Dáil debates

Wednesday, 20 March 2013

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.30 p.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Hospital Services (18 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Health when he will bring forward proposals on the formation of new hospital groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13933/13]
  • Disability Grant Schemes (10 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to cease the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant schemes until such time as an alternative scheme or schemes are put in...
  • Medical Card Review (5 speeches, 1 comment)
    To ask the Minister for Health the reason many elderly persons have had their medical cards cancelled by the primary care reimbursement scheme without any notice; the steps being taken to ensure...
  • Health Services Provision (13 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Health his assessment of the new Health Service Executive regional service plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13934/13]
  • Health Service Recruitment (8 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to move forward with employing extra occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and psychological services to address the shortfall...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Ambulance Service (52 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in the Health Service Executive West region since the introduction of standardised ambulance response times; the steps being taken...
  • Hospital Acquired Infections (58 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle MRSA in Cork University Hospital; the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14273/13]
  • Hospital Waiting Lists (10 speeches)
    To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle in-patient waiting lists for children in Sligo General Hospital; the impact of these measures; and if he will make a...
• Message from Select Sub-Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Sub-Committee on Health has concluded its consideration of the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012 Seanad and has made amendments thereto.
• Topical Issue Matters (1 speech)
  I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case; (1) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Thalidomide Victim Compensation (14 speeches)
    The Government committed in the programme for Government to address the issues of thalidomide survivors in Ireland and to compensate them. Two years later, we are still waiting for it to do so....
  • Treatment Abroad Scheme (4 speeches, 1 comment)
    I wish to question why current guidelines for the HSE treatment abroad scheme do not cover the costs of accommodation, baggage or travel agent fees for the travel companion of a patient who is...
  • Social Welfare Code (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for selecting this matter. In the short time I have been in this House, one of the difficulties I have come across - I am sure other Deputies have faced the...
  • Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (103 speeches)
    Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghlacadh leis an Aire as ucht teacht anseo um trathnóna agus an cheist seo a thógáil mar tá a fhios agam go raibh sé gnóthach le...
• Order of Business (169 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No.10, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of An Bord Bia Act 1994 (Levy on Slaughtered or Exported Livestock) Order 2013; and No. 3, Health (Alteration...
• An Bord Bia Act 1994 (Levy on Slaughtered or Exported Livestock) Order 2013: Motion (1 speech)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft:An Bord Bia Act 1994 (Levy on Slaughtered or Exported Livestock) Order 2013,a copy of which Order in draft was laid before...
• Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2013: Order for Second Stage (2 speeches)
  : Bill entitled an Act to amend the Health Act 1970 and to make provision in relation to eligibility for services under that Act; to make provision for the furnishing of personal data in...
• Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2013: Second Stage (38 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The maintenance of health services is a priority in 2013 for the Government despite the need for significant and difficult financial savings in...
• Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality has completed its consideration of the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 and has made no amendments thereto.
• Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (16 speeches)
  I move:That Dáil Éireann: recognises that, according to Census 2011, 13% of the population is coping with a disability; accepts that the percentage of people with a disability who...