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Seanad: Patient Safety: Statements (Resumed) (22 Apr 2008)

Liam Twomey: Perhaps the Minister will also address many people's concerns about the budget for next October.

Seanad: Patient Safety: Statements (22 Apr 2008)

Liam Twomey: If someone is given the wrong drug on 1 May, we will know all about patient safety very quickly.

Seanad: Patient Safety: Statements (22 Apr 2008)

Liam Twomey: When it comes to patient safety the Government has been, what could be described as, a very slow learner. Even though a great deal has been said about the Health Information and Quality Authority and the great work it is doing, it should be noted that it was established as a result of a great number of disasters, including that of the Leas Cross nursing home and the cases of P. J. Walsh,...

Seanad: Patient Safety: Statements (22 Apr 2008)

Liam Twomey: It is important to have these types of debates. Senator Feeney knows my views on Dr. Neary. I was extremely critical of the way some people tried to let him off the hook. We must be fair in acknowledging what people did. When his malpractices were identified, Finbar Lennon, Ambrose McLoughlin and the senior nursing director in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital went into the hospital one...

Seanad: Patient Safety: Statements (22 Apr 2008)

Liam Twomey: It did not do so before the general election. I was in the Dáil when it was being debated. Senator de Búrca was obviously not paying attention.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Apr 2008)

Liam Twomey: While it is a nice idea for Fianna Fáil and the Green Party to celebrate Earth Day 2008, it is pathetic that we are allowed only ten minutes of questions and answers with the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, on the issue of patient safety.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Apr 2008)

Liam Twomey: I do not wish to pre-empt the report into events at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin. There have been numerous incidents in recent years that gave similar cause for concern, including events at Leas Cross and Barringtons Hospital and the cases of PJ Walsh in County Monaghan and Rebecca O'Malley in County Tipperary. There is no transparency and accountability in regard to...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Apr 2008)

Liam Twomey: The sitting should be suspended for a further ten minutes.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Apr 2008)

Liam Twomey: There will not be enough time.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Apr 2008)

Liam Twomey: It is not long enough.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Apr 2008)

Liam Twomey: They could have been led by worse.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2008)

Liam Twomey: I extend my condolences to the family of Dr. Hillery because he was a man I always admired. I congratulate Senator Cannon on his elevation to leadership of his political party in the early hours of this morning. For the past two days I have been in Brussels. As Fine Gael is part of the largest group of political parties in Europe, we meet other political parties across Europe with whom we...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2008)

Liam Twomey: We see Senator Boyle's party as a splinter group.

Seanad: Kidnapping and Detention of Ms Ingrid Betancourt: Motion (10 Apr 2008)

Liam Twomey: Like other Members, I believe we should pass a strongly worded motion to seek the release of Ingrid Betancourt by FARC guerillas. On this island we have experienced the same type of massive change that is happening in many parts of the world. According to the adage, one man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist. Fine Gael is the only political party on this side of the House that...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2008)

Liam Twomey: The Dalai Lama — we cannot get the Minister for Finance into this House, never mind the Dalai Lama.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2008)

Liam Twomey: Will the Leader ask the Minister for Finance to address this House twice a year on the state of the economy? Since March 2007, an extra 2,000 people in County Wexford are on the dole, which is a large figure. This is the human side of what is going wrong in the economy and it is being replicated throughout the country. Will the Leader invite the Minister for Health and Children before the...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2008)

Liam Twomey: How long does Senator Butler believe it will take to get back to that?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2008)

Liam Twomey: I move recommendation No. 15: In page 35, lines 30 and 31, to delete "of not less than 20 in-patient beds". This recommendation relates to tax reliefs on inpatient palliative care beds. The Minister said yesterday that there is a great deal of support for this proposal within the sector. These things always need to be cleared up. There is some concern about the construction of co-located...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2008)

Liam Twomey: It is interesting that these palliative care units, which can be quite similar to nursing homes, will be built specifically for such purposes.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2008)

Liam Twomey: It has been suggested that all units which are developed should be big. It might not be a bad thing if they are attached to nursing homes. The palliative care report that was published in 2004 stated that there was a dearth of palliative care beds in all regions. I am worried that 20-bed stand-alone palliative care units might not be feasible outside large urban areas, where there are...