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Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2008)

Frances Fitzgerald: We have agreed that the Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2008 will be taken without debate. I wish to raise the matter, however, especially given the news this morning that an incinerator is going ahead in County Meath. In my constituency in Rathcoole, an application for an incinerator by a private developer has gone straight to An Bord Pleanála in line with the changes to...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2008)

Frances Fitzgerald: It was The Irish Times.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2008)

Frances Fitzgerald: It is Government policy.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2008)

Frances Fitzgerald: Senator Leyden must talk to the Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2008)

Frances Fitzgerald: They are strapped for cash as well.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2008)

Frances Fitzgerald: It is no use if people cannot get credit.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2008)

Frances Fitzgerald: Not if they cannot get credit.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2008)

Frances Fitzgerald: It was Government housing policy.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2008)

Frances Fitzgerald: Does the Senator support the Bill?

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2008)

Frances Fitzgerald: Will the Senator support the legislation?

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2008)

Frances Fitzgerald: Those are totally unacceptable comments.

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (2 Jul 2008)

Frances Fitzgerald: It did not sound like Senator MacSharry was opposing our motion.

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (2 Jul 2008)

Frances Fitzgerald: He is mentioned in the motion.

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (2 Jul 2008)

Frances Fitzgerald: I thank the Minister for attending the debate tonight but I regret the inflexibility of her response to a reasonable, balanced and well considered motion. I hope the Minister has listened carefully to the excellent points that were made. Clearly, Members did not have enough time to put forward the points they wished to make. I applaud the Minister's concern for patient safety but Members...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (2 Jul 2008)

Frances Fitzgerald: ——the patients with MRSA——

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (2 Jul 2008)

Frances Fitzgerald: ——and the 17 patients who died in Loughlinstown hospital, where an inquiry is required. There is no doubt that patient safety is being compromised on a number of fronts. We have continually highlighted our concern about that. The cutbacks are compromising patient safety. The care of elderly people is being compromised by the lack of home care packages. Care for young people with...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (2 Jul 2008)

Frances Fitzgerald: Neither can one undermine the outcome of the work done in counties Sligo and Mayo when making those comparisons. There is a problem in that regard.

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (2 Jul 2008)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to refer to services at Galway. A number of people have discussed the lack of staff at that hospital——

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (2 Jul 2008)

Frances Fitzgerald: ——and the pressures placed on its service. They have also mentioned infrastructural issues and the lack of car parking facilities.

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (2 Jul 2008)

Frances Fitzgerald: How will these factors support patients from counties Mayo and Sligo? Their confidence in their services was evident in their reaction to the closure plans. How can they have confidence in a service as under pressure as Galway's? How can the House be confident that the Minister will provide Galway with the necessary resources when cutbacks in the health service are reported daily? It is a...