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Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (19 Dec 2007)

Liam Twomey: This is how we should debate and the Minister is making up her response as she goes along.

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (19 Dec 2007)

Liam Twomey: That is the system the Minister is trying to create.

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (19 Dec 2007)

Liam Twomey: I tend to them in the same building; I do not send private patients to one end and public patients to another.

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (19 Dec 2007)

Liam Twomey: I do not have a contract that sees me discriminate against patients.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2007)

Liam Twomey: Chocolates?

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2007)

Liam Twomey: Senator Regan is upsetting Senator Ormonde.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2007)

Liam Twomey: The honour is all theirs.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2007)

Liam Twomey: They have been extraordinarily rendered into government.

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2007: Second Stage (20 Dec 2007)

Liam Twomey: I do not want to kill the Christmas cheer but whoever is working in the department of spin is doing a good job in getting out the message that everything is perfect. The Minister of State referred to unified budgets and the announcement of spending and revenue, which is no harm. He stated also that the latest indication was that overall spending for 2007 will be within budget. That is an...

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2007: Second Stage (20 Dec 2007)

Liam Twomey: It was made after the report was written. They decided it was beneath them to present themselves to committee. I ask the Minister of State to get back to them and get them to change their mind in that regard. I do not know from where the Minister got this information but he stated that as regards health, waiting times for common procedures have been reduced to between two and five months.

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2007: Second Stage (20 Dec 2007)

Liam Twomey: In no cases, or perhaps in emergencies. If one needs an appendix operation it will be done within two to five months but normal procedures will not be done within two to five months. One cannot even get an outpatient appointment to see a consultant within two to five months. For an ear, nose and throat or orthopaedic appointment, the waiting time remains two to five years. What the...

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) and Subsequent Stages (20 Dec 2007)

Liam Twomey: The Minister of State will not wash his hands of responsibility that easily.

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) and Subsequent Stages (20 Dec 2007)

Liam Twomey: In reality, rather than clear the debt the Government has transferred it to the people of Ireland.

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) and Subsequent Stages (20 Dec 2007)

Liam Twomey: They should have listened to the Minister of State.

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) and Subsequent Stages (20 Dec 2007)

Liam Twomey: We wish the same to the Minister of State.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2008)

Liam Twomey: It was a Cabinet sub-committee decision.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2008)

Liam Twomey: While the life of a young girl in County Cork is being crushed out of her by a spinal deformity, the Health Service Executive indicates it is appropriate that she wait until 2010 before it will consider providing the treatment she needs. Fortunately, someone else has a greater sense of morality than the HSE. Case law indicates that the HSE would lose a case brought before the European Court...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2008)

Liam Twomey: Can we have a debate on the issue?

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2008)

Liam Twomey: Are we having a debate?

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2008)

Liam Twomey: We should open up the debate on this issue.