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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (9 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 873. To ask the Minister for Health if it is possible to amend the medical card guidelines to enable significant credit union repayment in such situations as house renovations, to be deemed as an allowable expense; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22434/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Care Standards (9 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 875. To ask the Minister for Health if the European Union involves itself in setting hospital standards and regulations across Europe. [22439/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services Provision (9 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 876. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the overall health budget spent on primary care in this State; his views on how this compares with similar jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22441/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Training (9 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 877. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who are currently in training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22442/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (9 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 952. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills conas mar atá ag éirí leis an scéim phíolótach páirt-tumoideachais a luaitear i dtuarascáil na Roinne, Iúil 2013 - Meán Fómhair 2014, ar dhul chun cinn i gcur i bhfeidhm na Straitéise 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge, 2010-30, in alt 2.2 Páirt-tumadh / Foghlaim Chomhtháite Ábhar...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (9 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 1085. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the details of the funding under the scheme to support national organisations that has been granted for the coming year; the exact figures and organisations this will cover; if a more permanent arrangement has been put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22352/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Polasaí don Ghaeilge (9 Jun 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 1170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport an bhfuil aon choinníoll teanga curtha ag gabháil aige leis an socrú i dtaobh na scaireanna in Aer Lingus a dhíol; an bhfuil súil ar bith aige a leithéid a bheith ann i bhfianaise a stádais mar aerlíne náisiúnta a bhaineann úsáid as méid áirithe Gaeilge mar...

Other Questions: Health Services Reports (28 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Minister furnish them to me separately?

Other Questions: Health Services Reports (28 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister should consult as he pleases.

Other Questions: Health Services Reports (28 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I cannot understand why there would be a different opinion. One is against another.

Other Questions: Health Services Reports (28 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No, it would not. There is no analogy.

Other Questions: Health Services Reports (28 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It merits consideration, whether in terms of people who are retired or in other circumstances. We need an expeditious review and a report at the earliest opportunity so that we can act on the recommendations. That is crucial for re-establishing public confidence. It is in the interest not only of the families who have been bereaved and the wider catchment of the maternity unit in Cavan...

Other Questions: Health Services Reports (28 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 11. To ask the Minister for Health the position on the second investigation into the tragic loss of baby Jamie Flynn and other cases of concern, including the loss of another newborn baby on 12 May at or following birth at the maternity unit at Cavan General Hospital; if he will provide details of the persons who have been engaged to carry out each of the investigations in train; when he...

Other Questions: Health Services Reports (28 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek an update on the four investigations into or reviews established of the loss of newborn babies at Cavan General Hospital in the past 13 months. Who carried them out? Has the Minister intervened, or will he intervene, to ensure those entrusted with the work will give sufficiently of their time to allow for the earliest possible conclusion of their investigations or inquiries and...

Other Questions: Health Services Reports (28 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I join the Minister in extending my continuing sympathy to the families of the tragic babies at Cavan General Hospital. Although I do not know who has been given responsibility for the 2014 reviews, I know the four names of those entrusted with the second investigation review of the tragic loss of baby Jamie Flynn. The information has been publicised. Will the Minister tell us who is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is time the Minister and the Department faced it head on.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 5. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of all public hospitals using private facilities to provide treatment for those on waiting lists; the number of cases that have been treated in this manner; the cost of same; the locations where it has taken place; if potential conflicts of interest have been identified or investigated; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek details of all known public hospital referrals to private hospitals and so-called private addresses on the same or adjoining facilities and ask the Minister if he sees potential for abuse in such arrangements.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In the context of this question, have potential conflicts of interest been identified or investigated, to the Minister's knowledge? Does he agree that a system where such referrals are allowed is open to abuse and presents a potential conflict of interest, at the very least? Given that practitioners are being paid in these instances a second time for work they are already contracted to do...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: My concerns have been sharpened in the recent past - not for the first time in my political experience - by actual cases that have been presented to me where people either do not have private health insurance or their plan is inadequate to cover the cost of the procedure they need and they are being told about inordinate waiting times. At the same time, however, they are being pushed into...