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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the planned cuts to homeless services announced last week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33031/11]

EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 17: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the European Council meeting on 23 October 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31266/11]

EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 18: To ask the Taoiseach if the Greek protests and strikes were discussed at the European Council meeting on 23 October 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31267/11]

EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 19: To ask the Taoiseach if the negative impact on growth resulting from austerity measures in Greece and more generally across the Eurozone and including Ireland was discussed at the European Council meeting on 23 October 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31268/11]

EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 20: To ask the Taoiseach if increasing unemployment was discussed at the recent European Council meeting on 23 October 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31269/11]

EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 21: To ask the Taoiseach if the global protests against austerity and bank bail outs were raised at the recent European Council meeting on 23 October 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31270/11]

EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 31: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make contact with the Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou to discuss the Greek Government's recent decision to hold a referendum on the EU-IMF deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33039/11]

EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I tabled six questions and the Taoiseach did not really answer them. He did not even refer to some of them in his reply. The weekend prior to the European Council meeting, and directed towards it, in approximately 2,000 cities across the world people in their tens of thousands, and in their hundreds of thousands in some cases, took to the streets to protest against the policies of bailing...

EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: At the European Council meeting did the Taoiseach or any of the EU leaders take on board the message being put out by the people on the streets in Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Ireland and Wall Street that they believe it is wrong and unsustainable to continue a policy of bailing out bankers and bondholders at their expense? Did the Taoiseach discuss those protests?

EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Do the EU leaders take seriously what looks like a majority sentiment across Europe, and increasingly across the world, about the incorrect priorities that Governments seem to pursue? Did the Taoiseach specifically discuss jobs and what he was going to do for jobs? This is all about bailouts and mechanisms. What did the Taoiseach say should be done to create jobs in Europe? What decisions...

EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Deputy Martin has had his chance. The Taoiseach did not answer one important part of the question. Was there discussion at the Council meeting about the fact that growth is stalling and contracting in Europe as a result of austerity? There is a widespread view among a wide spectrum of commentators, academics and economists, supported by recent figures, that growth is contracting and is...

EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On the question of the referendum, does the Taoiseach share the shock most people feel at the hostile response in Europe and among the markets, who seem to be dictating everything to us, at the simple fact that the Greek people might have a vote? Does the Taoiseach think this is terrible? Does the Taoiseach think this shows dysfunctionality at the heart of the European system that they were...

Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Taoiseach clarify his position on bringing forward legislation on ECB interest rates? It is not clear. Is he saying legislation will not be introduced unless the Financial Regulator tells the Government he wants legislation? Will the Government not respond to the outrage over the failure to pass on the interest rate reduction and will it bring forward legislation to ensure it is...

Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: When will the mental capacity Bill be brought forward?

Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What if he does not?

Accident and Emergency Services (8 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister says the closures can be justified on safety grounds. On 19 April 2009, shortly after the accident and emergency department in Ennis was downgraded to providing an 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. service, Mr. Dan McConnell, a 59 year old father of three, died just minutes away from Limerick hospital. He had suffered a heart attack in Kilkee, 34 miles from Ennis-----

Accident and Emergency Services (8 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes. It was 34 miles from Ennis but 59 from Limerick. In other words, he died because the hospital in Limerick was further away. The closure of local accident and emergency departments in hospitals costs lives. That is the health and safety issue. What is the Minister's response?

Accident and Emergency Services (8 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Therefore, the response times mean nothing.

Accident and Emergency Services (8 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the reconfiguration of health services in south county Dublin; if a decision to downgrade the Loughlinstown Hospital accident and emergency to an 8am to 8pm minor injury unit has been agreed and if there is a planned date for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33032/11]

Accident and Emergency Services (8 Nov 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: While I have been asking this question for six months, I still am no closer to getting an answer from the Government as to whether it plans to downgrade the accident and emergency service in Loughlinstown hospital. The people of Loughlinstown and south County Wicklow seek an answer and a timeframe as to when the Minister will publish or announce his plans or recommendations. I appeal to the...