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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Dublin Dental University Hospital: Chairman Designate (11 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have one last comment. I take well Mr. Nolan's noting of the points that Senator Burke made. I say to him only that the committee has addressed a number of issues within the whole dental field in the past 12 months in particular. The whole area of regulation is very important to us. We have significant issues around non-registered practitioners, a number of whom have been exposed across...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Dublin Dental University Hospital: Chairman Designate (11 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Correct.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: St. James's Hospital, Dublin: Chairman Designate (11 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome Mr. Donnelly and I very much welcome his emphasis midway through his presentation to the effect that he sees his role as no different from every other member of staff in the hospital, that is, to serve the patients and the community. In respect of St James's Hospital, of course, the community is an all-island community. I have had personal direct experience of St. James's Hospital...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: St. James's Hospital, Dublin: Chairman Designate (11 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The site, yes.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (11 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 140. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the percentage of the total health budget currently being spent on mental health is 6% and that it was 7.2% in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22695/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 141. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that there are 1,200 fewer mental health staff in the health services now than there were in 2006; the roles that make up this group; the full-year cost of providing a single individual member of staff in these various roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22696/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 142. To ask the Minister for Health the names and number of areas where there are no 24-7 mental health services for adults in acute mental distress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22697/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 143. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that just 27 of the 46 old-age mental health teams required are in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22698/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 144. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that for persons with an intellectual disability, just 13 of the 300 posts recommended in A Vision for Change are in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22699/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 145. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that just five of the 150 mental health intellectual disability posts for children have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22700/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 158. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients in Cavan Monaghan Hospital waiting for scans for over six months, 12 months and 18 months; the way this compares with the national average; the action being taken to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22734/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Process (11 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 159. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2008 [Seanad]; if there is any other legislation relating to mental health planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22735/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Health Policy (11 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 160. To ask the Minister for Health his plans further to assist the extension of automated external defibrillator coverage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22747/15]

Central Bank (Mortgage Interest Rates) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The aim of this Bill is simple: that the Central Bank be given the power to impose a cap on variable mortgage interest rates. We know that the rates currently applied by some banks in Ireland are among the highest across Europe. All the while, the Irish public has had to cough up further taxes and charges, including double taxation of water. At the same time, the Government has reduced...

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (10 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle is quite right - it is a very important matter.

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (10 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will conclude in our shared interest. We could very well be beneficiaries of this measure in no short time. I hope the points I have made previously and again this evening were well made and will be taken up by the Minister of State.

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (10 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: As I indicated on each of the previous Stages, I will be supporting this Bill’s final passage. I hope the outworking of the legislation and its provisions will prove beneficial to all to whom it is intended. It is important to recall that my support for this particular legislation, and indeed for the provision of free GP access for children under six, was in the context of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (10 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the reason all patients currently on waiting lists for procedures are not made aware of their rights based entitlements under the European Union cross-border health care directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22667/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (10 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 153. To ask the Minister for Health the latest developments on the full implementation of the European Union cross-border health care directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22668/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (10 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 137. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will provide home help in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [22538/15]