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Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)

John McGuinness: The HSE and the Department should be made responsible. The buck stops with the Minister. That is what is stated and this is what we should make happen. We are entitled to the information.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)

John McGuinness: Every Member of the House is entitled to the information but we are not getting it. Therefore one cannot provide the direct response or position to the client or customer one represents in one's constituency. This is not good politics and the Minister should correct it. I attended a meeting of the HSE in Kilkenny and I must state I was shocked, because none of the information or booklets we...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)

John McGuinness: I was particularly disturbed by the amount of money that was cut back in the area of psychiatric services. Not only was I surprised, nurses in the services for years came to me and complained privately that psychiatric services in Carlow and Kilkenny would collapse because of the withdrawal of people delivering on the front line. When on this side of the House, the Minister, Deputy James...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)

John McGuinness: It is the patient who will suffer, and the nurses have confirmed this.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)

John McGuinness: I regret that Deputy John Paul Phelan has left the House because he referred to the medical card system. It might have been Fianna Fáil which stated we would have a national medical card application and appeals system; perhaps this was the case. However, the Government has been in office for 12 months and this is an administrative issue which affects the constituents we represent. There...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)

John McGuinness: We have examples of people involved in the health services making comments to the effect that it is being deliberately stalled for financial reasons. Why does the Minister, Deputy James Reilly, not increase the number of staff? A total of 150 people deal with all of these applications. Why not increase this number? Why not redeploy staff from places which are not that busy and ensure the...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)

John McGuinness: Deputy Perry knows his backbenchers do not believe the Minister either.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)

John McGuinness: The special delivery unit is not delivering.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)

John McGuinness: The Minister should ensure, as with the National Treatment Purchase Fund, that providing money to the special delivery unit means people on waiting lists for long periods of time get the operations they require. It is the least they deserve from a service that is supposed to deliver health services throughout the country. I call for direct intervention by the Minister. He often called for...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (22 Feb 2012)

John McGuinness: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a disability allowance claim now under appeal will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [10256/12]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (22 Feb 2012)

John McGuinness: Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health if an application to renew a medical card will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason the same information was requested on two separate occasions from the applicant; if he will expedite a response; and if a letter sent to the complaints officer in December 2011 will be processed and a reply issued. [10259/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Feb 2012)

John McGuinness: Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange an appointment as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the fact that the appointment date offered of 29 March 2013 is simply too far out; if there is a significant waiting list or if the date offered is an error; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10260/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Feb 2012)

John McGuinness: Question 389: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for domiciliary care allowance will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [9855/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (21 Feb 2012)

John McGuinness: Question 390: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a response to an application now under appeal for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [9856/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (21 Feb 2012)

John McGuinness: Question 396: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if a repayment arrangement outlined by them in the appeal will be accepted. [9881/12]

Action Plan for Jobs 2012: Statements (16 Feb 2012)

John McGuinness: I welcome the action plan. I was particularly pleased to hear the Minister say that this area will receive relentless attention. I acknowledge that much of the report relates to activity rather than action that will be taken today. The Government has effectively abolished the county enterprise boards. During an earlier debate, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, asked Deputies not to...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Feb 2012)

John McGuinness: Question 11: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive no longer collects data on waiting times for outpatient waiting lists; his plans to change the criteria; the way the new criteria will work and to differentiate between the previous and new criteria being used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8380/12]

Written Answers — Juvenile Offenders: Juvenile Offenders (14 Feb 2012)

John McGuinness: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she expects funding for construction of a national children's detention centre in Oberstown, County Dublin, to be approved this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8109/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Feb 2012)

John McGuinness: Question 305: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal in respect of an application for disability allowance will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [7674/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Feb 2012)

John McGuinness: Question 306: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for domiciliary care allowance will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [7675/12]