Results 2,181-2,200 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan
- Mental Health Facilities. (5 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: I presume the Minister of State is aware of a wide group of interests which have come together to oppose the moving of the site. Views have been expressed by organisations such as GROW, Aware, the Irish Civil Rights Commission, various unions, Amnesty International, Bodywhys, the Central Mental Hospital carers group, etc. All of them are strongly opposed to moving the Central Mental...
- Mental Health Facilities. (5 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Is the Minister of State talking about the building or the site?
- Hospital Staff. (5 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Some medical newspapers report that there is a problem with the detail of the 80-20 mix for consultants. Will the Minister clarify whether that is a problem? Is the Minister saying that there will be money to appoint extra consultants this year?
- Health Services. (5 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Has the Minister any mechanism for ensuring that what happened, for example, with the money for A Vision for Change is not replicated with other moneys this year that have been specifically allocated for particular developments â in other words, money meant for a particular area actually being used to plug the holes in the HSE's budget? A Vision for Change, as raised by Deputy Neville, is...
- Health Services. (5 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: How will the Minister ensure that happens?
- Health Services. (5 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: There is no consistency. There are different rates.
- Mental Health Services. (5 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: I did not hear the Minister of State say where the proposed acute psychiatric unit will be. We did not get an answer.
- Mental Health Services. (5 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister of State already said that. Where is it?
- Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (5 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will insist that funding is provided to develop new services for homeless people in 2008 in accordance with Government policy and the fact that people are forced to sleep in the streets due to a shortage of beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9289/08]
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (5 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the deals signed for co-located private hospitals on the grounds of public hospitals, including future commitments on the use of these facilities beyond the lifespan of the current Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9290/08]
- Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (6 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the proposed legislation for the mandatory blood testing of all drivers involved in accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9613/08]
- Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (6 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Transport when the new regulations for reforming the commercial vehicle roadworthiness testing system will be implemented; the number of extra inspectors that will be assigned to the Road Safety Authority for monitoring the safety and standards of HGVs and other commercial vehicles; the timeline for the implementation of the centralised enforcement...
- Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (6 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite a decision on leave to remain on humanitarian grounds for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin as they have had a kidney transplant and need to return to their consultant on a regular basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9874/08]
- Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (6 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a decision on an application for naturalisation will be made as soon as possible in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who has been living here for seven years, has residency status and who applied for naturalisation in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9896/08]
- Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: We never discussed any of this on Committee Stage. The Bill has been through the Seanad and this is the last opportunity we have to deal with it. I get suspicious when long amendments are submitted at this stage in the passage of legislation. Why could this not have been introduced on Committee Stage? The Minister of State claims it is simply transferring sections into other sections....
- Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 6: In page 7, line 12, after "facilities" to insert the following: "(not including facilities which are co-located on the premises of public hospitals)". There was much debate on this matter on Committee Stage. The amendment signals our opposition to co-location projects involving the building of private hospitals on the grounds of public hospitals and the separation of...
- Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: I fully accept the Minister of State's assertion that the board currently has no intention of doing any of this, but who is to say what it might do in the future? I also accept that it is currently restrained by financial considerations, particularly with regard to the implementation of this legislation, but I am concerned for the future. The wording of the section we seek to amend is...
- Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 8: In page 7, line 22, after "dispose" to insert the following: "(but only to an entity or person within the public service)". This amendment has to do with subsidiaries of the VHI. If my amendment is agreed, the intention is that we would not allow the privatisation of any aspects of the business of the VHI or any subsidiary of the VHI. It is designed to ensure the...
- Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Clearly, I would like to go further than the Minister of State but I welcome the fact that he has clarified the role of subsidiaries. I retain my position that we should move further
- Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome that we have been able to make some changes and improvements to the Bill, although perhaps not all of those we on this side of the House would have liked. It is good that we have passed this legislation, but there are a number of outstanding issues, such as building up reserves and so on. Presumably, they will be addressed by the end of the year and the legislation will be fully...