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Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Liz McManus: I move: That Dáil Éireann: —notes that this week marks the deadline for the ending of hospital waiting lists following the commitment given by the Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Health and Children on 6 May 2002 that, if returned to office, they would "permanently end waiting lists in our hospitals within two years through a combination of bed capacity, primary...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Séamus Pattison: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Liz McManus: I am concerned that the Minister for Health and Children has not bothered to come to the House. He has no difficulty appearing on television and spinning yarns to the public, but he is not willing to come to the House to debate the issues which are within his remit and on which he has failed so abysmally. This motion is tabled by the Labour Party with the sole purpose of ensuring that the...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Finian McGrath: He should resign.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Liz McManus: The promises will still be made during this election campaign. The dishonesty will persist but there is one difference to which I look forward. This time the people will not be fooled.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Joe Sherlock: This motion deplores the failure of the Government to honour the commitments it made and the cynicism it displayed in making promises it clearly had no intention of honouring. The Government amendment refers to the health strategy, Quality and Fairness — A Health System for You, but the Minister for Health and Children knows nothing about quality or fairness. As was stated earlier, the...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Micheál Martin: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "commends the Government's commitment and concentrated effort to reducing waiting times for public patients and: —notes that some €250 million was being provided to reduce waiting times for patients between 1998 and 2003; —acknowledges the extensive additional resources which have been...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Finian McGrath: People still cannot get beds.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Micheál Martin: Put simply, it is the parties on this side of the House that have increased the health spend by 188%. It might pain the Deputies opposite to admit it but the facts show that it is Fianna Fáil and our partners the Progressive Democrats who have shown the political will to reverse the historical under-investment in our health services.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Finian McGrath: People are still on chairs.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Micheál Martin: The last seven years, since the Taoiseach formed his first Administration, have brought substantial additional spending on health care — on capital projects, on staff and on the day-to-day running of a continually increasing level of services. More and more patients and clients have benefited from the extra resources we have put into our health system. That is the bottom line. More and more...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Kathleen Lynch: When will the women of Cork get BreastCheck?

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Finian McGrath: The Minister is on a different planet.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Micheál Martin: We are proud of this record and we can stand over the level of investment we have allocated to our health services. The question the Labour Party must ask is whether it is proud of what took place on their watch, or was it a case again of Labour wrestling with its conscience, with its conscience losing? As for the Labour Party's criticism of our reform record, we have set out not just a...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Joe Sherlock: Is Fianna Fáil voting for that?

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Micheál Martin: Work is well under way to make these changes a reality. I also propose to share my time with the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy O'Malley.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Kathleen Lynch: I thought the Minister was about to mention BreastCheck.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Joe Sherlock: He is making no sense.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Micheál Martin: I did not interrupt speakers. We are in a House where the principle of free speech should be honoured and I would appreciate the opportunity to complete my speech. It is important to put the provision of acute hospital services in context. Over the last two or three decades there have been numerous important advances in surgical technology and in anaesthesia. These advances have greatly...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Liz McManus: Will the Minister give way for a question?