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White Paper on Universal Health Insurance: Statements (16 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Therefore, I will not be able to finish today.

White Paper on Universal Health Insurance: Statements (16 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is regrettable. We will have a two-tier contribution. In the introduction to the document we are addressing, entitled, The Path to Universal Healthcare: White Paper on Universal Health Insurance, the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, on behalf of the Government, says it aspires to "a universal single-tier health service with access based on need, not income". I want to say...

White Paper on Universal Health Insurance: Statements (16 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I repeat it. We all accept that health care is expensive and has to be paid for. The question is how to pay for it in a way that ensures the best possible health care for all who need it and which does so with the best achievable value for money. The Government is proposing to bring in universal health insurance, with the State subsidising those who cannot afford to pay insurance premiums....

Order of Business (16 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Children First Bill 2014 was finally published on Monday. The guidelines were published as long ago as 1999 and it has taken until now for the legislation to present. It was the 2009 Ryan report which recommended the thrust of the proposals we now have. Considerable concern has been expressed by front-line providers in regard to the needs and care of children in so far as...

Order of Business (16 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am less concerned with what others may have to say on this. I am anxious to know when the Government will circulate the full information. Will it facilitate statements on the issue of water charges in this House before the recess? Can that be accommodated tomorrow? Will the Taoiseach give a commitment to that effect?

Order of Business (16 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: If not, will he give a commitment to provide for such a debate at the earliest opportunity when the Dáil resumes following the Easter recess? There should be no further delay in relation to this matter being addressed in this House.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (16 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 155. To ask the Minister for Health if the respite opportunities cut from the services provided for a person, details supplied, will be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18125/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (16 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 157. To ask the Minister for Health if the sleep drug melatonin is covered by the long-term illness card scheme; if not, if and when a decision was taken to remove it from the scheme; the reason for that decision and the options that children and others with disabilities have to get the cost of their melatonin covered. [18137/14]

Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I wish to share time with Deputy Gerry Adams.

Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome this motion on the perilous state of our ambulance services, which was tabled in the name of the Fianna Fáil Deputies. This Government has deliberately ignored, tried to gloss over or even dismiss many issues during its term of office, including the impact of its austerity policies on the most vulnerable, and the deepening housing crisis. I have not seen the Government...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (15 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I hope I did better than try in this respect; I hope I made the case explicitly clear for everybody. There is no doubt in my mind, and I cannot believe there is a doubt in minds of others here, regarding the use of the word "safe" in this legislation in the context of the employment of sunbeds. It is a contradiction in terms. We are sowing the seed of further difficulties that will present...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (15 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am always willing to listen to the Minister.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (15 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the Minister's further intervention. We can have a meeting of minds here. I accept that the Minister understands that the word "safe" will be used and abused - that is for sure. The purpose of my putting forward amendments is not to be able to catch the Minister out or to say that this is the case; it is always about trying to make the legislation the most fit for purpose that we...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (15 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: See what the visit to Monaghan did for the Minister.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (15 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That does not prevent me from revisiting and reintroducing them.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (15 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On that basis I withdraw both amendments.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (15 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Not to rush on from that, I refer to the Minister's last remarks on the message to parents of young children, of whom members were speaking in particular, to the effect that it will be illegal to subject them to the use of sunbeds. Is it not the case that the use of sunbeds will be restricted only in respect of those premises? Is it not the case that regrettably, there still will be...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (15 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: While I understood the restrictions, I thought that rather than moving on through this amendment without shining some light on it - albeit certainly not ultraviolet light - it would be important to have the Minister's elucidation on that matter. Again, while I will not oppose the amendment, I hope that in the fullness of time - I do not question the Minister's resolve - the wider community...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (15 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: One is contingent on the other and I accept both.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (15 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I move amendment No. 6: In page 10, line 15, to delete “safe” and substitute “authorised”.I will speak on both amendments together as the same argument applies in each case. In amendments Nos. 6 and 7 I seek to change the reference to the word "safe". Under the section heading of "Training", section 14(1)(a) refers to "training leading to a qualification in the...