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Government Record: Motion. (4 Jul 2006)

Liz McManus: There has not been any progress.

Government Record: Motion. (4 Jul 2006)

Liz McManus: Will the Taoiseach give way?

Government Record: Motion. (4 Jul 2006)

Liz McManus: I am entitled to ask if the Taoiseach will give way.

Government Record: Motion. (4 Jul 2006)

Liz McManus: On a point of order, the Taoiseach is misleading the House.

Government Record: Motion. (4 Jul 2006)

Liz McManus: All Members of this House must abide by the rules.

Government Record: Motion. (4 Jul 2006)

Liz McManus: It is the Minister's own agenda.

Government Record: Motion. (4 Jul 2006)

Liz McManus: Did he feel the pain?

Government Record: Motion. (4 Jul 2006)

Liz McManus: Ask for his view on the smoking ban.

Written Answers — Postgraduate Education: Postgraduate Education (4 Jul 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects to make a decision on the provision of postgraduate medical courses in universities here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25919/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (4 Jul 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has considered the report carried out for her Department's inspectorate entitled An Evaluation of Special Classes for Pupils with Specific Speech and Language Disorder; if she will implement the recommendations of the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25918/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Jul 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason public patients have to wait between 18 months and two and half years to receive an appointment to be assessed by a consultant at Croom Orthopaedic Hospital, County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25874/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 Jul 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the review of orthopaedic services in the mid-west will be completed; and when it will be published. [26139/06]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (4 Jul 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a consultant from Croom Orthopaedic Hospital rarely attends a clinic at Nenagh General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26140/06]

Order of Business (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Liz McManus: What does that mean?

Government Record: Motion (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Liz McManus: I wish to share my time with Deputy Rabbitte.

Government Record: Motion (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Liz McManus: I agree with the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, that this is a good opportunity to consider the record of the Government and separate it from its rhetoric. The trail of broken promises and cynical posturing by Ministers have alienated even committed Fianna Fáil voters. The Minister spoke about consultants. In his desperation to convince, the Taoiseach at every opportunity uses the...

Government Record: Motion (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Liz McManus: She is right. The Deputy can dismiss something as easily as that.

Government Record: Motion (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Liz McManus: It does not work that way, because the people believe her and do not believe the Government which has hidden hospital waiting lists but they have not gone away. Some 20,000 are still waiting for surgical procedures and others for medical ones. Some are waiting for more than 12 months. None of the targets on waiting times set out in the health strategy has been met. In the west some are...

Government Record: Motion (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Liz McManus: Long waiting lists, bleak medical outcomes, bad scores for infant deaths, MRSA infections in hospitals — I trust Government Deputies will not want to speak about this — and the lack of a health ombudsman typify the index findings. We are only above Lithuania and instead of hanging his head in shame, the Taoiseach came into the House last night and tried to flimflam us again. This is the...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (5 Jul 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the Government will institute a comprehensive biofuels strategy including the refinery and distribution network; if he has liaised with the Department of Agriculture and Food in relation to sugar refinery assets at Mallow which could be converted to biofuels and in relation to the cultivation of biofuels...