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Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (20 May 2008)

Barry Andrews: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP) which will invest €575 million over 5 years in developing childcare services. The NCIP came into effect in January 2006 and aims to provide a proactive response to the development of quality childcare supports and services, which are grounded in an understanding of local...

Cancer Services: Motion (20 May 2008)

Barry Andrews: I thank the Minister for Health and Children for sharing her time with me. I am pleased to have an opportunity to debate the Government's plans for substantially improving cancer services in Ireland. The issue is too important to be used for political point-scoring.

Cancer Services: Motion (20 May 2008)

Barry Andrews: We are talking about people's lives and debating how to make sure that the greatest possible number of people survive. If we keep the word "survival" in mind, we may be able to move away from local politics and concentrate on what really matters — how to give people with cancer the best chance of survival.

Cancer Services: Motion (20 May 2008)

Barry Andrews: Deputy Ring is arguing for the status quo. He is arguing against the evidence——

Cancer Services: Motion (20 May 2008)

Barry Andrews: ——of the improvement in child cancer care in Dublin. He is arguing for being 18th out of 23 and he is ignoring the evidence. He begun with a conclusion and is working back unscientifically to prove that conclusion.

Cancer Services: Motion (20 May 2008)

Barry Andrews: That is a disgrace.

Cancer Services: Motion (20 May 2008)

Barry Andrews: The Deputy should avoid the political point-scoring and go on the evidence. Deputy Reilly is scientifically trained and he should know that.

Cancer Services: Motion (20 May 2008)

Barry Andrews: The people around Deputy Reilly recognise bull too when they are listening to it. He should listen and allow for the possibility that other people might have a view too. He should allow other people to illuminate this debate.

Cancer Services: Motion (20 May 2008)

Barry Andrews: I would be impressed if Deputy McCormack could find anybody on his side of the House who has not read a script. He might find a few of them. On the perspective of women, it is understandable that they have concerns about changes to the traditional arrangements for their care. Women in Mayo and Sligo currently enjoy rapid access to their local hospital service when they require it. They are...

Cancer Services: Motion (20 May 2008)

Barry Andrews: That will happen in the coming years.

Cancer Services: Motion (20 May 2008)

Barry Andrews: We must also resolve issues such as a system of transport and accommodation that allows patients to attend them, however far away they are, with the minimum discomfort and the maximum dignity.

Cancer Services: Motion (20 May 2008)

Barry Andrews: The national director of cancer services has provided a sum of €750,000 to the Irish Cancer Society, as the Minister pointed out.

Cancer Services: Motion (20 May 2008)

Barry Andrews: One Irish person in three will develop invasive cancer, while one in four will die from it. Currently there are approximately 22,000 new cases and 7,500 die of the disease. We are aware that the number of cancer cases is expected to increase, largely as a result of population changes, from less than 14,000 in 2000 to over 28,000 in 2020. We must, therefore, ensure that the health system...

Cancer Services: Motion (20 May 2008)

Barry Andrews: We cannot have half-way measures or ill-judged compromises which try to keep everyone happy but end up leaving patients with poorer services.

Hospital Services. (20 May 2008)

Barry Andrews: I will be taking this matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. The HSE has instigated a look-back review of all chest X-rays and CT scans reported on by one locum consultant radiologist, who worked in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda and Our Lady's Hospital, Navan between August 2006 and August 2007. This decision was made following...

Hospital Services. (20 May 2008)

Barry Andrews: An information line has been put in place and people affected by the review can make contact with the HSE directly. The number is 1850 241850. In patients' interests and in keeping with the lessons learned from previous reviews, neither the HSE nor the Department will report any further on specific details of the reviews until they have concluded. I agree with Deputies that it is vitally...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (15 May 2008)

Barry Andrews: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive (HSE) under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy. As the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (15 May 2008)

Barry Andrews: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (15 May 2008)

Barry Andrews: The Redundancy Payments Acts, 1967 to 2007 and the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 1993 provide the statutory framework for dealing with redundancy in this country. These Acts, which come under the remit of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, also provide the statutory framework for employees to seek redress if they feel they have been unfairly treated as a result of...

Democratic Process in Zimbabwe: Motion (15 May 2008)

Barry Andrews: This issue comes before the House at a sad time for Zimbabwe. The Oireachtas has shown considerable interest in that country for the past ten or 11 months and many Members, including the Minister, have outlined the problems the country faces. I propose to make a few observations. The Association of Western European Parliamentarians for Africa, AWEPA, has a very active Irish section and...