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Cancer Screening Programme. (11 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: I also welcome the fact the programme is being introduced. However, I refer to the people who paid for it themselves. In fairness to them, they were originally informed the programme would be put in place and they were then informed it would be delayed. By that time there was a good deal of media attention on the issue and a belief among the parents concerned that it was very important for...

Health Service Staff. (11 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: When can we expect that legislation? I realise we have raised the matter several times on the Order of Business but when I came into this Chamber first some ten years ago, the Bill was on the list. It was the responsibility of a different Department at that time. This has been a long time coming. The Minister stated anyone within the health services who will be working with children or...

Health Service Staff. (11 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Many people working in child care come from abroad. Is there a difficulty in obtaining the necessary information on them?

Substance Misuse. (11 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister of State said there is social acceptance of alcohol in Ireland. There is social acceptance of alcohol in France also but there is no social acceptance of its abuse; that is the difference. In what way does the Minister interact with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform? As we know, it is illegal to sell alcohol to minors, yet, as Deputy Catherine Byrne said, the...

Services for People with Disabilities. (11 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: I support the comments made by Deputy Reilly. More than 500 complaints have been made in the past two and a half years. There is a need to shine a light on these institutions. The Joint Committee on Health and Children, of which some of those present are members, must visit these facilities and members of the public must make constant visits to their relatives and friends within them....

Services for People with Disabilities. (11 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: What is planned is welcome but it must be put in place sooner rather than later. As public representatives, we have a duty to visit the institutions to which I refer.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (11 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties being encountered by persons in accessing information and having their applications processed through the centralised medical card system; if she will reconsider the plan to fully centralise the system in 2010 in view of the difficulties encountered; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (11 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of child and adolescent psychiatric community teams that are in place; the number of those teams that have their full cohort of staff in accordance with A Vision for Change; her plans to increase these numbers in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6988/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (11 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether many of the maternity hospitals here are overcrowded and inadequate for their purpose; when proposals to replace the three large Dublin maternity hospitals and the Mid-Western Regional Maternity Hospital with new units on the grounds of acute general hospitals will be implemented; the discussions she has had on...

Order of Business (Resumed) (16 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to raise a question on the same issue.

Order of Business (Resumed) (16 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: The fact that these organs left the country simply because there were not enough beds is a terrible indictment of the health system where people are waiting-----

Order of Business (Resumed) (16 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: This happened because of a lack of beds.

Order of Business (Resumed) (16 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: We need a proper answer from Government as to why this could possibly have happened.

Order of Business (Resumed) (16 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Donor organs were available. People were on a waiting list for transplants but were not able to have those organs transplanted here because of a shortage of beds. The Taoiseach must answer the question on that.

Written Answers — Democratic Stability: Democratic Stability (16 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the present position in Honduras and the prospect for democratic stability in that country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7158/10]

Written Answers — World Trade Organisation Negotiations: World Trade Organisation Negotiations (16 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the prospect for the advancement of the development issues which were discussed at Doha in the present World Trade Organisation negotiations; the approach he will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7159/10]

Written Answers — Child Protection: Child Protection (16 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the two special rapporteurs for child protection have submitted their 2009 reports to her; when these reports will be made public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7995/10]

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (16 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if in the case of expensive medicines that have been prescribed and supplied under State-funded schemes, it is possible for the State to recoup the cost of medicines in cases in which the treatment changes and the medicines are unused and are returned to the dispensing pharmacist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8013/10]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (16 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the moratorium on hiring staff in the Health Service Executive will be waived in the case of staff who took up the HSE sponsorship scheme which trained them as nurses on condition that they signed up to a service agreement that they would return to work in the service and who cannot work as nurses; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Thalidomide Survivors' Compensation: Thalidomide Survivors' Compensation (16 Feb 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the supports available to thalidomide survivors to address the extra needs not covered by their current supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8071/10]