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Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)

Liz McManus: That is not true. The Minister would want to get her facts right. We did not suggest medical cards for the entire population. The Minister does not even do her homework before she comes to the House.

Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)

Liz McManus: She hides her script so we cannot read it and then she tells us——

Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)

Liz McManus: The Minister should get her facts right.

Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)

Liz McManus: The people of Monaghan would enjoy listening to this.

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 have——

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.

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...