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Order of Business (13 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: Just the nineteenth hole.

Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she carried out any reviews of the effectiveness of the measures she announced in 2006 to address the national crisis in hospital emergency departments; her views on the waiting times for patients in emergency departments in January 2011; her plans to address this problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1839/11]

Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: How long does it take to solve a problem? The Minister stated this was a national emergency in 2006. I would have to dispute the Minister's point, that matters were getting better. There were over 550 patients one day last week, according to the INMO figures, and 442 is the figure for today. If the Minister has been to any of these emergency departments, they are squashed into tiny little...

Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: I only always quote the INMO figure.

Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: Even the Ministers officials state that is not a major factor.

Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: I think I am entitled to half of the time for these two questions.

Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: I want to ask a simple question of the Minister. Why will she not sanction the opening of more beds in order to relieve this pressure and take those poor patients out of their misery when they are lying on trolleys?

Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is the only quick way.

Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: That is fine but why are new beds being opened?

Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: Absolutely. What is the point in having them?

Hospital Accommodation (13 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: When I saw that three of the first four ordinary questions had gone in the lottery to my colleagues, Deputies Reilly and Ó Caoláin, I was going to suggest that, considering their good luck, they should do the lotto this evening. However, seeing that Question Time is almost over, it is not of any great advantage to them.

Hospital Accommodation (13 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: I join my colleagues in expressing sympathy with the families of the two people who have died as a result of swine flu. Can the Minister provide any further information in this regard? I do not know how much of it is a matter of public record. The Minister referred to a special team that will go into some hospitals to deal with overcrowding in accident and emergency departments. She...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (13 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding has now been committed to move the emergency department to the ground floor of the critical care unit being developed at the Mid-West Regional Hospital; when it is expected to commence developing the unit and when same will be completed; if plans are being drawn up for the staffing of the unit; and if she will make a...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (18 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 3: In page 8, line 35, to delete "detention" and substitute "placement". The word "detention" in the legislation is significant and we believe it has a harsh ring. The word is used 70 times in the Bill. We are keen to have our amendment accepted by the Minister of State on the basis that "placement" is a more child-friendly term rather than "detention". It seems...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (18 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am disappointed the Minister of State is not accepting these amendments, particularly in view of his comments on Committee Stage. Language is important in this issue because it involves children. The concept of a child being detained or being in detention has connotations of restraint and punishment. Why not use a more child-friendly term like "placement"? It is a neutral term which...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (18 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 4: In page 45, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: "where an order to that effect is made by the High Court pursuant to section 23NF,". This amendment concerns the HSE having the authority to give consent to the application for, and issuing of, a passport to a child or the provision of passport facilities to a child for various purposes which may involve a...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (18 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: Barnardos was certainly of the view that the position in this regard was not laid out in sufficiently clear terms in the legislation. I share that view. I am not a legal expert but the position would be much clearer if the amendments, as proposed, were accepted. One hears of many situations where, for one reason or another, children travel outside the State. The courts have the...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (18 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 5: In page 45, between lines 42 and 43, to insert the following: "(2) Without prejudice to the obligation of the Executive to have regard to the views of the child, bearing in mind the child's age and understanding, prior to taking steps under this section, the court shall give such directions as are appropriate where the Health Service Executive proposes to take steps to...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (18 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister of State has given some comfort in so far as he has outlined areas where the welfare of the child is required. My concern is that in these situations it is important that we push to the maximum in terms of the voice of the child being heard, primarily given the experiences of the past, where these kinds of enabling terms were used but in practice were not implemented. These...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (18 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: We would not have tabled these amendments on Report Stage if we did not consider them important. Therefore, I will press amendment No. 5. The Minister of State has said we can test the system, and we certainly will test it before we conclude this debate.