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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Concussion in Sport: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I join the Chairman in welcoming all our panellists this morning and in thanking each of them for their very well-prepared and informative presentations. It strikes me - and I can be corrected on this - that boxing and horse sports each have very specific rules applying that are immediately enforceable, and I commend that. Individual performances in these sports are perhaps, from my...

Protection of Children's Health (Tobacco Smoke in Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) Bill 2012: Second Stage (8 Oct 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Caithfidh mé a rá go bhfuil an-sásamh orm go bhfuil iarrachtaí ar bun le déileáil le fadhb an tobac in Éirinn. Níl rud ar bith níos tábhachtaí ná an tsláinte sa tsaol seo agus sláinte ár bpáisti ach go háirithe. Tá dualgas orainne mar dhaoine a dhéanann dlíthe páistí an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (8 Oct 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 117. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of funding which his Department and the Health Service Executive have granted to the Royal College of Physicians for programme managers and other external consultancy posts; his views that this represents the optimal use of resources in view of the current crisis in healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (8 Oct 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 118. To ask the Minister for Health when prescribed home support hours will be allocated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38387/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (8 Oct 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 119. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been recommended home help and home support hours in County Meath but are currently on a waiting list for same; the total number of hours shortfall-recommended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38388/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (8 Oct 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 120. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently waiting for nursing home beds in the Dublin North East Health Service Executive region; and a breakdown of same by county of residence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38389/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly Provision (8 Oct 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 121. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no community response team for care of the elderly in County Meath; his plans to create one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38390/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (7 Oct 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 578. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of the national broadband scheme; if there will be provision of fixed line broadband in rural County Monaghan; if he will provide an update as to whether the targets of this plan have been achieved or otherwise, in particular the minimum of 30 Mbps for every home in the country; and if he will make a...

Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Can we have clarity in regard to Mr. McNulty's appointment and the Tánaiste's knowledge of it?

Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Tánaiste is refusing to answer the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Concussion in Sport: Discussion (2 Oct 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I support Dr. Falvey's appeal to the media covering the business of the Houses of the Oireachtas to report on these hearings. We need continuous and ever increasing attention to the issues we are discussing, and I hope they will help us in that regard. We are meeting the witnesses in our role as legislators. Do they believe there is any legislation that we should consider or are there...

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The boards are being stuffed.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (1 Oct 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will introduce a pre-clearance scheme for non-visa required elderly dependent relatives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37226/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Provision (1 Oct 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 107. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details, including terms of reference, make up and timeframe for reporting, of the independent investigation being set up by the Health Service Executive and tasked to address matters regarding orthodontic services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37268/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (1 Oct 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 127. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the tendering process for enhanced home services for older people in the community; the way it is envisaged that the new tender price that requires a reduction of 20% in the hourly rate payable to those providing the services will provide an acceptable level of service when it is clear that well established home care...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Groups (30 Sep 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the Minister identifying both of the sites he has just mentioned. I had not intended to refer specifically to any of the hospital sites for fear of leaving one out. The Minister has identified immediately what might be done in relation to University Hospital Limerick. There are many other examples. There is international evidence of increasingly poor outcomes, including...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Groups (30 Sep 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 73. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the smaller hospital sites; the steps he will take to establish the real potential of smaller hospitals that have lost critical services over the past decade; in view of the impossible footfall presenting at many of the larger hospital sites, if he is providing serious consideration to the restoration of services to smaller hospitals, thereby...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Groups (30 Sep 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I ask the Minister, who has demonstrated some new thinking regarding his new portfolio of responsibilities, if he has had time to form a view or decide on an intent regarding the great and under-utilised resource that is our network of smaller hospital sites across the State. Such hospitals are still in service, though their number has significantly reduced in recent years.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Groups (30 Sep 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the Minister for his reply. I support a policy of having more, rather than fewer, services. As in so many areas in this country we go overboard in following the lead of others in other jurisdictions in comparable matters, and that has been the experience of many people in many reconfigured arrangements currently in place. I could instance several such cases. We have heard today of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ebola Virus Outbreak (30 Sep 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is training being provided here?