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Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Maternity care in Ireland has been in a state of crisis for many years. Underfunding has led to a severe shortage of staff in hospitals, thus resulting in us lagging behind international standards. Maternity services lack both midwives and obstetricians. Ireland has the lowest number of consultant obstetricians per 100,000 women in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...

Symphysiotomy: Statements (26 Jan 2017)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will start with a quote: "For the public at large, the purposes of the Scheme were fulfilled by an objective but compassionate assessment ... It is hoped that the findings will quell the hurt and anger of the elderly women who have undergone the procedure and that this subject will now be laid to rest." With these words Judge Maureen Harding Clark concluded her chapter 1 overview before...

Other Questions: Health Services Reports (28 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 11. To ask the Minister for Health the position on the second investigation into the tragic loss of baby Jamie Flynn and other cases of concern, including the loss of another newborn baby on 12 May at or following birth at the maternity unit at Cavan General Hospital; if he will provide details of the persons who have been engaged to carry out each of the investigations in train; when he...

Midland Regional Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (26 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Deputy will follow me with five minutes, that is correct. The Private Members' business before us this evening deals with the harrowing and deeply upsetting cases that we have heard of over the past number of weeks and also relates to other cases going back, in some instances, years and decades. Táthar tar éis go leor cainte a dhéanamh le tamall ar imeachtaí...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Investigation into Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise (Resumed): Health Service Executive (19 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...the RTE investigation unit from proceeding with its planned programme. HSE voices claimed that nothing untoward had happened. They claimed further that there was nothing unusual whatsoever in the baby death or deaths that had taken place. They attempted to emphasise the normalcy of such child deaths. Any participation by the HSE in the programme is described to me as reluctant and...

Topical Issue Debate: HSE Investigations (13 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...my time when I get the opportunity to speak in this House. I will have the opportunity to query the address of the Minister to HIQA in a few moments when I return to the Joint Committee on Health and Children before which Mr. Phelim Quinn is appearing this afternoon. However, I understand that the request does not equate with an order and there seems to be some differential between the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Investigations (15 Apr 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 465. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the second investigation into the tragic loss of a baby (details supplied), and other cases of concern that have taken place in the maternity unit at Cavan General Hospital; when he expects to receive the report; if he will recommit to publish this report on receipt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13968/15]

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (3 Feb 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I wish to make a couple of remarks. I welcome the Minister and his team from the Department. I wish to refer to the briefing for the select sub-committee that was prepared by the Department. There may be other figures that I have been able to link up in the limited time available to me. In terms of the Child and Family Agency, the Estimate for 2015 refers to a sum of €631...

Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Motion (Resumed) (28 Jan 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann:” and substitute the following: “having regard to the motion passed by Dáil Éireann on the 11th June, 2014 which recognised the need to establish the facts regarding the deaths of children at the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co. Galway between 1925 and 1961, including...

Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Jan 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: From conversations I have had with teachers and concerned parents, I am strongly directed to the view that this Government is intent on doing away with the junior certificate without proper consultation and that its key motivation, like that of its predecessor, is saving money. The Irish education system has many flaws but the impartiality of the State examinations is one of its virtues....

Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The survivors of mother and baby homes and similar institutions present in the Visitors Gallery represent not only themselves and each other but thousands of the most poorly treated of our citizens whose life experiences, exposed now as never before, stand out to the eternal shame of the State and all who contributed to its practices towards and treatment of single mothers and their children....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jan 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I acknowledge the effort invested in preparation for the launch of the commission of inquiry, but the Minister has not replied to the question asked and I am keen to establish the reason. The Minister's answer does not in any way shed light on it. I am deeply concerned about the exclusion of Avoca House in County Wicklow; Braemor House in County Cork; St. Gerard's, Herbert Avenue; St....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Affairs: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (13 Nov 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the Minister and his officials. The Minister might indicate the status of filling the vacant Secretary General position in his Department. Regarding the issue of the mother and baby homes inquiry, I believe that everyone of us would be disappointed that the terms of reference have not been finalised, that the commission has not been established and that the work is under way....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (23 Oct 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...a number of areas, focusing initially on maternity policy in the Health Service Executive. In the reply to my question for this quarterly meeting the Minister indicated that the Department and the Health Service Executive were working on a new maternity strategy. The Department commissioned a review of national and international literature on the issue, which has been completed and is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (25 Sep 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The timeframe for these questions does not allow for the searching that needs to take place here. The Minister has not answered the questions I asked about the legislative and logistical challenges he outlined in his initial response. What are we talking about here in real terms? The records are very important and of great concern. Have efforts been made to gather these and place them in...

Interdepartmental Report on the Commission of Investigation into the Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (17 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...opportunity to address the Minister in the Dáil Chamber since he received his new portfolio. At the Oireachtas committee this morning, I wished the Minister success with his new responsibilities and I wish to do so again on the record of the House. Last month, Sinn Féin tabled a Dáil Private Members' motion in response to the issues raised by the scandal of the Tuam mother...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (17 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I wish the new Minister for Children and Youth Affairs success with his new portfolio of responsibilities. I note that question No. 7 about the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes is grouped with a range of questions. The report was issued yesterday on the interdepartmental group's deliberations. It is fair to say that the conclusions are accurate with regard to the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Minister ensure that all victims and survivors of these so-called mother and baby homes and other similar institutions will have their experiences fully acknowledged so that real healing, if not closure, can get under way? I emphasise that the process should include all victims and survivors. This is the opportunity and time to address these issues. I ask him to ensure nobody is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am seeking an update from the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs on the proposed model for the commission of investigation for mother and baby homes, and other similar institutions. I wish to know the proposed commission's status, including the preparation of its terms of reference and the scheduled programme of work. I am anxious to establish if the Minister has an idea of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Adoption in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I apologise to all our guests but a debate on the Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014 is about the start in two or three minutes in the Dáil and I must cover that legislation. I join the Chairman and my colleagues on the committee in welcoming each of the witnesses here. It has been very helpful. Indeed the witnesses' print submissions are very useful references for all of...