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- Health Services: Motion (5 Oct 2010)
Damien English: Perhaps the Minister thinks the system is working. If that is the case she should be honest about it. She should let people know what they are going to get from the Government; what the Government intends to give them. Usually when there is debate about public health service cutbacks on the national airwaves the first advertisement seems to be about private health care. I wonder how that...
- Health Services: Motion (5 Oct 2010)
Damien English: Over one third of applications are waiting for an answer.
- Health Services: Motion (5 Oct 2010)
Damien English: The Minister should not give the impression that-----
- Health Services: Motion (5 Oct 2010)
Damien English: Good.
- Health Services: Motion (5 Oct 2010)
Damien English: We have not had six years in office.
- Health Services: Motion (5 Oct 2010)
Damien English: I did not ask that.
- Health Services: Motion (5 Oct 2010)
Damien English: And elective surgery.
- Health Services: Motion (5 Oct 2010)
Damien English: With respect, that is not the case.
- Health Services: Motion (5 Oct 2010)
Damien English: No, elective surgeries.
- Health Services: Motion (5 Oct 2010)
Damien English: The Minister should get with the programme.
- Health Services: Motion (5 Oct 2010)
Damien English: It is elective surgery.
- Health Services: Motion (5 Oct 2010)
Damien English: For God's sake.
- Health Services: Motion (5 Oct 2010)
Damien English: No. We want better use of public money.
- Health Services: Motion (5 Oct 2010)
Damien English: The Minister is in the wrong parliamentary-----
- Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (Resumed) (5 Oct 2010)
Damien English: The state of banking has changed since I last spoke on this issue because we have been told that our growth rates will not be as predicted. The Minister for Finance and the Governor of the Central Bank continue to tell us our debts are manageable. However, while we can manage by cutting costs and making people suffer, the overall national debt will not go away. We can barely meet the cost...
- Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (5 Oct 2010)
Damien English: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total number of children and adults waiting to have a hearing aid fitted; the average waiting times to have a hearing aid fitted; the cost of hearing aids provided through the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34738/10]
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (5 Oct 2010)
Damien English: Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of social workers currently in the Health Service Executive north-east region; the way in which this figure compares with the average for each other HSE region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34945/10]
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (5 Oct 2010)
Damien English: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans she or her Department has to increase the number of social workers in the Health Service Executive north-east region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34946/10]
- Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (5 Oct 2010)
Damien English: Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cases of child neglect that have been reported to the Health Service Executive in 2009 and to date in 2010; if she will provide a breakdown for each HSE region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34947/10]
- Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (5 Oct 2010)
Damien English: Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children who are currently in the care of the Health Service Executive in the north-east region. [34948/10]