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Social Welfare: Motion (31 Mar 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Hospital Services. (31 Mar 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Of all the various testimonies I have heard, none has been more moving than that of Orla Tinsley who has outlined the daily struggles of people with cystic fibrosis in Ireland. She has spoken of the issues they must weigh up such as when they know they must go into hospital, but are terrified of the cross infection they may encounter in our hospital system in Ireland. It is unbelievable and...

Hospital Services. (31 Mar 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is not the private sector's responsibility to provide a public health service for CF sufferers, for whom this is a matter of life and death. In the strongest manner possible, I urge that the promise be fulfilled in 2010.

Hospital Services. (31 Mar 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister of State knows that his answer was not good enough.

Written Answers — Child Protection: Child Protection (31 Mar 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way it is proposed to protect vulnerable children at weekends in the absence of social work cover; if she will ensure that such cover is provided for those children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13060/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (31 Mar 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has established a mechanism to protect funding for new developments in the areas of mental health, disability, palliative care, Travellers' health and other specific areas from being used for other proposes in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13094/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (31 Mar 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on correspondence sent to her by the Irish Human Rights Commission, dated 23 October 2008, in which it recommended that she should reconsider her decision not to establish an external review of the use of symphysiotomy between the 1950s and the 1980s; if she will implement this recommendation; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (31 Mar 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a national co-ordinator is appointed who has the appropriate authority and knowledge to deal with the health needs of persons who underwent symphysiotomy procedures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13218/09]

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome the announcement by the Government to ban the so-called party drug BZP. Have the regulations on this been implemented? The second issue I wish to raise is the Adoption Bill 2009, which was on the list of legislation for this term. It is coming from the Seanad. There is a concern that the bilateral agreement between Ireland and Vietnam is coming to an end and that a time factor...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (1 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the contacts she has had with the industrial development agencies with a view to securing alternative employment for the 1,800 workers who, it was announced in January 2009, are to lose their jobs at a company (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13343/09]

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (1 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the announcement of the loss of a further 230 jobs at a company (details supplied); the discussions she has had with the company regarding these job losses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13342/09]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (2 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a specific and important matter of public interest requiring urgent consideration, namely, the need for the Minister for Health and Children to ensure that carers who look after a relative in the home and the people they care for are not adversely affected by the proposed cutbacks in the health service.

Order of Business (2 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: She is trying to get the private sector to pay for it.

Order of Business (2 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government should keep its promises.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (2 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State for her presentation on the Bill and the Department officials for the briefing we were given earlier in the week. We do not have any major issues with the substance of this legislation, but I have a number of questions and concerns regarding its results and the work carried out by the various agencies which are to be subsumed into the Department of Health and...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (2 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Deputy Blaney was obviously not listening to the Opposition spokespersons' contributions.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (2 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Deputy Reilly and I support the Bill.

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (2 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the recent Goodbody economic review of the taxi industry; the measures he is considering to address the problems in the taxi sector including market saturation, poor monitoring and enforcement of high quality standards, double jobbing and related health and safety issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13680/09]

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (2 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures he proposes to introduce to address the deficit of wheelchair accessible taxis in the national taxi fleet in view of the fact that an association (details supplied) recently told the Joint Committee on Transport that approximately 6% of the national taxi fleet are wheelchair accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Supplementary Budget Statement 2009 (7 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Hear, hear.