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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In regard to the point I raised on question No. 24, I understand that Ms McGuinness is going to revert to me in regard to the pre-meeting of some members. I refer her to the internal audit report and ask her to address the other point I raised at the outset, namely, it is all very well for the CEO to say the chairman did not play a role in making the decision but there is no basis or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will let Mr. Hennessy finish and will make a brief comment at the end.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Mr. Hennessy made reference to the last visit we made to Finglas. He will recall that I made the opening contribution. I knew I spoke on behalf of all of us when I made the point that we need a dedicated office team of whatever size. We, as Oireachtas Members, act as a buffer zone for people because community welfare officers no longer deal with the people. The HSE headed off into its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That was fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Ms McGuinness says she is not aware of a pre-meeting so I direct her to the internal audit report that refers directly to this. A pre-meeting was held on the day prior to the board meeting and some members attended. I believe the reference to "some members" is irregular - either the board should have attended or not. This requires further explanation and if Ms McGuinness is not familiar...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In respect of Question No. 23 on the medical card issue, it states in the reply I have received that the Department of Health will develop a policy paper by the end of September 2014 on further phases of providing for a universal GP service. The Minister of State, Deputy White, would know that I would welcome that because I have been pressing for such a programme and a time-frame for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the Minister, the Minister of State, the deputy director of the HSE and her colleague. I will refer to specific questions I posed in advance. There are so many issues one would like to raise in the course of the meeting, but it may not be possible to do so. I will begin with the 24th question concerning the conflict of interest in the appointment of the chairman of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Sector Funding (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 118. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will revisit and reverse the decision not to allocate funding to the Neurological Alliance of Ireland or to any neurological organisation under the scheme to support national organisations 2014-2016; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the NAI faces closure at the end of 2014 if funding is not...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Sector Funding (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 119. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will revisit and reverse the decision not to allocate funding to the Irish Deaf Society under the scheme to support national organisations 2014-2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30485/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Sector Funding (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 121. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria used and the basis of the scoring system employed in the allocation of funding in the scheme to support national organisations 2014-2016; the organisations funded and those applicant organisations not funded; the reasons for the decision and scoring awarded in each case; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Sector Funding (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 122. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he, his Department or Pobal discussed with the Department of Health or the Health Service Executive the allocation of funding to health-related organisations under the scheme to support national organisations 2014-2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30483/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Haddington Road Agreement Savings (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 167. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the annual net and gross saving to the Exchequer, following the implementation of the Haddington Road Agreement, if hospital consultant pay was capped at €150,000 per annum. [30451/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 168. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer if the full economic cost of the use of beds in public and voluntary hospitals for the purposes of private medical practice were paid for by private insurance operators. [30452/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 183. To ask the Minister for Health the additional revenue which would be raised if all private patients in public hospitals were charged in full for services provided rather than being charged a maintenance or per diem charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30467/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Remuneration (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 169. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive public sector workers in receipt of salaries within the bands (details supplied). [30453/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 170. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the total Health Service Executive budget for each of the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will provide the same broken down by directorate, primary care, acute services, social care, health and well-being, mental health and corporate. [30454/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Remuneration (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 171. To ask the Minister for Health the annual average cost of employing a basic grade Health Service Executive staff nurse. [30455/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Remuneration (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 172. To ask the Minister for Health the annual average cost of employing a basic grade Health Service Executive social worker. [30456/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Remuneration (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 173. To ask the Minister for Health the annual average cost of employing a basic grade Health Service Executive midwife. [30457/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Remuneration (10 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 177. To ask the Minister for Health the annual average cost of employing a Health Service Executive hospital consultant. [30461/14]