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Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 May 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when his attention was first drawn to the 12 to 18 month waiting list for endoscopy at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin; if he has ascertained the resource needs and other issues which need to be addressed; the immediate action he proposes to take to address this delay; and if he will make a statement on the...

Fair Deal Scheme (31 May 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We addressed this issue in some measure earlier, so I will concentrate on just some of the different areas. The Minister indicated on 20 May that approval of applications "would resume" and said that funding would be reallocated for this purpose. We now face a situation where the entire approvals process has been suspended. Are we to wait until the end of the review, 3 June, or have any...

Fair Deal Scheme (31 May 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: With all respect to the Minister and Minister of State, the responses they have given create a deeper crisis of confidence in the fair deal scheme for the future, because of the lack of certainty. The questions posed and responses received are hugely problematic for many people. How quickly after the receipt of the review report on Friday will the Minister be in a position to make a clear...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme (31 May 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action he will take to ensure the immediate resumption of approval of applications under the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13516/11]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme (31 May 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This is the first time we have had the opportunity to put questions directly to the Minister since news of this issue broke on 18 May and yet it appears, very strangely, that we will not hear answers from him. I have the height of respect for the junior Minister in the Department answering, as she has, although the answers are most disturbing. It would be doubly disturbing for the Minister...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme (31 May 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am not privy to how the figure was compiled but I assume some assistance was given through the HSE but I again point out that almost 500 older people are in acute hospital beds awaiting approval for access to nursing home beds at this time. In other words, there is a serious hold-up in the freeing up of very important acute hospital beds because of this debacle. What steps are being taken...

Hospital Accommodation (31 May 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister referred to shifting the focus away from beds and for improvements to be transposed across the system. I wonder how that applies to him? As spokesperson for Fine Gael on health issues in recent years, the Minister, Deputy Reilly, correctly laid the emphasis on the importance of restoring bed numbers. His answer now suggests that he has taken a completely different position,...

Hospital Accommodation (31 May 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will conclude with this question, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. The Minister indicated that he would establish a special delivery unit in his Department to help reduce hospital waiting lists. Has that been established and will the Minister clarify exactly his intention on bed numbers because the volte-face he has demonstrated today is incredible?

Hospital Accommodation (31 May 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have a brief question.

Hospital Accommodation (31 May 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Undoubtedly, several patients would wish to remain at home but the Minister cannot make a blanket statement suggesting that one would not make that assessment when in acute hospital settings. I do not have to go back over the record to cite what the Minister said week on week, month on month and year on year since taking up the role of spokesperson on health. Is he now of a mind not to...

Order of Business (26 May 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In the context of the fourth report of the child rapporteur, Mr. Geoffrey Shannon, I refer to the first report of the Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children, in which Deputy Howlin was a participating member, which was published in September 2008 and which included a proposal to give legal authority for the collection and the exchange of information concerning the risk or...

Order of Business (26 May 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister should indicate a date for the formal establishment of the Department. When will this be verified before the House?

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (25 May 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ratify the second optional protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12972/11]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (25 May 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite a naturalisation application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan. [12856/11]

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That has happened.

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach should answer the question and stop trying to avoid it.

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It should be recommenced immediately.

Nursing Homes Support Scheme (24 May 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am disappointed that the Minister, Deputy Reilly, is not here to take this matter on the Adjournment. There is now serious confusion over what is happening with the fair deal scheme and it is the Minister's job to clear up that confusion and tell us, and more important, worried older people and their families how this is going to be resolved. Last Wednesday, 18 May, it emerged in the media...

Written Answers — Post-Leaving Certification Courses: Post-Leaving Certification Courses (24 May 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the certificate course in leadership and advocacy at Dundalk IT, which caters for students with an intellectual disability across the north-east region, will be maintained and the required grants for its continuation be provided into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12747/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (24 May 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a supplementary welfare allowance and mortgage interest allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) and when a decision will issue. [12853/11]