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Private Members' Business - Care Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Dec 2012)

Regina Doherty: Ireland's 161,000 family carers play a vital role in our health and community care sectors. Carers contribute about €11 million every day, providing 900,000 hours of care daily and saving the State more than €4.7 billion every year. The recent 2011 census found we have a 16% increase in the number of carers since 2006. They put in an estimated 3.5 million hours every week,...

Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)

Regina Doherty: That legislation has been passed.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: School Equipment (18 Dec 2012)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if she will consider the mandatory inclusion of defibrillator equipment in all secondary schools and sports club facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56409/12]

Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2012)

Regina Doherty: I propose to share time with Deputy Lawlor. This is a much easier topic for me to speak about than the last debate. I am grateful for the opportunity to speak. Many factors contributed to the health care spend in Ireland. Costs of technology, hospitalisations and hospital-based services, fees and drug costs are all major factors that drive the cost of care higher. To be effective, health...

Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (Resumed) (17 Dec 2012)

Regina Doherty: I thank Mr. Justice Sean Ryan for the work and commitment he and his team put in during their deliberations, given their terms of reference. For me, as a new Member of the House, he produced a report that was exceptionally easy to read and understand, particularly given the difficult topic on which he had to deliberate. We have been talking about this subject for years. It is an intimately...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (12 Dec 2012)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health his views on appointing a paediatric urologist consultant to Temple Street Children's Hospital Dublin; when he expects this role to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55821/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (11 Dec 2012)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the changes in auditing and regulatory practices that have been enacted since the banking crash in 2008 and since the appointment of a person (details supplied) as head of regulation at the Central Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55186/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Dec 2012)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school leavers with Down's Syndrome will have access to full training services from September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55265/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (11 Dec 2012)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors who have contracted to offer general practitioner services in the proposed primary care centre in Ashbourne County Meath; the number of staff and categories of staff who will work in this centre; the range of services that will be offered; if there will be dianostics available in the centre such as x-ray, endoscopy, dexa scanner and so on;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (11 Dec 2012)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors who have contracted to offer general practitioner services in the proposed primary care centre in Ashbourne County Meath; the number of staff and categories of staff who will work in this centre; the range of services that will be offered; if there will be dianostics available in the centre such as x-ray, endoscopy, dexa scanner and so on;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (11 Dec 2012)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors who have contracted to offer general practitioner services in the proposed primary care centre in Ashbourne County Meath; the number of staff and categories of staff who will work in this centre; the range of services that will be offered; if there will be dianostics available in the centre such as x-ray, endoscopy, dexa scanner and so on;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (5 Dec 2012)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce any secondary school initiatives to deal with obesity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54604/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (5 Dec 2012)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce any national school initiatives to deal with obesity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54610/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (4 Dec 2012)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to combat the increasing availability of illegal cigarettes in County Meath which are being sold on the black market and door to door at housing estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54003/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy (4 Dec 2012)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the specific initiatives there are for County Meath in the national renewable energy plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54315/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (4 Dec 2012)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will consider the introduction of the MenB vaccine when it is licensed early in the new year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54714/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (4 Dec 2012)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health the criteria for a child to qualify for a bone-anchored hearing aid procedure and the number of children with Downs' syndrome that have benefited from it for the years 2009, 2010, 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54068/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Dec 2012)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health the changes and practices that have been introduced since the 2011 ISQSH Patient Survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54338/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (4 Dec 2012)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a medical card. [54426/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Review (4 Dec 2012)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has been revoked in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54429/12]