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- Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2016)
Micheál Martin: There were three fraudulent budgets for health over three years. The Government has now deliberately approved a budget that is €100 million short for acute hospitals. That will mean more overcrowding in hospitals, longer waiting times and higher waiting lists in 2016. The Taoiseach is not facing up to the reality that he is consistently underfunding health. He cannot come to the...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2016)
Micheál Martin: There is an onus to tell the truth to patients and the people. The HSE has laid out the position quite candidly in the health service plan. That was presented to the Taoiseach. Why did he decide to approve of it knowing it leaves the hospitals short of €100 million? Will he give a precise and specific answer? Why did he decide to leave the HSE €100 million short at the...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2016)
Micheál Martin: Fair deal.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2016)
Micheál Martin: The fair deal came in after that.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2016)
Micheál Martin: It is chaotic, and the Taoiseach knows it.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2016)
Micheál Martin: Our health service is under enormous pressure. Health care staff, nurses and doctors are literally at the end of their tether trying to keep things together and patients are suffering. Irrespective of what hospital one visits throughout the country - I was in Drogheda last week - one gets a clear illustration of this. Waiting lists for routine operations are spiralling out of control and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments Data (26 Jan 2016)
Micheál Martin: 371. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of admissions through emergency departments that are privately insured versus public patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3138/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments Data (26 Jan 2016)
Micheál Martin: 372. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of admissions through emergency departments that are privately insured versus public patients and how this compares with the proportion of elective admissions from each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3139/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments Data (26 Jan 2016)
Micheál Martin: 373. To ask the Minister for Health if it is known whether patients are public or private when cancelling elective admissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3140/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments Data (26 Jan 2016)
Micheál Martin: 374. To ask the Minister for Health if overall income from private patient insurers in general is taken into consideration when cancelling elective admissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3141/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Contract (26 Jan 2016)
Micheál Martin: 375. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants, by type of contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3142/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Court of Human Rights Judgments (26 Jan 2016)
Micheál Martin: 433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has discussed the impact of the European Court of Human Rights judgment in the O'Keeffe v. Ireland case recently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2958/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Court of Human Rights Judgments (26 Jan 2016)
Micheál Martin: 434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has sought legal advice on the European Court of Human Rights judgment in the O'Keeffe v. Ireland case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2959/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (21 Jan 2016)
Micheál Martin: 99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 182 of 14 January 2016 (details supplied), the number of gardaí in Mullinahone Garda station in County Tipperary at the end of 2010, as this information did not appear in the Garda Síochána reply. [2636/16]
- Order of Business (20 Jan 2016)
Micheál Martin: On a point of order, under what legislation do we have to give six months notice?
- Order of Business (20 Jan 2016)
Micheál Martin: What legislation is it? I have not come across it.
- Order of Business (20 Jan 2016)
Micheál Martin: It is very important to have a debate.
- Order of Business (20 Jan 2016)
Micheál Martin: This debate is on in the House right now, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Order of Business (20 Jan 2016)
Micheál Martin: The House will debate the issue this evening.
- Order of Business (20 Jan 2016)
Micheál Martin: We now find there is a requirement regarding six months.