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Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (28 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when and where beds for the young chronic sick will be provided in north Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7850/06]

Leaders' Questions. (1 Mar 2006)

Liz McManus: Hear, hear.

Leaders' Questions. (1 Mar 2006)

Liz McManus: The health board did not accept that.

Order of Business. (1 Mar 2006)

Liz McManus: Following the Neary scandal, I would like to ask about two Bills. When does the Taoiseach intend to introduce legislation to put the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, on a statutory footing? In view of the fact this scandal occurred in part of the health service that is regulated, will he take on board the fact that another part, the pharmacy sector, is not regulated? It is very...

Sports Funding. (1 Mar 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has made a final decision on increased funding for the community games; his views on the clear need for more funding for the games in view of the drop-off in the numbers of volunteers able to devote time to the games; if he has had discussions with representatives from the community games regarding the new strategic plan...

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Liz McManus: I would like to ask some questions on the findings of the report on the practices at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda. I welcome the Tánaiste's decisions to meet representatives of the women who suffered at the hands of Dr. Neary and to establish a compensation scheme. I am sure she recognises that the Government does not have a good record on compensation schemes. Almost 18 months...

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Liz McManus: It is not clear what the Tánaiste is saying in her reply. Surely she accepts that the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has been discredited——

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Liz McManus: She did not answer the question I asked. The Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has been discredited in this report. We cannot depend on it to carry out an assessment. Will the Tánaiste or the Health Service Executive carry out the assessment?

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Liz McManus: Hear, hear.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Liz McManus: It is clear from the Tánaiste's responses this morning that she is out of touch when it comes to understanding the democratic deficit in the health service.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Liz McManus: Does the Tánaiste not appreciate the risks attached to lack of information and accountability in the health service? We have had too many examples where information was not given and bad practice resulted in people's health and lives being put in danger. When she was in Opposition, the Tánaiste argued very strenuously for accountability. Her record as Minister shows——

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Liz McManus: ——she more than anybody else has shut down the means of communication established in this House over decades. I have a fundamental question on legislation. Will the Tánaiste change the legislation to ensure the procedures for answering questions in her area of responsibility are channelled through her and the Department of Health and Children so they are in the public domain and on the...

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Liz McManus: All we get is a referral from the Minister. Approximately one month later we receive an interim reply from the HSE. It is like the third secret of Fatima. We cannot get the information, to which we are entitled and which the public needs to have. If the Tánaiste fails to deal with this issue, the withholding of information will mean we will not be alerted to problems in the health service...

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Liz McManus: ——advice from the Department of Finance recommending against doing so.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Liz McManus: The Tánaiste cannot find €56 million. Months after it was discovered to be lost, we still do not know where the money is.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Liz McManus: We cannot find information about important issues in the health service because the Tánaiste no longer believes that accountability is part of her ministerial brief. It is time she took responsibility.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Liz McManus: Things have changed.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Liz McManus: Not to the public.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Liz McManus: It is not working.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Liz McManus: They are not accountable to the public.