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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (17 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 372. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants aged 18-25 years currently in receipt of the back to education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26032/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (17 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 376. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons aged 18-25 who are in receipt of the one-parent family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26039/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (17 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 373. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants aged between 18 and 25 who commenced a community employment scheme in each of the following years: 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26036/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (17 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 374. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age in receipt of jobseeker's benefit, jobseeker's allowance or signing on for credits for less than six months; for more than six months and less than 12 months; for more than 12 months and less than 24 months; for more than 24 months and less than 36 months; for more than 36 months and less than 48...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (17 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 381. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare recipients who have been subject to a penalty rate in each of the following years, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the number of social welfare recipients aged 18-25 years who have been subject to a penalty rate in each of the following years, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (17 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 382. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reasons social welfare recipients have been subject to a penalty rate in each of the following years, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26047/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (17 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 473. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for the delay in announcing the funding decisions for the scheme to support national organisations in the community and voluntary sector; when the funding decisions will be made and announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26048/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reports (17 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 718. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the report prepared by a team from the National Maternity Hospital into an obstetric clinical incident in Cavan General Hospital in November 2012 that resulted in the loss of a newborn child; with whom the report is currently; when will the parents be made aware of its content and recommendations; if the report will be published and,...

Death and Burial of Children in Mother and Baby Homes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will come to that in a moment. Bear with me. One thing is for sure, the Minister has not been listening to me, because he left the Chamber before I got up to speak. While such a commission was signalled in the Minister's statement yesterday, we are concerned that his amendment to our motion does not state this in explicit terms. As he knows well, I have tried repeatedly over the past...

Death and Burial of Children in Mother and Baby Homes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil le gach Teachta a ghlac páirt sa diospoireacht seo. Ta súil agam go dtiocfaidh toradh maith as, ach go háirithe dóibh siúd a d'fhulaing sna hinstitiúdí thar blianta fada. I thank all the Deputies who participated in this debate. It was essential that we address these matters promptly and fully in the Dáil...

Death and Burial of Children in Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I move:That Dáil Éireann: acknowledges the scandal that occurred at the Bon Secours Sisters institution in Tuam, County Galway, where almost 800 children died while in the ‘care’ of a religious order, in a State regulated institution, and were placed in a mass unmarked grave over a period of five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s; notes the Government’s...

Health Identifiers Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (10 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No; I wish to press my first amendment.

Health Identifiers Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (10 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Níls have it indeed. I move amendment No. 2:In page 13, to delete lines 14 to 18 and substitute the following:“(4) (a) The Minister shall put in place measures to ensure that an individual’s individual health identifier will be made known to him or her as of right (or, in the case of a deceased individual, to be made known to the individual’s personal...

Health Identifiers Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (10 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister's argument broadly relies on possible identity theft and other matters, many of which could apply to any of the other situations where citizens have numbers within the system - I have already made reference to the PPS number, and there are numerous other examples one could cite. I do not know that it is beyond the Minister's capacity to find a way to provide the IHI number to...

Health Identifiers Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (10 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I move amendment No. 1:In page 13, to delete lines 11 to 13.This amendment seeks to delete lines 11 to 13 on page 13, which read:The assigning of an individual health identifier to an individual shall not be regarded in any way as indicating, in and of itself, an entitlement to, or eligibility for, the provision of a health service to the individual.We discussed my position on this on...

Health Identifiers Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (10 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I acknowledge I am not surprised. Nevertheless, it is important that the points I have made are taken on board. I am anxious that we get to a position in which people's entitlement to and eligibility for health services is affirmed. This is something that is not currently confirmed in the Constitution nor in any legislation of which I am aware, which is a major failure on the part of...

Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (10 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am sharing time with Deputy McDonald. I welcome the Government's announcement earlier today and we await the full details on the terms of reference of the statutory commission of investigation announced by the Minister and discussed in the House this afternoon by the Taoiseach. It is a dreadful fact that women and children placed by the State under the so-called care of religious orders...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Annual Overview Report on the Regulation of Designated Centres for Older People 2013: HIQA (5 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank Mr. Quinn for his comprehensive reply to the questions. However, he missed just one, which is very easy to do. Mr. Quinn referred to "timely engagement with residents to plan future health events and end-of-life care preferences". Could Mr. Quinn elaborate on how that unfolds?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Annual Overview Report on the Regulation of Designated Centres for Older People 2013: HIQA (5 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I join the Chairman in welcoming Mr. Quinn and Mr. Whelan, representing the Health Information and Quality Authority. I thank HIQA for its report and the vital role the organisation plays. This acknowledgement is deserved once again. When we recall that HIQA was established as a consequence of the failure of self-regulation and the so-called regulation that applied under the Health Service...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Annual Overview Report on the Regulation of Designated Centres for Older People 2013: HIQA (5 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To clarify, he is not an apprentice.