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Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (27 Sep 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 828: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people in respect of whom nursing home subvention is paid; and the number of those people in receipt of enhanced subvention as of 1 September 2006. [30164/06]

Nursing Homes: Motion (Resumed). (28 Sep 2006)

Liam Twomey: No matter what is said in this House, the Government has utterly failed in every respect. It has failed in its duty to legislate, it has failed in its duty to give political direction to the health services and it has persistently failed elderly patients in nursing homes. Government representatives come into this Chamber and bleat about what they have done and what they will do, which is a...

Nursing Homes: Motion (Resumed). (28 Sep 2006)

Liam Twomey: He is not worried about the patients, nor what sort of system must be brought into place, but only worried about how he is perceived. One sentence in his letter to The Irish Times was quite interesting, "Your readers can be assured that the HSE will not tolerate nursing homes operating below acceptable standards". I would like to know where Mr. Browne has been for the last nine or ten...

Public Expenditure: Motion. (3 Oct 2006)

Liam Twomey: Regardless of the arguments the Minister makes, this Government is a failure at implementing anything related to information technology. PPARS has been a disaster. A total of €160 million has been spent to date and there is an €11 million cost every year to pay 30,000 people. A cost-benefit analysis should be carried out on that system. The iSoft project is another which looks ready...

Public Expenditure: Motion. (3 Oct 2006)

Liam Twomey: The only value for money I have seen from this Government in the last five years is that it published a report on health in 2001. However, it has not delivered much value for money in the case of the health services. A cost-benefit analysis——

Public Expenditure: Motion. (3 Oct 2006)

Liam Twomey: If the Minister gives me the time, I will explain it to him.

Public Expenditure: Motion. (3 Oct 2006)

Liam Twomey: The Minister should not be foolish and silly.

Public Expenditure: Motion. (3 Oct 2006)

Liam Twomey: If the Minister is so well informed, does he know——

Public Expenditure: Motion. (3 Oct 2006)

Liam Twomey: ——how many patients are waiting for dermatology services in Waterford Regional Hospital in his constituency?

Public Expenditure: Motion. (3 Oct 2006)

Liam Twomey: It is 2,500 people. Is that the type of service he is proud of?

Public Expenditure: Motion. (3 Oct 2006)

Liam Twomey: Does he know how long a person in Waterford must wait for an orthopaedic appointment? It is five years. That is information from the south-eastern region of the Health Service Executive.

Public Expenditure: Motion. (3 Oct 2006)

Liam Twomey: Instead of mouthing off here, the Minister should go back to Waterford and find out whether it is true.

Public Expenditure: Motion. (3 Oct 2006)

Liam Twomey: There is no need to interrupt me. Every major Government project costing more than €30 million is supposed to be subject to a cost-benefit analysis. Has a cost-benefit analysis been carried out on the new home care projects that have become part of the privatisation process of the health service? Given that a home care package includes 13% VAT and assuming the private company makes 10%...

Public Expenditure: Motion. (3 Oct 2006)

Liam Twomey: When the Minister makes such proposals they are obviously at the back of his mind so perhaps he agrees with many aspects of what I have said.

Public Expenditure: Motion. (3 Oct 2006)

Liam Twomey: There is a far greater issue. The Minister has a privatisation agenda as well so perhaps he might explain something else to the House. It is proposed that approximately six new private hospitals be built on the grounds of public hospitals. The Government's policy is to sell off public land for an unknown price, give €400 million in tax concessions and take €1 billion from the public...

Public Expenditure: Motion. (3 Oct 2006)

Liam Twomey: The Minister is supporting what he knows nothing about.

Public Expenditure: Motion. (3 Oct 2006)

Liam Twomey: That is not what I am asking the Minister. Does the Minister know if a cost-benefit analysis has been carried out? The Minister supported what he knew nothing about; e-voting was a perfect example of that.

Public Expenditure: Motion. (3 Oct 2006)

Liam Twomey: It would be worth the Minister's while to examine why these six hospitals are being built. Over the last 20 years in this country no more that seven such hospitals have been constructed. Why have 36 submissions been made for these hospitals?

Public Expenditure: Motion. (3 Oct 2006)

Liam Twomey: The Minister should know what my policies are; he need not ask me about them tonight. To ensure the proper delivery of a radiotherapy service in the south east, that radiotherapy unit should have been built on the grounds of Waterford Regional Hospital where the other oncology and surgical services are available——

Public Expenditure: Motion. (3 Oct 2006)

Liam Twomey: ——and where there is a multidisciplinary service.