Results 621-640 of 907 for speaker:Seán Ryan

Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (31 May 2006)

Seán Ryan: Will the Minister of State——

Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (31 May 2006)

Seán Ryan: Where were the representatives of older people?

Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (31 May 2006)

Seán Ryan: The Government would have at least 56 days.

Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (31 May 2006)

Seán Ryan: Is giving the scheme a chance the best information the Minister of State could get from his officials?

Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (31 May 2006)

Seán Ryan: I thank the Minister of State for that clarification. We do not fully accept it but on the basis of what he has just outlined it is unlikely he will change his mind about the points made on Second and Committee Stages.

Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (31 May 2006)

Seán Ryan: Amendment No. 13 arose from a suggestion put forward by Deputy McManus. We accepted amendment No. 12 but there is a different definition in amendment No. 13. We made the point that it was heavy-handed to have an elaborate appeals system for claims but no right of appeal against demand for repayments where the contractor is satisfied that there has been misrepresentation. In fairness to the...

Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (31 May 2006)

Seán Ryan: My apologies. On amendment No. 13, we believe it should have been examined somewhat differently. We are not satisfied with this aspect but given that it is linked to amendment No. 12 I will accept what the Minister is saying.

Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (31 May 2006)

Seán Ryan: This is an aspect of the Bill which Deputy McManus felt very strongly about. She felt it could be dealt with in another manner. The amendment, as far as we are concerned, does not deal with the issue and is not a proper definition. It may well lead to problems down the line with regard to misrepresentation. Be that as it may, if the Minister of State is not prepared to come forward with a...

Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (31 May 2006)

Seán Ryan: We are discussing the money not being paid. This is linked with an amendment I spoke on previously, and on which nobody seems to want to answer. On the one hand there are fraudulent payments, but I put it to the Minister of State that the State owes money to medical card holders who could not get into public nursing homes. I have asked the question time and again. An elderly person who is...

Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (31 May 2006)

Seán Ryan: The Department has failed to answer on it at any stage. People are entitled to health care.

Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (31 May 2006)

Seán Ryan: It may not be relevant but the Department will not give an answer on it.

Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (31 May 2006)

Seán Ryan: They have an entitlement, but they are not covered in this Bill.

Written Answers — Sports Governing Bodies: Sports Governing Bodies (31 May 2006)

Seán Ryan: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the proposed establishment of a new national governing body for horse sport here; when a new body will be established; the remit of this new body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21028/06]

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (31 May 2006)

Seán Ryan: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that following the transfer of responsibility for Balbriggan and Skerries Harbours from Dublin Port Company to Fingal County Council in 2004, major defects were identified in the infrastructure of both harbours, which will cost nearly €5 million to remedy, which the Council are unable to fund from...

Nursing Homes Inspectorate. (1 Jun 2006)

Seán Ryan: Question 2: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the type of problems being identified in respect of the present unsatisfactory inspectorate system of private nursing homes; and the action which is being taken to address these problems. [21482/06]

Nursing Homes Inspectorate. (1 Jun 2006)

Seán Ryan: That is the theory but, in practice, the position is completely different. Does the Tánaiste accept that older people in need of care, especially those who must leave their homes and go into long-stay institutional care, are among the most vulnerable in society? Does she accept we do not have a fair and equitable system of financing care? Does she accept we do not have clear and transparent...

Nursing Homes Inspectorate. (1 Jun 2006)

Seán Ryan: What happens to older people who need care but for whom it is not provided in the community and who cannot get a health board place and cannot afford a private nursing home? That is a fundamental question posed by thousands of older people. Can the Tánaiste give me the answer?

Nursing Homes Inspectorate. (1 Jun 2006)

Seán Ryan: What the Tánaiste said gives no joy to the thousands of people waiting twelve and a half years on a waiting list for public nursing homes, and who will die before they get public beds.

Nursing Homes Inspectorate. (1 Jun 2006)

Seán Ryan: Question 9: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that a full year after it was proposed, the new watchdog to enforce proper standards of care for the elderly is still not in place; when same will be in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21311/06]

Nursing Homes Inspectorate. (1 Jun 2006)

Seán Ryan: In response to an earlier question the Tánaiste outlined the theory of the situation but the reality is clearly different. While I welcome the provision in the legislation to provide for the inspectorate, I am disappointed it has taken so long. Even with the inadequacies of the existing system the Department indicated it was satisfied that, in the event of the health and safety of older...