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Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (20 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cén fáth nach bhfuil siad á fhoilsiú ag an Aire Stáit?

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (20 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Is mian liom iad a fheiceáil.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (20 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Mair, a chapaill, agus gheobhair féar.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (20 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Mair, a chapaill, agus gheobhair féar.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (20 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Beidh an Seanad scortha faoin am sin.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (20 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Gan dabht.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom tacú leis an moladh atá molta ag mo chomhghleacaí, an Seanadóir Cullinane, go mbeadh díospóireacht againn maidir le cúrsaí baincéireachta. I second the amendment to the Order of Business proposed by my colleague, Senator Cullinane.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Okay. I shall third it because we need a debate on the banking sector. I was unaware that Senator Crown had seconded the proposal which is fine. Sinn Féin's record in the House on these issues has been very clear. We have not supported the bailout, we did not support the Personal Insolvency Bill and we did not support turning of bank debt into sovereign debt even though we had to sit...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Yes.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Sinn Féin is opposed to many of the sections in Part 2 of this Bill, largely connected with the adjustments to the fair deal scheme, many of which are excessively punitive and could disadvantage many patients. They could also lead to the outsourcing of functions, which we are opposed to because it is inappropriate in this context and is not in the longer-term interests of the HSE or...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We are on section 4. I will not come to backdating until we come to the relevant section. I and those who work in the HSE do not take much comfort from the reassurances of the Minister of State that outsourcing is being introduced. The concern that we are heading towards a privatised model is very real. I do not agree with Senator Conway that an increase from 5% to 7.5% is modest. For...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Minister of State, in fairness to him, is misconstruing my comments. The fear comes from the road down which home care has gone and the shambles it is in. In some cases older people have seen their home care times cut to a 15 minute visit per day during which somebody has to be washed and cleaned. People have seen we have gone down the private route with those types of services and are...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: As Sinn Féin understands it, section 6 abolishes the requirement to backdate State support to the commencement of the nursing home support scheme for those who were in nursing home care prior to that scheme commencing. That is particularly unfair. The digest to the Bill states that it is not known how many people this will affect. However, approximately 700 people are still in receipt...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I think the Acting Chairman meant to say Senator Ó Clochartaigh. Perhaps it is the fact that I am wearing glasses.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Senator Cullinane would be a great deal more belligerent than me. Section 7 amends Schedule 1 to the Nursing Home Support Scheme Act 2009 to increase the asset contribution from 5% to 7.5% for people who enter nursing home care after the enactment of the Bill. We are of the view that the bulk of the provisions in this part of the Bill will have considerably negative consequences for...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Section 11 extends the provisions contained in section 53A of the Health Act 1970, which currently apply to certain persons in acute hospitals, to certain persons in public nursing homes. It provides that persons residing in public nursing homes may be charged based on the average cost of long-term care in such homes in situations where they do not co-operate with the application process...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Section 12 inserts into the Health Act 1970 the new sections 53B and 53C. Section 53B is a technical amendment resulting from the repeal of section 53 of the Health Act 1970. Section 53C provides for charges to be raised for acute public inpatient services in public hospitals at a rate of €80 per day, an increase of €5 per day. We are concerned that the maximum amount can be...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: This is a complicated section dealing with several aspects of the residential support services scheme. Section 19 provides for the insertion in the Health Act 1970 of a series of new sections which change how the scheme is administered. It introduces a definition for residential support services as services other than outpatient, acute, inpatient or long-term residential care services...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Votáil.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tacaím leis an leasú atá molta ag mo chomhghleacaí, an Seanadóir Cullinane, maidir leis na díospóireachta inniu agus athrú a dhéanamh ar an Ord Gnó. I support the call by my colleague, Senator Cullinane, to extend the amount of time that is being given today in the presence of the Taoiseach to discuss the Thirty-second Amendment of the...