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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that the Health Service Executive has a full statutory basis for the services it provides free of charge, the services it provides at a fee and the services it provides on an optional or occasional basis; her views on the demographic and geographic anomalies that arise in the provision of services by the HSE...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has arrived at a conclusion on the question as to whether persons specified as having full eligibility for services under the Health Act 1970 have a statutory entitlement to those services; if officials of her Department are still reviewing the question; when they might be expected to report; and if she will make a statement on...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (30 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise the following urgent matter, namely, the need for the Minister for Health and Children to make herself available today to engage with the HSE and the Irish Pharmaceutical Union to find a mechanism to prevent the withdrawal of large numbers of pharmacists from the medical card scheme and the drugs repayment scheme, if the...

Student Support Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome this Bill. It has been a long time coming as it has been on the list of proposed legislation for the past couple of years. Deputy Quinn spoke in detail about the Bill on behalf of the Labour Party and I concur with what he said in his contribution. We would prefer to see a centralised Department deal with the issue of student support grants, but what is on the table before us...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (30 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress to date in regard to the work of the national employment rights authority; when the authority will be placed on a statutory basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16563/08]

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (30 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps being taken to reduce waiting times for hearings at the Employment Appeals Tribunal ; if he has had a request for additional personnel or resources from the tribunal; if these requests have been met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16562/08]

Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome the progress made in the talks between the HSE and the Irish Pharmaceutical Union, IPU. It is a great relief to medical card patients throughout the country. I have an issue about legislation. Is the Government reinterpreting or amending the Competition Act? When my colleague, Deputy Michael D. Higgins, proposed an amendment to this Act to address the problem of negotiations...

Written Answers — Millennium Development Goals: Millennium Development Goals (1 May 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the progress made in the achievement of the millennium development goals; the shortfalls that exist in relation to commitments made; and the areas in which failure to achieve goals will have the greatest effect. [16840/08]

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (1 May 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the initiatives that have been taken to strengthen the research capacity of Irish Aid; the funding which is being allocated each year for the research advisory working group since 2003 to date in 2008; and the institutions which have received funding. [16841/08]

Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I congratulate the Tánaiste. Speaking as a female Deputy, to see her walking behind the Taoiseach yesterday was the only cheerful aspect from the point of view of this side of the House. Unfortunately, I am not in the same position as others in that I cannot congratulate a new Minister in the Department I shadow. We are stuck with "Blame everyone but me" Mary in the Department of Health...

Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am sorry, but that is how it is.

Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: In the context of severe cutbacks——

Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Yes, it is in the context of a €95 million overrun in the HSE's budget for this year and inevitable cuts across the board. Will the Tánaiste stand over the cuts or will a Supplementary Estimate be introduced by the Minister for Health and Children? It must be one or the other.

Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: In real terms, the budget has reverted to the position of the late 1980s. Is the Tánaiste standing over the cutbacks?

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (8 May 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of agencies that come under the aegis of his Department; the funding provided by his Department for the operation of each of these agencies; the number of agencies that will be subsumed by the new Dublin Transport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17320/08]

Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (8 May 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on all contacts he has had with members of the Shannon Foynes Port Company; his views on measures to address the alleged financial difficulties at Shannon Foynes Port; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17321/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (8 May 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in providing for additional kidney dialysis capacity in County Kilkenny and in County Limerick; her views on the failure to reach timeframe targets; if she has plans to withdraw the contracts and provide the service through other means; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17766/08]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (8 May 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will sanction the going to tender of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; if he will prioritise this school which has been in the building programme for ten years and which has inadequate facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17894/08]

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (8 May 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will allocate funding for a school building project (details supplied) in County Limerick; the estimated timeframe for the project; if a site has been acquired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17895/08]

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (8 May 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 463: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a site has been acquired for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; when he expects to sanction funding for this school to replace the unsuitable prefab buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17896/08]