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Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Tánaiste and the Minister, Deputy Quinn, shamelessly used the students of Ireland to help them get into power. Once they were in power, they discarded the students and broke every solemn pledge given to them. There is no point in the Minister nodding his head. He signed the pledge in ink. It was a scandalous, cynical election pledge that meant nothing. It meant nothing to him to...

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: -----is also unacceptable. It demands a far more urgent and critical response from Government and the Minister. The thousands of students concerned are not interested in the chief executive officer coming into an Oireachtas committee next week to answer questions from Deputies which-----

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Acquired Infections (8 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that our health services are putting in place sufficient measures to deal with hospital acquired patient infections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48952/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the concern that cutbacks in cardiology in the Midwest Regional Hospital, Limerick, are putting undue pressure on services at University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48951/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the necessary funding for a project (details supplied) in Dublin 16 will be made available now that planning permission has been granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49205/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Museum Projects (8 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the spending on improvements that have been undertaken at a museum (details supplied) in Dublin 14; the outstanding works that remain to be completed; the moneys that have been allocated for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49206/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (8 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding provided by the Office of Public Works towards flood relief in south county Dublin; if he will detail the projects for which moneys have been provided; if he will also detail those projects for which funding requests were rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49207/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (8 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the refuse collection services provided by private operators in the Dublin area meet with EU standards, particularly in relation to the collection and disposal of organic and garden waste; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49208/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Domestic Violence Refuges (8 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that a housing association (details supplied) is unable to provide crisis refuge accommodation for many of the victims of domestic violence seeking support, his plans to increase the provision of family refuge accommodation here; his plans to increase provision of family refuge accommodation here; and if...

Order of Business (7 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should keep Joan onside; the Tánaiste has not done so.

Order of Business (7 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: I am sure the Taoiseach will agree that the media play a critical role in our democracy, that a plurality of media is essential, that there must be diverse articulation of opinion across the board and that an over-concentration of media ownership in a democracy is potentially very harmful. Will the Taoiseach say when he expects the promised Consumer and Competition Bill to be published? Can...

Order of Business (7 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: Media mergers legislation?

Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: I know of a case of two sisters, one aged 84 years and the other aged 93 years. One is wheelchair-bound and both are nearly blind. They used to have five hours, which clearly means that there was an assessed need. Their time was reduced to two hours and has now been stopped fully. People with clear medical needs and who were receiving home help hours have had their services stopped fully....

Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: We owe it to people to go beyond the set piece replies from the HSE, the Department or the Minister concerned.

Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: We need to interrogate what is occurring on the ground. The original case of a disabled elderly woman in west County Cork that I identified to the Taoiseach was horrendous. Her daughter has been actively supporting her mother, but the former is at the end of her tether in terms of being able to keep her mother at home. The general practitioner, GP, has written to the HSE to confirm this...

Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: If we force elderly people from their homes into institutions, nursing homes and community nursing units, we will cost the State far more than is currently the case under the home help service. The Government has proposed additional cuts worth €8 million. That decision is reversible. It is within the Government's capacity.

Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: She wants her cut home help hours back.

Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: That is fine, but we are discussing home help hours. Let us not try to confuse the matter.

Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: They are being cut.

Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: I did not go through all of the details.