Results 3,341-3,360 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan
- Health Services. (21 May 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cases of children at risk who have not been allocated a social worker; if she will address the shortage of social workers to keep children safe; if she will implement the recommendation of the Monageer inquiry that a social work service should be available out of hours in order that there can be effective intervention in...
- Health Services. (21 May 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: We heard the dreadful litany of abuse in the last day or two, with the release of the report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse. We do not have that kind of abuse any more in schools or institutions because, thankfully, we have learned lessons and moved on. However, with more than 6,400 children at risk without an allocated social worker, I must put to the Minister of State there...
- Health Services. (21 May 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: Will the Minister of State listen to all the expertise and views out there that we need an out of hours social work service? Will the Government reconsider the decision it made in that regard? It seems to be about money. It is a relatively small amount of money. I understand it is â¬15 million. The HSE spent â¬17 million on consultants in the last year.
- Health Services. (21 May 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: I am sure it could be done in a different way.
- Health Service Staff. (21 May 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: We all agree that primary care teams are good. What is at issue is how to achieve them. Perhaps the Minister would drop her ideology for a minute in dealing with this matter. The Minister said it was stated in the budget that the private sector would provide premises and so on. That is not working. I know it is not working. I know of general practitioners who are receiving letters from...
- Health Service Inquiries. (21 May 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: Including Question No. 36.
- Health Service Inquiries. (21 May 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: In his initial reply to Question No. 5, the Minister of State noted that he may apprise the Joint Committee on Health and Children of the content of the redacted recommendations of the Monageer report. I put it to him that he will build greater public confidence in the Government's good intentions if he finds a way to publish the recommendations rather than apprise the committee of them....
- Health Service Inquiries. (21 May 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: Presumably whoever wrote the legal recommendation received legal advice.
- Health Services. (21 May 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: Will the Minister take cognisance of geographical areas if ten centres are designated? If she repeats what she did under the cancer strategy and leaves a vast swathe of the country without a service, that would not be acceptable, particularly in regard to rheumatology services, which many people need. We have a lost a great deal of time in the appointment of consultants because of the time...
- Written Answers — Monageer Inquiry Report: Monageer Inquiry Report (21 May 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason certain recommendations in the report of the inquiry into the deaths of a family in Monageer, County Wexford have been blacked out; if she will publish the recommendations in full in order that lessons can be learned from them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20453/09]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 May 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has been given an assessment of the long-term affects on services and waiting times of the widespread cutbacks to front-line health care already implemented and planned for implementation for 2009; if she has alternative proposals to the current cutbacks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20452/09]
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (21 May 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the capital funding that has been allocated to public facilities for long-stay bed units to be upgraded in accordance with the new Health Information and Quality Authority standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20538/09]
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (21 May 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of new beds provided for acute hospitals since 2006; the number planned for 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20539/09]
- Programme for Government. (26 May 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: In the context of the capital infrastructure plans in the programme for Government, the concept of a national recovery bond was put forward by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and was mentioned in the budget speech by the Minister for Finance. Has the Taoiseach had discussions with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and the construction industry with regard to using a national recovery...
- Order of Business (26 May 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: The Labour Party cannot support the guillotining of this very important Bill either, which has been a number of years in coming before the House. There are more than 100 amendments to be dealt with and as many of the more important amendments are towards the end of the debate, there is no doubt that we will not reach them all. As we have spent so long discussing this issue - as I said, it...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report Stage (26 May 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: Why is this being included in the Bill by way of recommital? Why was it not included in the first place? I have no problem with it. We should use electronic means and find the best way to process and pass on information.
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report Stage (26 May 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 4: In page 11, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: 5.âThe scheme provided by this Act shall be subject to the principle that the applicant and where relevant his or her family can choose the nursing home that most suits their needs, and any applicant who is entitled to benefit from the scheme shall be informed of the details of all nursing homes from which...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report Stage (26 May 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 6: In page 11, after line 45, to insert the following: "(5) It is a function of the Executive to assess the adequacy of resources provided under subsection (4) and to report thereon to the Houses of the Oireachtas.". This is an important amendment which I intend to press if the Minister of State is unable to accept it. It states: "It is a function of the Executive to...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report Stage (26 May 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: I am not reassured by the Minister of State's remarks. She indicated that the HSE will monitor whether adequate funding will be available. At present, however, the HSE is presiding over the closure of wards in Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin and other hospitals throughout the country and cutbacks that are affecting patients everywhere. I do not have any confidence that the HSE is...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report Stage (26 May 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: As nothing the Minister of State said has convinced me otherwise, I will press the amendment. To be told that the HSE will propose a service plan and the Minister will monitor funding gives us no security in terms of safeguarding the needs of senior citizens.