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Order of Business. (5 May 2005)

Liz McManus: There is a shortfall of €180 million in the health Estimate——

Order of Business. (5 May 2005)

Liz McManus: Can I ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a Supplementary Estimate to allow for the fact that there is now a shortfall of €180 million which will mean cutbacks in the area of health because the HSE is short in revenue by €180 million for this year alone?

Order of Business. (5 May 2005)

Liz McManus: I thank the Ceann Comhairle.

Order of Business. (5 May 2005)

Liz McManus: So we are going to have cutbacks.

Order of Business. (5 May 2005)

Liz McManus: The Minister is not doing very well.

Order of Business. (5 May 2005)

Liz McManus: Does he know anything?

Suicide Levels: Motion (Resumed). (5 May 2005)

Liz McManus: I wish to share time with Deputies Costello and O'Sullivan. We spend much time debating issues that have only limited relevance to people's lives in this House. However, in this case, no issue is more relevant to thousands of people and more disturbing to society generally so I warmly welcome the motion. I congratulate the framers of the motion for including all the key aspects that need to...

Telecommunications Services. (5 May 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the fact that Ireland remains in the 22nd place in the 2005 World Economic Forum's networked readiness index, part of the Global IT Report which measures the propensity for countries to exploit the opportunities offered by ICT; his further views on a report of the European Commission (details...

Order of Business. (10 May 2005)

Liz McManus: That is on the record.

Order of Business. (10 May 2005)

Liz McManus: It was stated that the report of the Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction would be dealt with by the Cabinet today. Is that the case? A fair amount of legislation will flow from that report, if it is acted on. Since it has been leaked comprehensively already——

Order of Business. (10 May 2005)

Liz McManus: Was it dealt with by the Cabinet today? Will the report be published properly and may we have a debate in this House on its contents?

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion. (10 May 2005)

Liz McManus: Unless the issue is nursing home charges.

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion. (10 May 2005)

Liz McManus: I said unless the issue is nursing home charges.

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion. (10 May 2005)

Liz McManus: I wish to share my time with Deputy Howlin. I have a sense of déjÀ vu about this debate. The accident and emergency crisis was debated in this House on a number of occasions. What is different now is that we have just come through the worst crisis and the worst winter in terms of the situation in our accident and emergency departments. There are also other differences. When the Minister for...

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion. (10 May 2005)

Liz McManus: I am telling the Minister what Kevin Kelly stated on the record at an Oireachtas committee.

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion. (10 May 2005)

Liz McManus: We need to take it seriously. Fantasies have been delivered. We have had three or four years of fantasies, stories being spun——

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion. (10 May 2005)

Liz McManus: ——and reports being prepared. It would be helpful if the Minister listened to Kevin Kelly. I do not expect the Minister to listen to me but this issue is important.

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion. (10 May 2005)

Liz McManus: Midsummer is approaching but we have not yet seen the capital programme. There is a stalemate in the process. It does not appear to me, or to most members of the public, that there is a serious drive to deal with the problems in the accident and emergency departments and the capacity issues inherent in our hospital system. The problems in accident and emergency departments cannot be dealt...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (10 May 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the scope of services for persons who are deaf and hard of hearing in relation to the development of health policy; and the number of beneficiaries of such services on a national and county basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15536/05]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (10 May 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the cost for the provision of a midwife for home births will be granted for women in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15192/05]