capacity. However, I could be forgiven for thinking it is a useful instrument for the Government, which is failing in its duties to provide public nursing home capacity. That is the real failure and even considering the budget measures before Members today, they are...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Tobacco Products Tax (13 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Not for the first time have I made these points on the floor of this House. I believe that in the absence of complementary measures to tackle the illegal tobacco trade, this measure becomes simply a revenue generating measure and that while it might dissuade some from taking up smoking or continuing their habit, it will undoubtedly drive more into the hands of the criminal gangs engaged in...

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Excise Duties on Mechanically Propelled Vehicles (13 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: As a resident and representative of a constituency that straddles the Border, I am very conscious of the impact of the significant differential between the taxation which applies to heavy goods vehicles north of the Border as against that in my constituency and this jurisdiction. It is critically important that a level playing field is created or as near as such as is achievable. That is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 331. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that 24 persons with special needs, who are due to transition to an adult service in 2016, applied for placements in Gheel services; that they are now left with nowhere to go, as the Health Service Executive will not provide Gheel with the appropriate funds to run the service; his views that this is acceptable; his plans to ensure that these...