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Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Report Stage (21 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I do not accept the Minister's view that including a reference to educational welfare would give the impression that it would be solely within the remit and responsibility of the new agency. We must recognise that the NEWB will be an integral part of the new agency. Nowhere in section 8 which lists the functions of the new agency is education explicitly referred to. The word appears only...

Youth Employment: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Hear, hear.

Youth Employment: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On Tuesday one of the key people who has been effectively governing the State for the troika, István Székely, claimed the better off in Irish society have fared worst under the austerity regime. Mr. Székely is director of economic and financial affairs at the European Commission. In 2011 a UCD academic said of Mr. Székely:There's a Hungarian university lecturer called...

Youth Employment: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: My point is not to make a personal attack on Mr. Székely but on what he represents and, even more important, on the subservience of this Government to what he represents.

Youth Employment: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Here we have a most senior figure in the troika actually claiming those on higher incomes took a greater share of the austerity.

Youth Employment: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Can one believe it? This is in the face of mass unemployment and mass emigration, and all the contrary evidence which presents daily in all our respective constituencies, no doubt including the Minister's. The European Commission, in which this person is a most senior official, has forced the austerity agenda on people across the EU, with devastating consequences for economies and societies...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (20 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection where the €200 million funding for the youth guarantee is coming from; where the third of this as an Irish contribution is coming from in view of the fact that we have only budgeted €14 million this year for the youth guarantee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49623/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (20 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the youth guarantee funding from the EU will be subject to macro-economic conditionality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49778/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (20 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 193. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that those patients on the long-term illness scheme and with a medical card are liable for the prescription charge fee; if there have been recent changes regarding same; the date on which this came into effect; the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49682/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Sixth Report of Special Rapporteur on Child Protection: Discussion (19 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I join my colleagues in once again welcoming Dr. Shannon for appearing before the committee. I thank him sincerely for the publication of his sixth report. His presentation here this afternoon was significant in itself, apart from the report. At the end one is moved to say “Wow!”. There is so much here. I will not try to deal with all the points I will simply try to tease...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Sixth Report of Special Rapporteur on Child Protection: Discussion (19 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Before Dr. Shannon commences, we have come directly from a meeting with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. I do not have a copy of Dr. Shannon's report. Is there a copy of it available or a copy of his intended remarks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Sixth Report of Special Rapporteur on Child Protection: Discussion (19 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The opening remarks would be fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Sixth Report of Special Rapporteur on Child Protection: Discussion (19 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the Chairman.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (19 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 341. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Meath in receipt of rent supplement; and the number in each rate category and their place of residence. [49187/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (19 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 669. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the building which has, since 1979, been home to the Kilmuckridge Family Resource Centre in County Wexford is currently for sale on the open market; if he will immediately intervene to reverse the decision by the Health Service Executive to sell the building; if he will provide assurances that the future of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (19 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 686. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, the number of persons over 70 years who will lose their full medical cards as a result of the measures announced in Budget 2014; the number that will have their medical card replaced with a GP only card; and a breakdown of same by county. [49365/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (19 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 687. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, waiting times for occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and psychology therapy services for children; and a breakdown of same by Health Service Executive area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49366/13]

Order of Business (14 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: When will the health information Bill be published? This Bill is intended to provide a framework for better governance of health information and initiatives, and the unacceptable delay in publishing the Bill has been criticised not only by me and others in here, but also by the troika. Information management improvements have the potential to deliver significant savings on our overall...

Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply. I wish to advise him and the House that the theme of this year's World Diabetes Day is education and prevention. That is why I have chosen to make this matter my choice for Leaders' Questions. It is hugely important the we give a lead from this House in this regard. In 2008, the national retinopathy screening committee developed a framework for a...

Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: As the Tánaiste is aware, today, 14 November, marks, as it has every year since 1991, World Diabetes Day, a day to raise public awareness of diabetes and of the escalating health threat that this condition now poses. I want to commend the work of the International Diabetes Federation, its Irish association, Diabetes Ireland, and all of those in our health service who care for patients...