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Thu, 13 Apr 2017
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EU School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
275. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 6 April 2017, the details of the Food Dudes project and the school fruit scheme projects; the locations being targeted by these projects; the number of communities and schools that have benefitted from this; the number that are expected to benefit and the timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19019/17]
Wed, 12 Apr 2017
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Election Management System
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
194. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure that the constitutional rights of the visually impaired voters to vote are upheld in view of the High Court judgment on 30 March 2017 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18447/17]
Tue, 11 Apr 2017
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UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
123. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated annual cost for the proper implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities once ratified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17735/17]
Tue, 11 Apr 2017
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Army Barracks
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
268. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 276 of 21 March 2017, the reason his Department is apparently unaware that Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board has determined the future use of the Dún Uí Neill barracks site in Cavan town; if he will re-examine his answer to Parliamentary Question No. 276 of 21 March and provide a more comprehensive response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18132/17]
Tue, 11 Apr 2017
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Summer Works Scheme
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
270. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the summer works scheme 2016-17; if there are planned works for summer 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18165/17]
Tue, 11 Apr 2017
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Equal Opportunities Employment
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
348. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the annual cost of running the WALK PEER programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17616/17]
Tue, 11 Apr 2017
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Broadcast Advertising Standards Regulation
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
719. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the World Health Organization protocol on monitoring food and beverage marketing to children via television and the Internet; if he will undertake work to quantify the extent and nature of children's exposure to marketing for HFSS foods (details supplied) via television and the Internet as per the protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18011/17]
Thu, 6 Apr 2017
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School Meals Programme
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
174. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the detail of the current provision of free school meals programmes nationally; the cost of providing this; the cost of extending free school meals programmes to full coverage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17250/17]
Thu, 6 Apr 2017
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Food Poverty
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
243. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the proposal on developing family food initiatives to support children and families experiencing food poverty to have access to healthy food and to develop cooking and food growing skills; if he, working with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, will consider the development of family food initiatives and the funding of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17251/17]
Thu, 6 Apr 2017
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Obesity Strategy
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
244. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he will work with his colleagues in other Departments to assess the feasibility of introducing fruit and vegetable subsidies targeted at disadvantaged communities, in which obesity levels are almost three times higher than in better off communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17252/17]
Thu, 6 Apr 2017
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National Clinical Programme for Heart Failure
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
245. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health to outline the position regarding the fulfilment of the aims of the HSE’s national clinical programme for heart failure; the way in which the aims and objectives of this are being followed through on; the gaps that exist in the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17253/17]
Thu, 6 Apr 2017
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National Clinical Programme for Heart Failure
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
246. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health to outline the number of operational structured heart failure programmes here; the hospitals in which they are located; the funding provided for structured heart failure programmes in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17254/17]
Thu, 6 Apr 2017
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National Clinical Programme for Heart Failure
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
247. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health to set down the number of recurrent hospital admissions of persons with heart failure in each of the past five years; if the clinical programme for heart failure objective to reduce recurrent hospital admissions by 1,000 has been met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17255/17]
Thu, 6 Apr 2017
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National Clinical Programme for Heart Failure
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
248. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health to set out the detail of the reduction in the length of hospital stay of persons with heart failure in each of the past five years; if the clinical programme for heart failure objective to save 20,000 hospital days per year has been met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17256/17]
Thu, 6 Apr 2017
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National Clinical Programme for Heart Failure
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
249. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health to outline the progress being made to date in the development of a rapid access diagnostic service for new onset heart failure and the integration of care and support to place a new emphasis on care of heart failure patients in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17257/17]
Thu, 6 Apr 2017
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National Clinical Programme for Heart Failure
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
250. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health to set down the number of heart failure clinics here; the number of hospitals that do not have heart failure clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17258/17]
Thu, 6 Apr 2017
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Health Services Provision
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
251. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health to set down the details of the availability of cardiac rehabilitation services here; the number of hospitals that do not have cardiac rehabilitation services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17259/17]
Wed, 5 Apr 2017
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Medical Card Data
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
284. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide figures of the average annual cost of a medical card; if he will provide a breakdown of the areas of spend, for example, GP, drugs and hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17040/17]
Wed, 5 Apr 2017
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Medical Card Data
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
285. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the number of discretionary medical cards held currently or the latest figure available; the number held at its peak; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17041/17]
Wed, 29 Mar 2017
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Departmental Reports
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
68. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on progress in implementing the recommendation of the report of the interdepartmental working group on fuller working lives to provide guidance material to employers on the use of fixed term contracts beyond normal retirement age; if she has raised the matter with the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission; the response she has received from it; if work has commenced on the production of these materials; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15719/17]