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- Order of Business (1 Feb 2007)
Liz McManus: Members did not hear an answer.
- Order of Business (1 Feb 2007)
Liz McManus: Members did not get an answer.
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed). (1 Feb 2007)
Liz McManus: I wish to share time with Deputies O'Shea, Wall and Breda Moynihan-Cronin. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion on cancer services and I thank the Members of the Technical Group for tabling it. On World Cancer Day 2006, the Irish Cancer Society highlighted predictions that cancer numbers will increase from 22,000 a year at present to 43,000 by 2020 and that the number of...
- Written Answers — Defence Forces Recruitment: Defence Forces Recruitment (1 Feb 2007)
Liz McManus: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to encourage new immigrants to Ireland to join the Defence Forces. [2805/07]
- Legislative Programme. (6 Feb 2007)
Liz McManus: The Taoiseach rather conveniently ignored another referendum relating to the rights of the unborn, which was passed but had unforeseen consequences which led to two further referendum proposals. Surely the Taoiseach recognises the need to ensure proper scrutiny, consultation and consensus when it comes to the rights of the born children? He has not explained to the House the reason we...
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Liz McManus: I thank Fine Gael for ensuring this motion was jointly proposed by the Labour Party and Fine Gael. The motion sets out a road map for a Government that has lost its way. Instead of consistency, Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats have lurched alarmingly in different directions on health policy. Instead of commitments made honourably, the two Government parties spewed out promises...
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Liz McManus: I will tell the Minister afterwards. I am more cautious than the Minister when I make statements but I am quite happy to give that information to her.
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Liz McManus: Yes, it is a public hospital. I would have thought the Minister would have heard about it. However, I will be happy to give her the information. With regard to the situation in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, we hear from the Minister that we have too many nurses but time and again facilities cannot be used because there is a shortage of nurses. This raises issues regarding the consultants'...
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Liz McManus: On 17 January I received a reply from the Minister indicating that 38,000 GP-only cards had been delivered. She now claims the figure is 60,000.
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Liz McManus: I ask the Minister to provide accurate information in her replies to parliamentary questions. In many cases, Deputies do not receive any information. I am perfectly justified in citing information included in a reply to a parliamentary question, dated 17 January, which indicated that 38,000 GP-only medical cards had been delivered.
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Liz McManus: That is correct.
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Liz McManus: Let us not quibble about a difference of a few thousand. The figure will undoubtedly continue to increase but I must depend on the latest information provided in reply to parliamentary questions. Even if the Minister's figure is correct, she gave a commitment that 200,000 GP-only medical cards would be issued.
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Liz McManus: In that case, the Minister's word is not her bond.
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Liz McManus: I find it odd that a senior Cabinet Minister should continually interrupt during Private Members' business. She promised 200,000 GP-only medical cards.
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Liz McManus: I suggest the Minister thinks before she speaks and I will try to do likewise. We are approaching the end of the Government's term in office. Its failure to meet a commitment it made on GP-only medical cards is but one example from a litany of broken promises with which patients must cope daily.
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Liz McManus: And the Ceann Comhairle.
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Liz McManus: I wonder if we could haveââ
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Liz McManus: I want to know if we are going to get a copy of the Minister's speech. It might be useful for us and I am sure we would learn from it.
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Liz McManus: So there is no script.
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Liz McManus: I am asking if we can have the script anyway. It might be useful to us to have it.