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Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: No, the grouping deals with amendments Nos. 150 to 157, inclusive, and amendments Nos. 159 to 166, inclusive. Amendment No. 158 will be taken separately.

Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Amendment No. 111 arises from Committee proceedings. Amendments Nos. 113, 114, 123, 127 and 128 are related and will be discussed together.

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (17 Jun 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 48: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad iad na bearta bainistíochta maidir le cur i bhfeidhm Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003 atá déanta aige sa bhliain 2009; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [23841/09]

Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: There is a Bill promised on entitlement to health care. I raise this as some of the sickest children in the country have had their treatment delayed because of a 3% cutback in the children's hospital in Crumlin. Many of us have raised this in the past week to deaf ears from the Government. I know that entitlement does not automatically bring treatment, but will the Government not do...

Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Will the Government do something soon?

Written Answers — Semi-State Bodies: Semi-State Bodies (18 Jun 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy on the future of the ESB in regard to privatisation; if he will report on his policy to transfer assets from the ESB to EirGrid; the findings of the independent analysis carried out on this issue; when he expects to publish the findings from that independent analysis; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (18 Jun 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has given further consideration to the request for an independent inquiry into abuse by a person (details supplied) in a hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24292/09]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (18 Jun 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce legislation in accordance with the recommendations of the Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction, particularly to address issues of surrogacy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24294/09]

Written Answers — Suicide Prevention: Suicide Prevention (18 Jun 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if dormant accounts funding has been released to Pobal in respect of suicide prevention programmes for 2009; if not, when it will be released; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that approximately 100 projects here have applied for this funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24295/09]

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (18 Jun 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 164: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will allocate additional funding to local authorities who request same in order to respond to the large number of applicants for housing adaption grants in respect of people with disability and older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24293/09]

Defence Forces Recruitment. (23 Jun 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the 2009 cadet intake into the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24703/09]

Children's Hospital Funding: Motion (23 Jun 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Are there 20 minutes left in tonight's debate?

Children's Hospital Funding: Motion (23 Jun 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: With the permission of the House I wish to share tonight's slot with Deputies Ó Caoláin and Ó Snodaigh and tomorrow night with Deputies Emmet Stagg and Mary Upton. I congratulate the Fine Gael Party, in particular Deputy James Reilly, for tabling the motion on this very important issue. I wish to challenge the Minister, Deputy Harney, and the Minister of State, Deputy Moloney, on some of...

Children's Hospital Funding: Motion (23 Jun 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: There are extreme political arguments to be made on this issue and they are about children in the here and now. It is all very well to talk about what will or may happen if three paediatric hospitals in Dublin are brought together with economies of scale. However, I understand there has not even been a cost-benefit analysis on the bringing together of those hospitals. The work has not been...

Children's Hospital Funding: Motion (23 Jun 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: They are not together at this point but are operating separately. The Minister spoke about the clinicians having to make the decision, which is a clinical one. The clinicians in Crumlin are in an impossible situation. They have 1,318 children on the waiting list. The figures quoted by Deputy Reilly are factual, namely, that between 2004 and 2008, despite most of the increase in budget...

Children's Hospital Funding: Motion (23 Jun 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: The demand on the hospital is growing and the clinicians have to respond to that demand. They are doing so in a humane way while the Minister is talking about implementing change. However, the change has not been implemented. We simply must respond to the needs-----

Children's Hospital Funding: Motion (23 Jun 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: -----of the children. There is no point in the Minister telling us what will happen in the future. She should tell us what will happen to the sick children now, to the children with scoliosis whose spinal curvature is increasing day by day because they are waiting for treatment. I shall read from an e-mail I received today: What are these families to do? Watch their child every day to see...

Children's Hospital Funding: Motion (23 Jun 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Exactly.

Children's Hospital Funding: Motion (23 Jun 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: This situation requires a political decision. We are discussing children and costly but life saving operations. One specialist, Dr. Patrick Kiely, a consultant surgeon, has stated that putting off operations makes no economic sense. However, as the HSE is so focused on balancing books, it is making an across-the-board, swingeing cut to the system to every hospital irrespective of the types...

Children's Hospital Funding: Motion (23 Jun 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: This is a matter of political priority.