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Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (17 Apr 2008)

David Stanton: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to increase the visibility of An Garda Síochána in small rural towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14166/08]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (17 Apr 2008)

David Stanton: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his further plans to expand the Garda diversion programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14165/08]

Written Answers — Health Service Inquiry: Health Service Inquiry (17 Apr 2008)

David Stanton: Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the Health Service Executive inquiry which is being held into the circumstances surrounding the death of a person (details supplied) in County Cork in June 2006 to be finalised; when the report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14564/08]

Written Answers — Science and Technology Groups: Science and Technology Groups (17 Apr 2008)

David Stanton: Question 356: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 10 April 2008, the amount of money made available by Science Foundation Ireland for the SFI Young Women in Engineering Scholarship each year for the past three years respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14715/08]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (17 Apr 2008)

David Stanton: Question 568: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 176 of 4 March 2008, the further progress that has been made with regard to ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; if he expects the convention to be ratified by Ireland in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14164/08]

Written Answers — Water Pollution: Water Pollution (17 Apr 2008)

David Stanton: Question 633: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend the law to make it a requirement for people who are planning to discharge treated effluent into waterways and so on, to erect a sign in addition to putting public notice in the press; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13884/08]

Written Answers — Rights of Way: Rights of Way (17 Apr 2008)

David Stanton: Question 646: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a register of public rights of way exists; if so, the way such a register can be accessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14254/08]

Health Services: Motion (22 Apr 2008)

David Stanton: I congratulate the Labour Party on tabling this important and timely motion. I was disappointed by the somewhat disinterested, hands-off response of the Minister and the Minister of State in respect of this issue.

Health Services: Motion (22 Apr 2008)

David Stanton: There is either an issue at stake or there is not. The Minister and the Minister of State failed to acknowledge or speak to the motion. They also failed to indicate whether a problem exists and, if it does, the scale thereof. These are serious issues that affect people and their families. The latter are suffering. Neither the Minister nor the Minister of State acknowledged that fact....

Health Services: Motion (22 Apr 2008)

David Stanton: It is extremely worrying when Ministers do not care and when they merely come before the House, go through the motions and refer to the millions spent here and the millions spent there. They never state that there is a problem, that they need to do better and that Ireland is not as good as other countries in certain respects. Ireland lags far behind international best practice and standards...

Health Services: Motion (22 Apr 2008)

David Stanton: Only 5% of patients are admitted to hospital within two hours of stroke onset. Why is that the case? The Irish Heart Foundation report states there were only 12 stroke unit beds nationally and that 30% of hospitals do not have routine access to CT scanning within 48 hours of someone having a stroke. Why is that the case? Following ten years in power and with huge amounts of money...

Health Services: Motion (22 Apr 2008)

David Stanton: The Minister has a short number of years to do something. Let us see action and let her provide timescales and deadlines. If people do not do their jobs or cannot do them, they should be moved aside and someone else should be appointed. The Minister needs to start kicking ass big time.

Health Services: Motion (22 Apr 2008)

David Stanton: Lots of things should happen in the national Parliament and proper debate is one of them.

Health Services: Motion (22 Apr 2008)

David Stanton: I am not talking about them.

Health Services: Motion (22 Apr 2008)

David Stanton: Am I out of order?

Health Services: Motion (22 Apr 2008)

David Stanton: I am suggesting that we should have proper debate here about serious issues like this. That is all I am saying, but we are not having a proper debate. That is the point I am making. Too many people are dying and suffering needlessly. This national crisis is a scandal. The people in charge should wake up and provide proper rehabilitation services across the board because currently they are...

Health Services: Motion (22 Apr 2008)

David Stanton: We hear that is happening now but we still have no timescale for proper rehabilitation services. Why, for instance, is there not a proper rehabilitation service in the south? It was promised almost ten years ago but it is not there. Why not? Can the Minister answer that question? What happened? The promise was made and the money was there, as was the commitment, but it did not happen....

Health Services: Motion (22 Apr 2008)

David Stanton: The health board was in charge so it must be blamed.

Health Services: Motion (22 Apr 2008)

David Stanton: We have heard it all now. The Minister blames someone else and passes the buck.

Health Services: Motion (22 Apr 2008)

David Stanton: She blames everyone except herself. I rest my case.