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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Apr 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) of the Health Service Executive received a letter dated 16 March 2006 from a person regarding home services for the elderly and disabled; the reason for the lack of response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14884/06]

Written Answers — Sale of Tobacco Products: Sale of Tobacco Products (25 Apr 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 234: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of compliance tests carried out on retail premises by the Office of Tobacco Control, the number of offences detected, the number of prosecutions initiated against retail premises for the sale of tobacco to minors in respect of each county for the latest year for which figures are available; and if she will make...

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion. (26 Apr 2006)

Liz McManus: The second anniversary is approaching of the publication by the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children of her ten point plan to resolve the accident and emergency crisis. She promised real and measurable improvements within months, stating: Accident and emergency is a litmus test for me, for the government and for the people of our country. By focussing our analysis, our funding and...

Hospital Services. (26 Apr 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 49: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the strong criticisms made at the recent IMO annual meeting of her proposal for private hospitals on public hospital grounds and the fact these proposals do not represent an evidence-based approach to health policy; if she will review her insistence on pushing through proposals that are likely to have a...

Hospital Services. (26 Apr 2006)

Liz McManus: The board of governors of St. Patrick's Hospital will be surprised that it is a for-profit organisation. Is the Minister not taking on board the fact that, overall, there was widespread criticism of her proposal, not just from the IMO but also from others? Does she not need to listen to this? Will she indicate what research she has carried out to justify what appears to everybody else to be a...

Hospital Services. (26 Apr 2006)

Liz McManus: I take it the Minister is to stop private patients entering public hospitals.

Hospital Services. (26 Apr 2006)

Liz McManus: Surely, then, she accepts that what she is talking about is absolute nonsense.

Hospital Services. (26 Apr 2006)

Liz McManus: There will still be private patients in the public hospital system because they can be there as of right. I suggest that the Minister publish every scrap of evidence because she will need to make her case to the public and those working in the health service. She will admit that these are not privately funded hospitals but State-subsidised hospitals over which the State will have no direct...

Hospital Services. (26 Apr 2006)

Liz McManus: They regard it as an opportunity for themselves.

Hospital Services. (26 Apr 2006)

Liz McManus: No, I believe patients should all be the same.

Hospital Services. (26 Apr 2006)

Liz McManus: Patients should not be public or private.

Hospital Services. (26 Apr 2006)

Liz McManus: That is rich coming from the Minister. Once upon a time——

Hospital Services. (26 Apr 2006)

Liz McManus: It is a waste of public money.

General Medical Services Scheme. (26 Apr 2006)

Liz McManus: I thank the Minister for her reply. I assure her the Labour Party will be keen to support her in any move towards the use of generic drugs, so long as it is reasonable. Is it not possible for the Minister to ensure that generic drugs are prescribed more often by GPs to those patients who are not GMS patients? The GMS scheme currently encourages the use of generic drugs. What is stopping the...

General Medical Services Scheme. (26 Apr 2006)

Liz McManus: When will we get a chief pharmacist? Issues have arisen from time to time regarding scarcity of drugs and the unavailability of certain drugs through pharmacies. This matter has been raised with the Tánaiste. In recent months, drugs which I suspect are more expensive but are not licensed in the same way as the original drug, have been substituted because drugs are not available on the...

Written Answers — Home Help Service: Home Help Service (26 Apr 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she intends to take to ease the dependence on voluntary contributions that one third of home care staff rely on in spite of Government commitments to fully fund core staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15447/06]

Written Answers — Hospice Services: Hospice Services (26 Apr 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a recent report on hospice services which revealed continued inconsistencies and inequities in accessing hospice services throughout the country; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that a world-class hospice palliative care service throughout the country could be...

Written Answers — Garda Ombudsman Commission: Garda Ombudsman Commission (27 Apr 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made with regard to the establishment of the Garda Ombudsman Commission; the number of staff recruited to date; when he expects that the commission will be in a position to begin dealing with complaints from the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15649/06]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (27 Apr 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of posts currently filled by gardaí in respect of the 556 posts identified in the study on civilianisation of the Garda presented in February 2001; the breakdown of the posts still filled by gardaí broken down by location and rank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15648/06]

Leaders' Questions. (3 May 2006)

Liz McManus: The draft register.