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Tue, 17 May 2016
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Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
934. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the investment that has been made to improve care homes the Health Service Executive runs in Castlepollard, County Westmeath; if his Department or the executive has implemented measures to address the issues and concerns regarding the standard of accommodation that was identified in past Health Information and Quality Authority reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10605/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
935. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health to provide the criteria and rationale for the decision to relocate houses that were bought for the residents in St. Peter's Estate in Castlepollard, County Westmeath, and another house that is soon to open in Collinstown, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10606/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
936. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the care homes the Health Service Executive owns or runs or that are managed by housing agencies for it; their annual running costs over the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10607/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
937. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend entitlement under the long-term illness scheme to those suffering from Crohn's disease and irritable bowel syndrome; the reason these debilitating conditions have not been included heretofore as against those health circumstances that do qualify; if he has requested details of the number involved and the projected cost of extending the entitlement to this cohort of persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10609/16]
Wed, 4 May 2016
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Medical Card Applications
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
156. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8905/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Health Services Funding
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
296. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the way in which the Health Service will cope with the already showing significant under-provision for 2016; if he accepts that it is impracticable and unworkable to have so-called overspends carried forward by specific entities and sectors within the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8228/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
443. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason Part V council tenancies are not included in the new tenant purchase scheme list of approved properties for purchase application; if he will reconsider this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8230/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Ulster Canal Restoration Project
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
498. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of works undertaken to date on the Ulster Canal restoration project; if said works are on schedule; the programme of works intended in 2016 and the funding secured for same; if a greater urgency will be applied to the roll-out of the overall project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8229/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Health Services Staff
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
280. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the criteria a person must meet in order to become a home carer through either the Health Service Executive or the commercial sector; if, apart from Garda vetting, there are regulations in place to ensure that the successful candidate is suitable and qualified for such an important post, including the specific placement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7364/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Job Losses
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
155. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the efforts being made to secure replacement permanent work for the 140 workers who lost their jobs due to the closure of the BOSE plant in Carrickmacross in County Monaghan; the status of the efforts in this regard of his Department and the State agencies; his assessment of the prospect of an early resumption of manufacturing activity at the now idle site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6483/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Hospital Internships
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
395. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to address the issues arising for non-central applications office medical students in the system who now find themselves with no guarantee of an internship position when they graduate; his understanding of the maximum capacity for internship positions and how these are distributed across the hospital network; if there is scope to increase the annual intake of graduates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6445/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Mental Health Services Funding
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
402. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health why the ring-fenced €35 million additional moneys for mental health in 2016 has not yet been released, given that a quarter of the year is now past; the intended use of this promised sum in 2016; when he will release the moneys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6491/16]