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Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: As I will not need the 30 minutes allocated to me, I will share time with Deputy John McGuinness provided I am in a position to conclude before 7.30 p.m. The Deputy wishes to make a statement at the end of my contribution. This Bill is another element in the legislative framework designed to combat tobacco smoking. It gives us the opportunity to focus again on the serious damage tobacco...

Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the Minister and welcome that decision.

Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I move:"That Dáil Éireann: notes that:— mental health is an issue of vital concern to the nation in general and should be of special concern to policy-makers and legislators in particular; — mental health services must be designed and delivered to aid the recovery of the individual; — a person-centred approach is vital to the achievement of the best results;...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Minister ensure that all victims and survivors of these so-called mother and baby homes and other similar institutions will have their experiences fully acknowledged so that real healing, if not closure, can get under way? I emphasise that the process should include all victims and survivors. This is the opportunity and time to address these issues. I ask him to ensure nobody is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Apart from the need to ensure that account is taken of all relevant institutions as part of the investigation, I hope the scope of the investigation will include how these institutions were established and run; the infant, child and adult mortality and morbidity rates; adoption, nursing, fostering and boarding out practices; the vaccine and other clinical or medical trials and medical...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 62. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will outline the proposed model for the Commission of Investigation for mother and baby homes; its terms of reference and scheduled programme of work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28268/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am seeking an update from the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs on the proposed model for the commission of investigation for mother and baby homes, and other similar institutions. I wish to know the proposed commission's status, including the preparation of its terms of reference and the scheduled programme of work. I am anxious to establish if the Minister has an idea of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (1 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 will be retaining its special needs assistant for the incoming school year. [28251/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (1 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 369. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of child protection teams in direct provision centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28293/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (1 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 487. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28044/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Strategy Implementation (1 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 637. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the implementation of the national early years access initiative and the area-based childhood ABC programme. [28292/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Legislation (1 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 638. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the adoption (information and tracing) Bill; the date on which it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28294/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Expenditure (1 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 639. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to enhance and improve supports for Rape Crisis Network Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28295/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (1 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 640. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on developments on inter-country adoptions with India. [28296/14]

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We cannot have a body of people, hurt and excluded, who have been doubly hurt by being further excluded, as in the cases to which I referred. I indicated to the Minister of State before any and all of that presented that I would support the introduction of free GP cards for children up to the age of six years as an integral part of a programmed, timeframed introduction of universal...

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2014)

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Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I hear the Ceann Comhairle very clearly.

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In confirming my support for the passage of the Bill I am asking the Minister of State to take on board the appeals I have just made.

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I support the Bill's passage. However, we are against a very unhappy backdrop in dealing with this matter and it would be wrong of us to let this occasion go by without reflecting on some of the widely shared concerns in regard to medical cards. We are providing for GP-only cards for all children up to the age of six years. Also, we are advised that some 15,300 people who lost their...

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have no objection in principle to the thrust of Deputy Denis Naughten's amendment. He proposes something we wanted to see, covering a range of areas. Rather than Departments operating in silo fashion, we should have joined-up Government. It is another practical example of an area with a myriad of benefits. It concerns not only the elimination of those who should not be entitled to what...