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

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I understand the thrust of what the Minister is trying to achieve, the referencing to the Competition Act, and it is worthy of our support. It is crucial that such consultation take place. 2 o’clock I welcome the fact that it has finally got under way. It has been awaited for a long time. I wish the exercise every success. Although there is no difference with regard to what is...

Health (General Practitioner Services) Bill 2014: Motion to Instruct Committee (26 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister of State did not respond on two matters I had raised. I asked about a review of the nursing homes support scheme initiated in 2012 which was signalled for completion in 2013. What is the status of that review? The other matter I raised concerned an overview of the financial elements of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009. How have these elements worked in practice?...

Health (General Practitioner Services) Bill 2014: Motion to Instruct Committee (26 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister of State has cited a single case that has triggered address of this matter. Was there an outcome to that particular endeavour?

Health (General Practitioner Services) Bill 2014: Motion to Instruct Committee (26 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: With reference the earlier mention of time, I am not precious about my time in this instance and I will not be using my full allocation. Having gone through each of the Stages of the Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014, I view this motion as most unsatisfactory. The Minister of State is introducing matters that are wholly unconnected to the address and purpose of this...

Order of Business (26 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On the same matter, if I can be of assistance-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Adoption in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I apologise to all our guests but a debate on the Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014 is about the start in two or three minutes in the Dáil and I must cover that legislation. I join the Chairman and my colleagues on the committee in welcoming each of the witnesses here. It has been very helpful. Indeed the witnesses' print submissions are very useful references for all of...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (25 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I appreciate that the Minister of State is delivering a response on behalf of his colleague, but the critical questions were about whether the Minister of State had acted on the consultants' call to intervene with the HSE to ensure proper investigation of the incidents and whether the review findings would be properly communicated, with appropriate reforms implemented. The Minister of State...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (25 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle as an deis seo chun ceist fíor-thábhachtach a phlé. It is a very serious matter that nine clinicians in the area of mental health in the Carlow-Kilkenny, south Tipperary area have withdrawn their confidence in the HSE's management of the service. They cited nine suicides in the area over a period of just 17 months, as revealed...

Other Questions: Medical Card Reviews (25 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Can I ask a supplementary question?

Other Questions: Medical Card Reviews (25 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Has this question been assigned to a particular grouping?

Other Questions: Ambulance Service Provision (25 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I note from the Minister's reply that one of the reviews under way is addressing the capacity of the current service. Without questioning the industry of the people entrusted to deliver the review, I must ask whether they are looking honestly at the capacity of the ambulance service to deliver on a day-to-day basis. Does the Minister agree with the National Ambulance Service Representative...

Other Questions: Ambulance Service Provision (25 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister chose to focus on only one of the points I raised. I again ask for his view on the case made by the National Ambulance Service Representative Association, the members of which are front-line service providers, on the shortage of personnel, infrastructure and funding. In my own region which comprises counties Cavan, Monaghan, Louth and Meath ambulance service staff are expected...

Other Questions: Ambulance Service Provision (25 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 6. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the review of ambulance services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27041/14]

Other Questions: Ambulance Service Provision (25 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek to establish if the review of the ambulance service currently under way will be comprehensive, including address of the capacity of the service to fulfil its obligations to the public properly.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ministerial Appointments (25 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 2. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out in full the circumstances in which he appointed a founder and 50% shareholder in a private health consultancy firm as chairperson of the West-North West Hospitals Group, which subsequently awarded a contract to said firm; if the potential conflict of interest was known to him when he appointed the person and, if not, when he became aware of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ministerial Appointments (25 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek a detailed explanation from the Minister for Health on the matter of the appointment of Mr. Noel Daly to the position of chairperson of the West-North West Hospitals Group, despite the clear conflict of interest created by his role and interest in D & F Health Partnership, a private company in which he was then a 50% stakeholder.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ministerial Appointments (25 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have a number of questions. Did the Minister know Mr. Daly personally and, if so, for how long? Did he know in June 2012 when he appointed Mr. Daly to the position of chairperson of the West-North West Hospitals Group that he had been the founder, director and joint owner of D & F Health Partnership, with a 50% stake in it? If he did know, why did he appoint him? If he did not...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ministerial Appointments (25 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does the Minister accept that his reputation is somewhat in question as a result of this appointment? Make no mistake about it, his effort to digress in regard to Sinn Féin's position vis-à-visappointments is the nonsense he usually employs. What is the status of the HSE's internal investigation? What was the nature of the breach of the HSE's national financial regulations in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ministerial Appointments (25 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I would have thought within the time available-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ministerial Appointments (25 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----that the Minister would have the answers with him, rather than inviting me to write to him.