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Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: The meanest cut in the supplementary budget is the suspension of the community scheme for older people which allowed community groups to put alarms into elderly people's houses to protect them. It is incredible that something like that would be suspended.

Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Does it need legislation?

Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Does it need legislation? It comes from a Department.

Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Is the Government going to do this? I find that incredible.

Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: It was introduced by the last good Government we had under the rainbow coalition.

Cystic Fibrosis: Motion (9 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: I with to share my time with Deputies Upton, Tuffy and Ó Caoláin. I regret the Minister is no longer in the House to hear my first point. While I profoundly disagree with the various comments Deputy Shatter made about Palestine, I consider it entirely unworthy of the Minister to seek to devalue his contribution in this important debate by linking it to what he said about a totally...

Cystic Fibrosis: Motion (9 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am sorry the Minister is not here to hear this. The difference between Orla Tinsley and the dodgy developers whose loans are being taken on by the taxpayer is not just that she is courageous and that she has cystic fibrosis. It is that she has become a household name and they have not. We all met Ms Tinsley outside the Dáil last week. She said she was sick of having to expose her...

Cystic Fibrosis: Motion (9 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: And so say all of us.

Garda Investigations. (22 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in the Garda investigation into the murder of a person (details supplied) in Limerick on 9 April 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15586/09]

Garda Investigations. (22 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for his reply and welcome the progress that has been made in respect of this matter. I accept that the Minister is not in a position to comment directly on the case in question. There is absolute abhorrence among the people of Limerick regarding the circumstances and background relating to this crime. In light of the Minister's reply to an earlier question tabled by...

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: That is not the view in my constituency.

Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Deputy O'Rourke is an exception.

Written Answers — Programmes for Government: Programmes for Government (22 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date with regard to implementation of the sections of the programme for Government under the headings community payback, parental responsibility and anti-social behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14260/09]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Standards: Nursing Home Standards (22 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the residential homes for older people under the Health Service Executive considered to be not up to the standards set in the Health Information and Quality Authority standards recently published; if she has information on the work which needs to be carried out to bring them up to standard; if there are plans to provide replacement...

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (22 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the specialist consultants with expertise in adult and in paediatric cystic fibrosis to be appointed for the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15641/09]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (22 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 310: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the areas of dental care that are available to people with a medical card; if it includes fillings that are considered necessary by the dentist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15642/09]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (22 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 672: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a bus service will be provided to bring a group of children (details supplied) to a school in County Limerick; if a 54 seater bus that passes within one mile of the children's homes and which has more than enough empty seats to take the children will facilitate them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15337/09]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (22 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 708: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will authorise the establishment of an applied ASD unit in a national school (details supplied) in County Limerick to meet the needs of children with autism in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15640/09]

Order of Business (23 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: When will the Report Stage of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill be taken in the House? The Minister for Health and Children told us on Committee Stage that she is expecting to implement the legislation in the autumn and it still needs to go to the Seanad. Is it planned to go ahead in the timeframe we were originally given? There has been some speculation in the media that for financial...

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (23 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: With the permission of the House, I wish to share time with Deputies Ciarán Lynch, Mary Upton and Kathleen Lynch.