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Constitutional Referenda. (10 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Perhaps not 100%.

Constitutional Referenda. (10 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: We too would welcome a general election.

Constitutional Referenda. (10 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: I refer to two issues. In an effort to be constructive on the matter just discussed, are the Taoiseach and the Government willing to work constructively with all parties in this House, within the terms of the Abbeylara judgment and in advance of what may or may not be an constitutional referendum, to enable Houses of the Oireachtas committees to do as much as they possibly can within the law...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (10 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has reviewed the new Central Statistics Office figures that show a persistent increasing trend in the recorded incidents of drug driving; if he will enhance the measures in the Road Traffic Bill 2009 to target drug drivers to include more than preliminary impairment testing for drug driving measures following the example of other...

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (10 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has requested that the Railway Procurement Agency carry out feasibility studies of light rail lines for Cork, Galway and Limerick; the position regarding these feasibility studies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6413/10]

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (10 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Transport if persons with disabilities have adequate access to a train service between Limerick and Dublin; if his attention has been drawn to the fact many of the direct trains have been replaced by the Dublin to Cork service with a change at Limerick Junction for Limerick; if he will engage with Iarnród Éireann to address the difficulties this causes...

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: It clearly will not do that.

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: On the last issue raised by Deputy Ó Caoláin-----

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: The eligibility for health and personal social services Bill is crucial-----

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: -----in terms of the primary care teams being able to work properly, which was a major recommendation of the report launched yesterday. I support Deputy Ó Caoláin on that matter. Perhaps the Ceann Comhairle will come back to me later on the other issues I wish to raise.

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: I want to ask about the human tissue Bill. As the Tánaiste will know, Parents for Justice is an organisation representing parents of deceased children whose organs were taken from their bodies without permission. The organisation has been promised a response first to the Dunne report and then to the Madden report, but there is no indication of when this will happen. They are a...

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Tánaiste did not implement one of the 20 recommendations of the report for the mid-west.

Health Services. (11 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to ensure that the cut in the operational budget of the Health Service Executive for 2010 does not result in overcrowded accident and emergency departments, longer waiting times for operations, diagnostic procedures, reduction in essential community supports and other negative outcomes for patients; and if she will make a...

Health Services. (11 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is a scandal that almost half the number of patients admitted to hospital through the accident and emergency department are not admitted within six hours. What changes or improvements in this regard will take place in the coming year? Will the Minister confirm that 1,100 acute hospital beds are to be closed this year owing to the cuts proposed in the service plan? If that is the case,...

Health Services. (11 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister would too if she were left waiting on a trolley for hours.

Health Services. (11 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: In the context of the 48% who are not admitted within six hours, it may well be, as the Minister said, that there are people on trolleys in A&E departments around the world. However there is a big difference between being on a trolley in a cubicle in an A&E unit, and being on a trolley out in a public space in the way of nurses who are trying to do their work. There is, for example, no...

Health Services. (11 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Does the Minister mean to move people into crowded wards instead of crowded A&Es?

Health Services. (11 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have been in Vancouver General Hospital and it is a hell of a lot more spacious than Limerick Regional.

Health Services. (11 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: There is not enough space in the wards.

Hospital Staff. (11 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: In light of the fact that the advertisements have appeared in the papers, I understand there is a great deal of pressure on the organisation, Dignity 4 Patients because more people are coming forward. Can the Minister give some type of funding or support to that organisation, even on a temporary basis, because it relies entirely on voluntary help, has no money and is under enormous pressure?...