Results 2,861-2,880 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 Nov 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on providing funding for a scalp cooling machine in the oncology departments of hospitals that cater for cancer patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42034/08]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 Nov 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the announcement that a new bus was to be provided to service the needs of radiotherapy patients commuting between Sligo and Galway; the source of this funding; if the bus will be the responsibility of the Health Service Executive; if not, the person who will be responsible; when the bus service will be in...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staffing: Hospital Staffing (20 Nov 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a cystic fibrosis specialist consultant will be appointed for the Mid-west Regional Hospital, Dooradoyle, Limerick to treat adult cystic fibrosis patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42036/08]
- Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (20 Nov 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the report into the misdiagnosis of X-rays and CT scans in the north east does not contain recommendations; the reason there was no patient representative on the review panel; the reason there is no explanation of the errors in diagnosis that were made; the way 29 patient X-rays or case files went missing; and if she will...
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (20 Nov 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 154: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2006 in order to extend the period of planning for planning permission to facilitate delays due to the recession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42038/08]
- Health Service Staff. (25 Nov 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the Health Service Executive on a redundancy scheme for management grades; if there are proposals to reduce the layers of management within the organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42595/08]
- Health Service Staff. (25 Nov 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome the Minister's acknowledgement that she has established a dysfunctional organisation, comprising an amalgamation of a large number of separate entities, with a layer of management at the top. It is clearly not working and was not set up properly in the first place. I welcome the Minister's recognition in this regard and her acceptance that nobody could possibly have run it in a...
- Health Service Staff. (25 Nov 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: It is the Minister's role to lead. There must be political leadership on this issue.
- Health Service Staff. (25 Nov 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Our spokesperson emphasised the importance of setting up the organisation properly in the first place.
- Health Service Staff. (25 Nov 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Such a body must be set up with proper management structures in place.
- Health Service Staff. (25 Nov 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: That is the wrong way around.
- Health Service Staff. (25 Nov 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Why did the Minister set up this huge structure in the first place? It is the equivalent of building a house and adding lots of rooms before subsequently removing those same rooms. What is needed is a simple but effective management structure where there is clarity as to who is in charge, instead of throwing up a general plan to take out personnel. Any changes should be focused in such a...
- Nursing Home Standards. (25 Nov 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to pursue that specific aspect too. We all welcome the fact that the standards will be in place for both public and private institutions, but they will not be of any use unless the relevant inspectorate is in place to carry out the inspections. The Minister of State referred to the fact that staff will be transferred. Will any new staff be recruited or will it be solely a matter of...
- Health Services. (25 Nov 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Figures I have for the Dublin North Hospital Group indicate that on 10 November, between Connolly Hospital, Beaumont Hospital and the Mater Hospital, a total of 117 people in acute hospital beds were in a state described as "delayed discharge". This refers to the category of patients or family requesting publicly funded long-term care beds. In the category of patients who required public...
- Health Services. (25 Nov 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Surely it would be much cheaper for the health budget to provide public long-stay beds for these people, who are currently in highly expensive acute hospital beds blocking other patients, who are on trolleys. According to the Irish Examiner, there has been a 40% increase in the numbers waiting on trolleys since 2006, when we had a national emergency. Surely it is a crazy system to have 163...
- Health Services. (25 Nov 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: It will not be in for a while yet if the Minister is allocating â¬50 million.
- Health Insurance. (25 Nov 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister clearly believes in equality for all patients in the case of health insurance and for this I applaud her. I ask her to take the step to do the same for all people in the health service and introduce universal health insurance. Even Boston is now moving closer to Berlin so what about Ireland doing so?
- Health Insurance. (25 Nov 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister could be the first.
- Health Insurance. (25 Nov 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: It is much broader than that.
- Health Insurance. (25 Nov 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Three years.