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Hospital Services (18 May 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: More than 300 people were accommodated on trolleys on one day last week. That is the average figure for the month of May, when normally the number of people on trolleys is very small. Despite the Minister's claims about what hospitals will be able to achieve, year after year we see the same statistics. We are not seeing improvements in trolley figures. The same difficulties arise in terms...

Proposed Legislation (18 May 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is useful to tease out what will be contained in this legislation which is extremely significant in terms of people's rights regarding health care. We in the Opposition would prefer if it were decided that everybody, whether privately insured or not, has the same rights in the area of health care. How comprehensive will the legislation will be? Will it deal with the mental health area,...

Proposed Legislation (18 May 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Adelaide Hospital Society has said it would require only an additional €217 million to provide universal free access to primary care.

Proposed Legislation (18 May 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: The society has done its figures, although the Minister disputed that in The Irish Times.

Proposed Legislation (18 May 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: A set figure has been indicated for every medical card patient.

Health Service Appointments (18 May 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Has the Minister expressed a view to the HSE as to who she believes would be good for the job? She indicated her view that Professor Tom Keane would be a good candidate for the position. We all probably regret that he did not take the job. I am not trying to be vexatious and I put my questions in a positive rather than negative manner. Given that the Minister has experience of many other...

Proposed Legislation (18 May 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: I presume the Minister of State knows that this offer has been unanimously rejected by the Irish Thalidomide Association. What is his response to that rejection? I went to the association's press conference last week and the offer was rejected because its members felt that there was no real consultation. They were brought in at the very end of the process with the State Claims Agency....

Proposed Legislation (18 May 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Is the Minister of State expressing that now?

Order of Business. (18 May 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: They have yet to be employed.

Children in Care (18 May 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy's time has come to an end.

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (18 May 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if all parliamentary questions that have not been answered by her in recent months and for which Deputies have been invited to resubmit, are assumed to be resubmitted unless she is told to the contrary; and if she will answer them as soon as she is in a position to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20184/10]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (18 May 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the staffing arrangements that have been made to administer the cervical cancer vaccine in the coming year both in the holiday period for the girls who receive their first vaccine before the summer break and in the autumn when there will be two cohorts of girls to be vaccinated in the majority of schools; if an assessment has been...

Written Answers — Substance Misuse Strategy: Substance Misuse Strategy (18 May 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the below cost selling of alcohol in off-licences that is widely consumed by young persons; if she will initiate public health measures to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20365/10]

Written Answers — Voluntary Housing Sector: Voluntary Housing Sector (18 May 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 434: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when letters of approval will be issued to voluntary housing associations following an announcement (details supplied) on 4 February 2010 of €157 million in respect of 75 housing projects for persons with specific categories of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19945/10]

Written Answers — Urban Regeneration Schemes: Urban Regeneration Schemes (18 May 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 452: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if amended plans have been submitted regarding the Northside and Southside Regeneration of Limerick; if not, when they will be considered; the funding that has been set aside in 2010 for Limerick Regeneration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20444/10]

Written Answers — Water Services: Water Services (18 May 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 455: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will assist Limerick City Council in addressing serious water pressure problems in a housing estate (details supplied) which has been causing hardship to residents, many of them elderly and ill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20492/10]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (18 May 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 509: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application for a devolved grant by a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19946/10]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 May 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 510: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will grant a full-time learning support and resource teacher to a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19947/10]

Written Answers — Sports Sponsorship: Sports Sponsorship (19 May 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport her views on sports sponsorship by the alcohol industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20699/10]

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (20 May 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he at the Review Meeting in September in relation to the millennium Development Goals will favour the reconfiguration of resources and such flexibility as will enable the disposal of resources to areas in which it is likely that the Millennium Development Goals are not likely to be achieved. [20946/10]