Dáil debates

Thursday, 9 April 2009

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32

 

10:30 am

Photo of John O'DonoghueJohn O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Ceann Comhairle)
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Anois, iarratais chun tairisceana a dhéanamh an Dáil a chur ar athló faoi Bhuan Ordú 32. I call Deputy Bannon.

Photo of James BannonJames Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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I thank the Ceann Comhairle.

(Interruptions).

Photo of Pádraic McCormackPádraic McCormack (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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He is back.

Photo of James BannonJames Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Am I going to have ciúnas?

Photo of John O'DonoghueJohn O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Ceann Comhairle)
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No chorus.

Photo of Pádraic McCormackPádraic McCormack (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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Give him a chance.

Photo of James BannonJames Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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The Government side has a new lease of life after the other day, but I do not think it will last for very long.

Photo of John CreganJohn Cregan (Limerick West, Fianna Fail)
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The Deputy is the centre of attention.

Photo of Pádraic McCormackPádraic McCormack (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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Give him a chance. He is only young. He is only starting.

Photo of James BannonJames Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the threat to health care in this country from the embargo on recruiting frontline medical staff to the health system, which will have a devastating effect on the provision of emergency services, in-hospital care, surgical procedures, the care of the elderly and the disabled, public dental services and the mortality rates of vulnerable and at-risk patients.

Photo of Finian McGrathFinian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Hear, hear.

Photo of James BannonJames Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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The threat to such services is indicative of the mismanagement of the Department of Health and Children and the Health Service Executive, which are retaining top-heavy managerial and administrative positions and reducing the number of essential health care workers, to the detriment of the health of this nation.

Deputies:

Hear, hear.

Photo of Pádraic McCormackPádraic McCormack (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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I could not have said it better myself.

Photo of Dermot AhernDermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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He did not say it himself.

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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They are getting anxious over there. They will be more anxious shortly.

Photo of Mary HarneyMary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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I wish Deputy Bannon a happy Easter.

Photo of James BannonJames Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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I am glad the Minister is here to listen to me.

Photo of Finian McGrathFinian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss an issue of national importance and concern. While I welcome the recent progress that has been made with the proposed cystic fibrosis unit at St. Vincent's Hospital-----

Deputies:

Hear, hear.

Photo of Finian McGrathFinian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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-----I ask the Minister for Health and Children to give a guarantee that 34 inpatient single en suite beds and a separate day care cystic fibrosis unit will be provided at the 120-bed development at the hospital. I call on all Members of the Oireachtas to support the development of a 34-bed national centre for cystic fibrosis patients.

Photo of Emmet StaggEmmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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It will cost more than the first unit would have cost.

Photo of Johnny BradyJohnny Brady (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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We need a unit for the Deputy.

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Take it easy, Johnny.

Photo of Tommy BroughanTommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of local and national importance, namely, the need for the Minister for Transport to ensure that vital Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann fleets and services are fully maintained and protected; to abandon the appalling programmes of bus cutbacks, which were apparently confirmed last night or this morning, in light of the critical role of buses for urban and rural communities across Ireland; to report to the Dáil, as a matter of urgency, on the steps he and his colleagues are taking to address the serious industrial relations difficulties at Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann; and to use all of the State's industrial relations mechanisms to avoid a disruption to bus services from this weekend. If the Ceann Comhairle does not agree to this request, perhaps he will allow me to ask a Private Notice Question on the same subject later today.

Photo of John O'DonoghueJohn O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Ceann Comhairle)
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Tar éis breithnithe a dhéanamh ar na nithe ardaithe, níl siad in ord faoi Bhuan Ordú 32. Having considered the matters raised, I do not consider them to be in order under Standing Order 32.