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Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (4 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil to discuss the following urgent matter: the appalling, unsafe and overcrowded conditions at the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street; the need for the immediate release of funds for emergency interim measures; and the progression of building design plans to cater for the relocation of the hospital at the earliest possible date.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (4 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: May I raise a point of order? What does constitute a matter of national importance?

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: I suppose we are only imagining people on trolleys.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: Now it is the patients' fault.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: The poor little Government.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: The Minister is a master of rhetoric. This is spin.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: It was his own people only.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: I did not speak yet.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: It is pathetic of the Minister to try to blame the Opposition for the problems in the health service, given that the Fianna Fáil Party has been in Government for 15 of the past 17 years and 20 of the past 27 years. If blame has to be apportioned for problems in the service, all of it lies at the door of the Government. Its attempt to blame the Opposition parties reflects the poverty of its...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: This is the second time the Minister has tried to manipulate the manner in which waiting lists are presented in order to confuse and confound everybody.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: They are never the Minister's figures.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: Irrespective of who draws up the lists, how they are manipulated and what spin is put on them, the fact remains that even using a new accounting method discovered just in time for today's debate, a staggering 22,500 people still await treatment. The Minister's boast is that the figure has been reduced to 22,500 after two years, despite the large amount of money at his disposal. What happened...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (4 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for the development of the airport metro; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10985/04]

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (4 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for the Luas intersection at the Red Cow roundabout; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10994/04]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (13 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will give consideration to a request from persons (details supplied) in Dublin 12 to have their child transferred for treatment to a UK facility expert in the treatment of anorexia. [13979/04]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (13 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he intends to increase the nursing home subvention to a more realistic level. [14013/04]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (13 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Transport the level of subsidy on a one way trip per person on the DART system. [14011/04]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (13 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Transport the level of subsidy per trip per person on Dublin Bus. [14012/04]

Rights of People with Disabilities: Motion. (18 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion tabled by Fine Gael, the Labour Party and the Green Party, which I support unequivocally. Nevertheless I cannot help feeling a certain sense of futility and déjÀ vu as I stand to speak yet again on this topic. I cannot think of any matter that has been the subject of more Private Members' motions than this and yet here we are again. It is a...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (18 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of outstanding applications for special educational resources that are waiting to be assessed by his Department; the number of applications that have been processed since the start of 2004; the length of time it has taken to process these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14281/04]