Results 4,121-4,140 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan
- Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (2 Mar 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will clarify his press statement on 27 January 2010 in relation to Play TV; the way he plans to deal with this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10145/10]
- Public Sector Reform. (3 Mar 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a report issued by the Department of the Taoiseach under the auspices of the Organisational Review Programme (details supplied); her plans to review and refocus the work of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10661/10]
- Public Sector Reform. (3 Mar 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: I note the Minister stated she cannot comment because it has not been published. Is the account published in The Irish Times on Thursday, February 18 accurate? It depicts a lamentable account of mismanagement and disorganisation in the Department, which indicates that some people have too much to do and other people do not have anything to do. It suggests that there should be more of a...
- Public Sector Reform. (3 Mar 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: I acknowledge the work of the staff who are dealing with a fair deal. They have been particularly helpful in that regard. I do not wish there to be any doubt on that. What we read in the newspaper indicated much chaos with some people having too much to do and others having nothing to do. Has the Minister commenced the reorganisation of the Department since that report was received? I...
- Industrial Disputes. (3 Mar 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans that are in place to ensure patients and their families are protected and will have access to the information they need in the context of the planned escalation of industrial action in the health services commencing this week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10662/10]
- Industrial Disputes. (3 Mar 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: If the Government had not pulled out of talks with health service unions before the budget, we would be well on our way to achieving the types of reforms we all want to see in the health service. The information provided by the Minister at the start of her reply was given to me by the Minister of State, Deputy Ãine Brady, who kindly responded to my matter on the Adjournment last Thursday....
- Industrial Disputes. (3 Mar 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: In regard to information to the Oireachtas, is it not the Minister's responsibility to ensure parliamentary questions are answered irrespective of actions by trade unions?
- Interdepartmental Committees. (3 Mar 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: While we discuss the ins and outs of the health services, the greatest factor in whether a person will be healthy is the area and the type of family into which he or she is born. We do not spend enough time addressing the relationship between health and poverty. I take the point that the Minister's Department is involved with other Departments and so on, but how does she get the other...
- Health Services. (3 Mar 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: It must be said that in some cases public provision is cheaper, is of better quality and gives better value than private. The traffic is not all in one way. I believe progress has been made in patient-level costings, whereby insurance companies pay an agreed cost for a procedure rather than for a bed. I understand the HSE looked at the German system and I would be interested to know if we...
- Health Services. (3 Mar 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: I am talking about a payment model.
- Cancer Screening Programme. (3 Mar 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: It is often pointed out to us that it is difficult for GPs, for example, to say whether a colonoscopy is urgent. The Minister should not just concentrate on urgent colonoscopies and the need to reach the target of four weeks. As I said, it is very hard to know whether a colonoscopy is urgent and all colonoscopies need to be carried out within a safe period of time. Will the Minister...
- Health Service Appointments. (3 Mar 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: While I do not expect the Minister to respond, I am curious as to whether Professor Keane was one of the applicants for the job. I welcome the decision to reduce the salary for the chief executive to the same level as the salaries of the Secretaries General of the Department of the Taoiseach and Department of Finance. Will bonuses be written into the salary?
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (3 Mar 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will waive the moratorium on staff recruitment in the mental health community teams and child and adolescent teams to ensure that vital posts can be filled to facilitate the implementation of A Vision for Change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10429/10]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Mar 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review the decision to remove the genetic outpatient clinics in the west to ensure that persons who live in isolated areas can continue to have this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10740/10]
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Mar 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is a long waiting time for ultrasounds at a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10846/10]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Mar 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a building for a primary health care team (details supplied) will be progressed this year; if funding has been assigned for this purpose in 2010; if the funding assigned in 2009 for this building has been spent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10847/10]
- Written Answers — Rural Transport: Rural Transport (3 Mar 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reply to Parliamentary Question No. 259 of 23 February in response to which the Department of Transport indicated that the question, which was transferred from the Department of Health and Children to Department of Transport was, in fact, a question for her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10854/10]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (3 Mar 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the outstanding issues on the rights of former workers of a company (details supplied) to retain their social welfare benefits while using EU globalisation fund for education, training and returning to work have been clarified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10844/10]
- Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: There is still a huge shortage of social workers.
- Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: I wish, by agreement, to share time with Deputy Burton.