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Topical Issue Debate: Rural Broadband Scheme (8 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Of course what the Minister has outlined is very welcome. I am asking for a necessary assurance. I understand that, coincidentally, it is being reported today on local radio at home that the roll-out will not begin until late 2016. Will the Minister clarify that? The State element is vital because of the obstinacy of the commercial providers in failing to take on board the vast swathe of...

Topical Issue Debate: Rural Broadband Scheme (8 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is widely acknowledged that the Internet is a key tool in reducing poverty and developing prosperity in any region. A report commissioned by the World Bank stated that an additional ten broadband lines per 100 people increased the gross domestic product of a country by 1.21%. It is clearly demonstrated that rolling out high-speed broadband to every home in the country would significantly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Dental Regulation: Dental Council of Ireland (8 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thought Deputy Kelleher would be getting the first slot. I join the Chairman in welcoming the representatives from the Dental Council of Ireland and I thank Dr. Croke for his comprehensive address to the committee. I am encouraged by much of what Dr. Croke stated in terms of the importance of registration across the entire dental or dental-related team. That is vital. I will not go...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Dental Regulation: Dental Council of Ireland (8 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is clear from Dr. Croke's contribution that while the council has a voluntary register for dental nurses, the voluntary register he proposes in regard to dental technicians has not yet been established.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Dental Regulation: Dental Council of Ireland (8 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is that the case? The council is working very closely with dental technicians to establish a voluntary register. How well progressed is the council with that, and does Dr. Croke have confidence that it will be established in the short term? As I said, that is essential to get to the point of statutory registration in the event that the legislation will reflect the need. My reading of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Dental Regulation: Dental Council of Ireland (8 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I ask that the transcript of the meeting be furnished to the Minister and the Department, with a recommendation on the points highlighted, including the earliest possible publication of the new Bill.

Building on Recovery: Statements (7 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The recent announcement by the Government of its capital spending plan amounts to very little, and is extremely unambitious. It is alarming to note that in 2020, even with this plan, we will still have the second lowest capital spend per GDP in Europe. As the Sinn Féin spokesperson on health, I found the particular announcement by the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, and the Minister of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services: Quarterly Update (6 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Last Thursday, the committee members were of one voice in reflecting very positively on the interaction and engagement we have had over a number of years with Paddy in his role at the PCRS. I acknowledge his approachability and courtesy at all times. Personally, I appreciated it and that would be the experience of members who had any dealings with him over recent times. I extend best...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services: Quarterly Update (6 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We are agreed that emergency department overcrowding is not just a matter of emergency department performance, and I fully concur with that view as expressed by the task force and in the response to questions I posed in advance of today's meeting. Regarding the measures that the emergency department task force report has commended in terms of the reduction of delayed discharges, could the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services: Quarterly Update (6 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To correct myself, I cited the reduction rather than the actuality as of July. I said 146 was the reduction and the figure was 300. I am correcting what I had said earlier.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services: Quarterly Update (6 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The question I had posed earlier has not been responded to. In relation to emergency departments, it is indicated in a reply I received to a question I posed that where capital build or refurbishment is required and where it has been already identified, detailed plans have been agreed to expedite the build component. Will Mr. O'Brien indicate where that might apply? He is currently engaged...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services: Quarterly Update (6 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I asked about the paediatric element.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Business of Joint Committee (1 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I second the Chairman's comments. His words of tribute reflect the shared experience of all members. I wish him the very best in his retirement. I thank him for his accessibility and courtesy at all times. I wish his successor, Ms Ann Marie Hoey, success in her new role and responsibilities.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: National Maternity Services and Infrastructure: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I join you, a Chathaoirligh, in welcoming Mr. Liam Woods and his co-panellists. I thank him for his opening statement. I am going to address the issues, largely from a more parochial point of view, and I give notice to Dr. Finan that I will concentrate more on the Flory report, as published yesterday, and on how it reflects on Cavan General Hospital. I ask his indulgence in that respect...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: National Maternity Services and Infrastructure: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have an ancillary question for Dr. Finan. The RCSI Hospital Group has appointed an assistant director of nursing for sepsis management, which position is to be taken up this month. For clarity, is that a group appointment rather than specific to Cavan-Monaghan hospital? The Chairman made the point that in the absence of the critical staffing needed, we run the risk of returning to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: National Maternity Services and Infrastructure: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: National Maternity Services and Infrastructure: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I wish to especially welcome Dr. Fitzpatrick and apologise to him for the poor attendance at this point in time. We have been in session since 9.30 a.m. and unfortunately we have lost some colleagues for this later session. However, it is important that Dr. Fitzpatrick knows that the content of his contribution and the engagement that we will have will be recorded and noted by all of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: National Maternity Services and Infrastructure: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank him for his forthrightness.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (1 Oct 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 246. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the ongoing construction project at Drumilliard in Castleblayney in County Monaghan, and in particular the provision of an on-site communal facility for Castleblayney Care Housing Association. [33726/15]

Social Housing Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Sep 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: One hundred and thirty thousand citizens across this State are in need of a home, representing an alarming increase of 40,000 from four years ago. That is the Government record. It is estimated there are now 5,000 people, including over 1,000 children, homeless and living in emergency accommodation in this country. Focus Ireland is reporting that homelessness in Ireland has increased by a...