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Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)

Billy Kelleher: The Taoiseach might be aware that five women in St. Brendan's Hospital have had their liberty withdrawn. They will be transferred-----

Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)

Billy Kelleher: No, that is on education cuts. This is a different issue. This is about promised legislation.

Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)

Billy Kelleher: No, this is about Grangegorman in the context of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill and the mental capacity Bill. Is the Taoiseach aware that five people's liberty has been withdrawn because of a lack of recruitment and intransigence on the part of the HSE and the Government?

Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)

Billy Kelleher: I am talking about the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill and the mental capacity Bill. Will legislation be required to withdraw their liberty or is the Taoiseach going to bulldoze this appalling measure through?

Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)

Billy Kelleher: I cannot, a Cheann Comhairle, because my Topical Issue is about education cuts.

Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)

Billy Kelleher: I want to hear the Taoiseach's response on the issue of five women whose liberty has been withdrawn.

Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)

Billy Kelleher: We only have hours or days to resolve this issue.

Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Not to this Deputy.

Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)

Billy Kelleher: You granted me a Topical Issue debate on education cuts, but there are so many cuts we are losing track of them.

Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)

Billy Kelleher: A Cheann Comhairle, there are no mobile telephones-----

Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)

Billy Kelleher: And the appalling attack on five women as well.

Educational Disadvantage (13 Dec 2011)

Billy Kelleher: I wish to reinforce what the other Deputies stated. This is an attack on disadvantaged areas. For many years we made enormous strides in trying to provide education and give people hope and opportunity in areas of disadvantage. The DEIS programme, Breaking the Cycle and Even Breaks were put in place by successive Governments and supported with the necessary resources. I sat on the...

Educational Disadvantage (13 Dec 2011)

Billy Kelleher: In the foreword to the national literacy and numeracy strategy, the Minister stated his aspiration is to achieve world-class literacy and numeracy skills among our children and young people. If the Minister does not reverse these cuts in disadvantaged areas, he will consign that aspiration to the bin and might as well tear up the strategy.

Written Answers — Tax Reliefs: Tax Reliefs (13 Dec 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance if the relief for energy efficiency measures to the maximum value of €10,000 announced in budget 2011 will be honoured in 2012 to award credits to members of the public who undertook such work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39905/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Dec 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Question 426: To ask the Minister for Health the basis for the difference in calculating waiting lists by the Health Service Executive and the special delivery unit [40257/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Dec 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Question 473: To ask the Minister for Health the criteria he uses to calculate the length of time patients are on waiting lists for surgery; if it has changed over the course of the year; if so, the way that it has come about; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39728/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Dec 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Question 474: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the number of patients who are waiting for more than one year for surgery in Galway University Hospital has increased in one year to 1,496 from 600; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39729/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Dec 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Question 475: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, the number of patients who are waiting for more than one year for surgery in each hospital; the same figure for this time last year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39730/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Dec 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Question 476: To ask the Minister for Health if the recently published figures from the Health Service Executive regarding 30,756 patients on the waiting lists for surgery are correct; if they have improved or disimproved; the actions he is taking to reduce them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39731/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Dec 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Question 477: To ask the Minister for Health if the number of patients waiting for more than one year for surgery now calculated by the Health Service Executive as 3117, as of September, is correct; if incorrect, if he will provide the correct figure waiting for more than one year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39732/11]