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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (27 Feb 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 143. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a county breakdown of the number of positions to be available under Gateway schemes in counties Monaghan, Cavan, Meath and Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10297/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (27 Feb 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 255. To ask the Minister for Health the supports and care plans in place for patients with endometriosis; if he has, or will consider the establishment of a multidisciplinary centre; if his attention has been drawn to the work of the Endometriosis Association of Ireland; if he will agree to meet with the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10109/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Feb 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 221. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of vacancies in all early intervention teams in counties Monaghan, Cavan, Meath and Louth; if he will provide a county breakdown of same; the length of time each position has been vacant; his plan to fill these vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9768/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Feb 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 222. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists to be seen by members of intervention teams in counties Monaghan, Cavan, Meath and Louth; the average waiting time on lists broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9769/14]

Health Identifiers Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On behalf of Sinn Féin, I welcome this Bill. It is a very long overdue and necessary development to improve the delivery of health services. The allocation of an individual number or unique identifier to each individual for the purpose of health services has been talked about for a very long time. At least now we are finally seeing progress, which is welcome. It is a pity this...

Health Identifiers Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----for my purposes, when free GP care is not free. That is my question. It certainly has suggested to me at least a lack of clarity and lack of coherence in this coalition's approach to health care. The White Paper on universal health insurance should be published immediately. I wonder whether the Minister of State has anything to tell us in that regard, given that it was before the...

Health Identifiers Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We need such an informed debate. At the moment, what we have is, as I have described, an internal row within this coalition Government, with the people and the people's representatives in these Houses of the Oireachtas excluded. That is unacceptable. As I said in the context of another health Bill recently, the Bill before us today may be part of a bigger picture, but I have yet to see that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome Ms McGuinness and her colleagues from the National Ambulance Service. I seek a brief clarification. When she shared with us the details on the performance levels within the set response times, she spoke of ECHO and DELTA calls in relation to a response time of 18 minutes and 59 seconds. Perhaps there is a small contradiction here with one of the earlier presentations which spoke...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome our guests from SIPTU. I join Deputy Billy Kelleher and the Chairman in acknowledging that the National Ambulance Service is a pillar of the health service. Lives depend on what it does. I take the opportunity, as I did when the National Ambulance Service Representative Association, NASRA, attended the committee, to pay tribute to the ambulance personnel who are also members of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Go raibh maith agat. I wish to apologise to the spokespeople from the National Ambulance Service Representative Association, NASRA, because I missed the earlier part of their oral presentation. However, I had a chance to go through the documentation in advance of this meeting. At the outset I want to pay tribute to all who work in our ambulance and emergency services. I would also like to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (25 Feb 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 448. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to his Department's role in relation to the social affordability of water charges (details supplied), if it is the case that due consideration will be given to the financial costs associated with living in hard water areas, for example, cost of water softeners or shortened lifespan of white good products and so...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (25 Feb 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 504. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question 531 of 18 February 2014, the members of the inter-departmental working group; the number of times the group has met; the group's terms of reference; if issues of water hardness are to be considered in relation to affordability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9644/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (25 Feb 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 505. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the contribution, direct or otherwise, of Government to the first water charges plan; the role of the inter-departmental group in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9646/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (25 Feb 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 643. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8993/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Places (25 Feb 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown the number of persons on methadone treatment for substance addiction recovery; the number of treatment centres and prescribing doctors; the annual cost per patient; the annual cost per prescribing doctor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8994/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (25 Feb 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 688. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 190 and 191 of 22 January 2014 when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive. [9385/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (25 Feb 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 719. To ask the Minister for Health the full complement of ambulance vehicles operated by the National Ambulance Service across the State and across each of the three divisions of the service; the breakdown of those vehicles by categorisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9654/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (25 Feb 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 720. To ask the Minister for Health the number of personnel employed by the National Ambulance Service; if he will provide a breakdown of their number by designated roles; if he will provide a breakdown of their base operational location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9655/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Feb 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 722. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive an appointment for treatment. [9733/14]

Organ Donation: Motion (21 Feb 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is undeniable that the work of Oireachtas committees in the current Oireachtas has surpassed that in all previous sessions of the Dáil and the Seanad prior to 2011. That is my clear perception and understanding. In terms of quality and quantity, the work and product have improved, which is a tribute to the members of the committees, their respective chairpersons and secretariats,...