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Patient Support Schemes. (28 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: I, too, welcome the opportunity on behalf of the Labour Party to participate in this cross-party motion tonight, which in many ways in unusual, but it is absolutely justified in the case of the women excluded from the Lourdes hospital redress scheme. I also speak on behalf of my colleagues in the Labour Party in the north-east. Basically, there is no justification for excluding these 35...

Written Answers — Banks Recapitalisation: Banks Recapitalisation (28 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to exercise or direct the managers of the National Pension Reserve Fund to exercise the warrants attached to the preference shares acquired by the fund in AIB and Bank of Ireland; the terms attached to these warrants; the extent to which these warrants are currently in money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17214/10]

Written Answers — Small Business Finance: Small Business Finance (28 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will comment on the current small and medium enterprise lending environment; his views on proposals which would ameliorate this lending environment; the discussion he has had with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment regarding the possibility of implementing an SME working capital loan guarantee scheme; the level of funding...

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: I would like to ask about an issue I raised last Tuesday, in advance of that evening's meeting of the Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party. Has it been decided to introduce legislation in relation to the victims of thalidomide, to issue them an apology and to negotiate an agreed settlement with them? I understand that this matter was debated on Tuesday evening by the Fianna Fáil Parliamentary...

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is a question of the health of the nation.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: The moratorium on recruitment is already putting huge gaps in people's right to health care, as set out in legislation.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: The withdrawal of funding I have mentioned is to be done unilaterally by the Minister, without any kind of discussion in this Chamber, on behalf of the people of Ireland.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: We have been told in no uncertain terms that the health services cannot take the cut that is apparently to be announced today, by which time the House will be about to go into recess until next Wednesday afternoon.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Is the Government going to make any comment at all on the erosion of the health services that is apparently to be announced today?

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister, Deputy Harney, never comes in here to tell us what she is doing. She did not even come in last night to respond to a cross-party motion on the victims of Michael Neary.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: We want to know what path is being taken. We are here to get answers.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: The HSE represents nobody.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: What about an apology?

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: On a point of order, the Minister for Health and Children seems to be the only Minister who is sending us those replies-----

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: -----which state that if a Deputy is concerned about a matter he or she should submit another question because the Minister cannot answer it. Can the Ceann Comhairle explain why other Ministers are able to answer our queries?

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Do you not have a responsibility to ensure that Ministers are consistent in replying?

Written Answers — Agri-Environment Options Scheme: Agri-Environment Options Scheme (29 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is satisfied that measures have been taken to ensure that the agricultural and environmental options scheme will commence on 1 June 2010 in the interest of utilising the full annual allocation for the scheme this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16914/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (29 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to remove 24 hour anaesthetic cover from Ennis and Nenagh hospitals in July 2010 and to phase out critical care thereafter; the way this will affect the capacity of each of these hospitals to cater for medical patients who are inpatients and the range of services in the hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (29 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which his Department has had a role in cost benefit analysis in regard to the choice of route for a road project (details supplied) in County Limerick; if he will give an estimate of the money spent so far on this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17481/10]

Task Force on Innovation (5 May 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Taoiseach referred to sums of billions of euro. Many of those who have innovative ideas or are seeking to create jobs require relatively small sums of money. Last week, I spoke to man in my constituency who wants to create jobs for an on-line business. He has been told that while he has been approved for a grant, the city enterprise board ran out of money at the end of April. This is...