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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Maintenance (14 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 123. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the policies and protocols which govern the management of local authority houses; the factors which influence a decision to keep individual properties boarded up for an extended period of time; his views on the current situation in an estate (details provided) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the...

Order of Business (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What are the Taoiseach's intentions towards the Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2013, which successfully passed Second Stage in the Dáil in April 2013? The Bill seeks to suspend the Statute of Limitations for a specified cohort of victims of symphysiotomy. I urge the Taoiseach to facilitate the presentation of the Bill before the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and...

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Now they further restrict medical card access as a so-called savings measure that will adversely affect the health of our older citizens. It is another smooth transition, make no mistake about it, from Fianna Fáil to Fine Gael. There is no other way to describe what is being presented here and I cannot leave the Labour Party out of that story. Despite the sham fight we witnessed...

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This is the second Bill with the same title that the Government has brought before Members in 2013, both of which were designed to remove medical card coverage from more older people over 70 years of age. It has been an annus horribilis for senior citizens. The position has moved from having in place universal medical card coverage for over-70s under the previous Government to that...

Other Questions: Medicinal Products Expenditure (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: If possible, I will make an addendum. I acknowledge that savings and progress have been made, but there are significant differentials. In particular, I am aware of the situation of the generic equivalent of Lipitor, a commonly prescribed cholesterol lowering drug that is four and a half times more expensive to me living on this side of the Border as it is to my neighbour a short distance...

Other Questions: HSE National Service Plan (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 6. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive service plan for 2014 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48067/13]

Other Questions: HSE National Service Plan (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: When will the HSE service plan for 2014 be published? Will it include a breakdown of the so-called saving of €113 million on medical cards under the heading "probity"? Can the Minister tell us exactly what this means, how this very considerable sum will be achieved, how he intends to realise this so-called saving and how it was calculated for budget 2014 purposes? What is the...

Other Questions: HSE National Service Plan (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister spoke about of the delay in the presentation of the national service plan. I ask him to address the other issues I made reference to because they are integral to the entire business of the national service plan. Will the Minister clarify the conflicting situation between the €666 million and the figure of €1 billion cited more frequently at this point in time?...

Other Questions: HSE National Service Plan (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Not certainly, however, in respect of the €113 million, surely we do not need to wait on the national service plan to get an indication of how that figure was computed. What is the basis of it and what is the Minister's target area in respect of current medical cardholders to realise such a so-called saving over the course of 2014? It is a time of great worry for many medical...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Services (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 2. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the letter from the CEOs of the Mater, St. James's, Tallaght and Crumlin children's hospitals, Dublin, stating that the health cuts are unsustainable and a threat to the safety and quality of patient services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48146/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Services (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does the Minister agree it is a seriously worrying development when the chief executive officers of four of the largest hospitals in the country write to the HSE to warn that the quality and safety of patient services in their hospitals is seriously threatened by the cuts imposed by his Government? These four large hospitals - the Mater hospital, St. James's Hospital, Tallaght hospital and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Services (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister stated that his overriding priority is patient safety and yet from my reading of the correspondence from the four CEOs, that is also their overriding priority but there seems to be such a gulf between the Minister's and their position. The Minister falls back on the unpublished national service plan 2014 and yet the CEOs are clearly indicating that the situation, which they seek...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Services (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The four CEOs make it very clear that the situation is as a result of the composite impact of a succession of five budgets, and there is no getting away from that fact. Their language shows they are at breaking point and if there are further cuts in the national service plan for 2014, the consequences will be dire. Patient safety will suffer. That is why they have taken the very bold,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Report (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 21. To ask the Minister for Health the progress he has made since 26 September in ensuring justice and truth for the survivors of symphysiotomy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48068/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 28. To ask the Minister for Health the reason, despite the recent introduction of generic substitution and reference pricing, the Health Service Executive is still paying up to four times as much as the NHS for some of the most commonly prescribed medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48066/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 34. To ask the Minister for Health the way the Budget 2014 figure of €113 million, under the heading of probity savings for medical cards, was reached; the way he expects this cut to be made; if he has estimated the number of full, general practitioner only and discretionary medical cards that will come under this heading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48064/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 37. To ask the Minister for Health if he will carry out an immediate review of the adequacy of ambulance cover in the north east region and across the State in view of the recent incident when a stroke victim in Navan, County Meath, had to wait 40 minutes for an ambulance and a similar recent incident in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48065/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (13 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 161. To ask the Minister for Health in regard to the 477 multidisciplinary staff for community mental health services promised for 2013, the number that are currently in post; if all of the 477 staff for 2013 will be hired in 2013; if he will provide a breakdown of the 477 staff for 2013 by discipline and by region; if he will provide a breakdown of the 477 staff in terms of the allocation to...

Other Questions: Budget 2014 (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am particularly concerned about the indicated cutback of €3 million in youth programmes. There is no doubt it will have a serious impact. It is unquestionable that this needs to be revisited. The Minister indicated in her reply that a total of €8 million will be saved. The 2014 expenditure report shows that the actual figure will be €9 million. Can the Minister...

Other Questions: Budget 2014 (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: As the Oberstown project is a capital project, it would not show up in the 2014 expenditure report. When does the Minister expect to see that project completed? I note that no provision has been made for extra staff in 2014. Can the Minister elaborate on the expected recruitment of additional staff to operate the new facilities at Oberstown? Some €6.7 million has been allocated for...