Dáil debates

Thursday, 31 January 2008

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Order of Business (89 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 11, statements on the reports of the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights relating to violent incidents arising from the conflict in...
• Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
• Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (169 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by Deputy Enda Kenny on Wednesday, 30 January 2008:
• Barron Reports: Statements (Resumed) (24 speeches)
  A firm commitment was made by the Taoiseach during the Twenty-ninth Dáil that a full-scale debate on collusion would be held following the publication of the report of Patrick MacEntee, SC, into...
• Ceisteanna — Questions. (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  Hospital Services.
  • Hospital Services. (15 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date investigations (details supplied) into a number of cancer diagnostic scandals will conclude; the reason for the delay in...
  • Accident and Emergency Services. (4 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the national emergency which she acknowledged due to the number of patients on trolleys in 2006 has re-emerged in...
  • Mental Health Services. (12 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is the policy of the Government to implement the recommendations of A Vision for Change; the reason funding allocated for mental...
  • Cancer Screening Programme. (6 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date cervical screening will become available nationally; the reason this was not made available by the end of 2007; and if she will...
  • Health Services. (16 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the new services she proposes to put in place to provide for adults and children suffering from cystic fibrosis; and if she will launch a...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Hospitals Building Programme.
  • Hospitals Building Programme. (15 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans there are to increase the capacity of the National Rehabilitation Hospital or to provide such a service elsewhere; and if she...
  • Accident and Emergency Services. (27 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason, in view of the implementation of her ten point plan for accident and emergency services, her description of the accident and...
  • Ambulance Service. (9 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she plans to increase the number of ambulances available to the Dublin Fire Brigade Ambulance Service; and if she will make a statement...
  • Care of the Elderly. (16 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the consultation she and her Department have undertaken with groups and bodies which represent the interests of older people regarding the...
  • Cancer Screening Programme. (14 speeches)
    Question 10: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date cervical screening will become available nationally; the reason this was not made available by the end of 2007 as she promised;...
  • Office for Disability and Mental Health. (7 speeches)
    Question 11: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to establish an office for disability and mental health under the Minister of State; the timescale for the establishment of...
• Adjournment Debate Matters (1 speech)
  I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 21 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Seán Barrett — the...
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  Services for People with Disabilities.
  • Services for People with Disabilities. (8 speeches)
    I raise this matter because of the appalling treatment received by a little five-year-old boy in my constituency, who is in urgent need of speech and language therapy. Speech and language...
  • Health Services. (2 speeches)
    The courage shown by a number of young adults with cystic fibrosis, people like Orla Tinsley and Jennifer Tormey who told their stories on the national airwaves, must be rewarded with firm...
  • Grant Payments. (3 speeches)
    I am glad to inform the House that I am not attempting to extend my remit into other constituencies. This issue was dealt with in the first instance by my colleague and party leader, Deputy...
  • Schools Building Projects. (2 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to raise this issue on the Adjournment and the Minister of State for coming to the House to debate the need to construct a new building...