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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (24 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 674. To ask the Minister for Health the charges for phlebotomy by general practitioners under the general medical scheme; if this will be covered by the new contracts for general practitioners; the status of charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11815/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (24 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 676. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons waiting for colonoscopies in each hospital for the months of January and February, separately in the following categories; less than three months; between three and six months; between six and nine months; between nine and 12 months, and greater than 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Research and Development Funding (24 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 721. To ask the Minister for Health if any research is being undertaken into myalgic encephalomyelitis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12119/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (24 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 842. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to reverse the cuts to the scheme to support national organisations and restore funding to all organisations who were previously funded under it. [11820/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cost of Prescription Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the Chair and welcome the witnesses. The first thing to say to Mr. Goodman is there is credit due for the effort made and the fact that there have been significant reductions achieved in recent years. I want to acknowledge that at the outset. I put the question because there is a common view that the Department or our negotiators, whoever they may be individually, in terms of any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cost of Prescription Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In regard to that matter, I took Mr. Goodman's response as indicating an awareness of this situation and that it will be factored into the new negotiations. All these matters are informing the approach of the negotiators in the course of this year. We must have faith in the negotiators. We have offered our respective perspectives on all of these. We have been taking notes, as have the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cost of Prescription Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I believe Mr. Goodman also wished to make a point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: (Resumed) Alcohol Research Group (12 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I warmly welcome Dr. Holmes and Mr. Angus, and thank them for their submission and oral presentation. I have already indicated that I will support the Bill, but I have some concerns about minimum unit pricing. I do not wish to be obstructive, but I want to tease out the issues, because I have concerns about the effectiveness of minimum unit pricing and its impact across society. I have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: (Resumed) Alcohol Research Group (12 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: After such a long examination of the detail of the witnesses’ case, we have come full circle and Senator Crown has now reflected on something I argued for at the outset. I am not going to labour the point but it will be a missed opportunity to use the additional revenue for good and required purposes, particularly focused on the victims of alcohol abuse. That sadly will continue. We...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Votáil Uachtaráin) 2014: An Dara Céim [Private Members] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Presidential Voting) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Tá an-áthas orm an Bille seo de chuid Shinn Féin a phlé sa Dáil. Léiríonn sé na gnéithe is fearr de chur chuige mo pháirtí. Is iad sin an dóchas, an oscailteacht agus an fáilte roimh shaoránaigh uile na tíre. This Sinn Féin Private Members' Bill represents the very best of that for which the party stands,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (11 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance the total annual cost of tax relief at source for private health insurance for the past three years. [10698/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (11 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 95. To ask the Minister for Health if he has knowledge of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission investigating market structures and prices of pharmaceutical sales. [10626/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (11 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 96. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of negotiations of pharmaceutical supply contracts on behalf of the State and the Health Service Executive. [10627/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (11 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 103. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment by the early intervention team and access to appropriate speech and language therapy will be arranged in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [10678/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Risk Equalisation Scheme (11 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 106. To ask the Minister for Health the total annual cost of subsidies or other expenditure by the State made to private health insurance for the risk equalisation mechanism for the past three years. [10699/15]

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I understood from the Minister's response to the earlier engagement that the situation now is that adding substances to the banned list requires legislation until such time as the Minister prepares new legislation to restore the opportunity for the Minister of the day to issue a statutory instrument proscribing any new substance. I have sympathy with the case made by Deputy Pringle but my...

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Táim sásta deis a fháil caint ar an reachtaíocht thábhachtach seo. De bharr chás a tógadh i gcoinne stádas Bunreachtúil an Achta Um Mí-úsáid Drugaí 1977 rialaigh an chúirt nach raibh sé ag teacht leis an mBunreacht. Ag teacht uaidh sin tá na céadta substaintí a bhíodh mídhleathach dleathach...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (10 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the panel. We all want to reach a point at which alcohol is used responsibly across society. I will take a somewhat challenging approach to Professor Murray's presentation, not only to be a devil's advocate but also because I am not convinced of the merit of some of the proposed measures. Professor Murray closed his presentation with "Let us grasp the opportunity to turn off the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (10 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: My concern is the same as with minimum unit pricing. I would like to have seen a focus on below-cost selling, which we see quite an amount of on the shelves of the bigger supermarkets. Turning off the tap of cheap, harmful alcohol suggests we are looking at a particular cohort of society. It is also reflected in the Professor Murray's sentences:The socially disadvantaged suffer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (10 Mar 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Thank you, Acting Chairman. I will not revisit the points I made earlier, but I have a concern that the thrust of this critical measure will impact on a particular cohort of people more than it will on others. The person who currently pays €18 or €20 for a bottle of wine, for example, will not be impacted in any serious way. It will be those who buy cheaper alcohol options...