Results 1,921-1,940 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan

National Cancer Strategy. (21 Nov 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: One.

National Cancer Strategy. (21 Nov 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Therefore, two more women have been diagnosed.

Vaccination Programme. (21 Nov 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: I raised this because I was contacted about it. There are always people who object to certain vaccines and it is important we clarify it. I support the introduction of a vaccine for cervical cancer. The Minister states there is no scientific evidence that it is contra-indicated for girls with a certain family history. I am not suggesting there is an issue but I seek clarity. A report in a...

Care of the Elderly. (21 Nov 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: I met representatives of nursing home owners and various senior citizens groups which are all concerned about the timeframe involved. I wish to ask a few questions in respect of their concerns. The first relates to the standards that will be drawn up by HIQA will not, as I understand it, be available when the legislation is introduced and will only be produced later. Is it not strange that...

Care of the Elderly. (21 Nov 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: What will happen in the case of a person still living in a house after his or her loved one dies?

Care of the Elderly. (21 Nov 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: What would be the position of an unmarried 40 year old daughter living in her parents' house where both parents had died? Would she be allowed to remain until she was 90? Am I correct in understanding that no money would be drawn against the value of the house?

Care of the Elderly. (21 Nov 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: If it were her family home, surely she would be entitled to live there and not be obliged to try to raise a mortgage in order to pay the State. It seems extraordinary——

Care of the Elderly. (21 Nov 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Highly reputable nursing home owners who wish to care for their patients are extremely concerned that if the standards are not in place when the fair deal starts they may not have patients sent to them by the National Treatment Purchase Fund because they may not be the cheapest. They may have more nurses employed per patient and better standards in other ways than those who see it purely as...

Care of the Elderly. (21 Nov 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: We need real assurance on this matter. I am extremely concerned about it.

National Cancer Strategy. (21 Nov 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Does the Minister agree the units which are to become centres of excellence do not have adequate resources to treat their current patients and that their waiting times fail to meet best practice guidelines? For example, Professor Gupta, who practises in my own area, has publicly stated that he needs additional resources in order to meet best practice requirements. The Minister indicated that...

National Cancer Strategy. (21 Nov 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: They will remain where they are.

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (21 Nov 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the widespread concern expressed, the proposals for the community childcare subvention scheme will be changed to facilitate working parents on low incomes and to address fears that some facilities will have to close if the proposals are implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29955/07]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (21 Nov 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of sending cervical smears from Ireland to a company (details supplied) in the past year; if she has satisfied herself that the method of testing equates with that here; the efforts being made to expand capacity in Ireland in order that this work can be carried out here; the extra capacity that will be needed for the roll...

Written Answers — Food Labelling: Food Labelling (22 Nov 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her attention has been drawn to the failure of an Irish food group to place the origin Ireland logo on their ham products leading to confusion among consumers who want to buy quality assured and traceable ham; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30095/07]

Written Answers — Meat Imports: Meat Imports (22 Nov 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will insist that the EU Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner Markos Kyprianou delivers on his commitment to impose a ban on Brazilian beef in view of the latest FVO report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30094/07]

Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (27 Nov 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: This is a complicated issue, as we are dealing with VHI in transition after 50 years in existence. We should congratulate the body on that length of service. An EU directive exempted the company from rules governing coverage in the market, with many other similar types of health insurance system in Europe, but we are now moving to a point where the European non-life insurance directive must...

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (27 Nov 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move: That Dáil Éireann, expressing its serious concerns about disclosures of major failures in cancer care services at the Midlands General Hospital, Portlaoise, including the failure to diagnose breast cancer in nine women who had presented for mammograms and the recall of a further 97 women who had undergone ultrasound scans at the hospital; deploring the way in which the women have...

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (27 Nov 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: I did say that.

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (27 Nov 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wanted the Minister to have an opportunity to take responsibility. I listened to her the following morning and it was after that I decided on the motion.

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (27 Nov 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: I was, and that was the appropriate focus at that moment. I was also hoping that the Minister would have the opportunity to respond.