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Social Partnership. (8 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: A delicate flower.

Social Partnership. (8 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: It certainly helped the landlords.

Social Partnership. (8 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: Let them eat cake.

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (7 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 145: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the investigation his Department has carried out into reports highlighted in the media of the treatment and subsequent dismissal of 14 female mushroom pickers from Latvia and Lithuania employed in County Cavan, who claimed that they had been required to work for an average of €250 per week for a working week of between...

Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (7 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 164: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the outcome of the investigation his Department held into the circumstances in which 11 immigrant workers were reported to have been abandoned off an island near Skerries in County Dublin; if his Department intends to take action arising from this incident; if, in particular, there will be prosecutions; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (7 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the fact that a school (details supplied) has been waiting approximately 12 years for the school extension and with the increase in enrolment which due to shortage of accommodation this affects the choice of subjects that can be offered to students; when this extension will be provided; and if she will make a statement...

Order of Business. (7 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: While the Taoiseach may not be embarrassed by the M50 debacle, I wonder whether he is embarrassed by the fact that elderly people and their relatives come to our clinics wondering when they will receive the money robbed from them. I am embarrassed because I told them the legislation would be introduced last autumn. That was what the Minister for Health and Children told me. I then told them...

Written Answers — Garda Reserve Force: Garda Reserve Force (2 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the liability which pertains to the State if any member of the volunteer Garda force exceeds his or her authority while on duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3555/06]

Written Answers — Garda Reserve Force: Garda Reserve Force (2 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress which has been made in recruiting a volunteer Garda reserve force; and if the Garda representative bodies have been consulted on the proposal. [3493/06]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (1 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason for the delay in transposing EU Directive 2003/20/EC requiring seat belts to be worn where they are fitted; and when same will happen. [3114/06]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (1 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 185: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason for the delay in meeting the commitment in the road safety strategy to set a target for the reduction in serious injuries from road traffic accidents; and when same will be ready. [3113/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Appointments: Departmental Appointments (1 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the firms used as recruitment agencies for the provision of full-time or temporary staff and the amounts paid to each in respect of fees or other payments regarding the former Western Health Board area and for the years 2003, 2004 and 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3452/06]

Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)

Liz McManus: Is the Taoiseach aware that animals have protection against pharmacy malpractice while human beings do not? There are enough scandals littering the health service scene without our having a malpractice-related scandal in the pharmacy sector. Will the Taoiseach fast-track the legislation to provide for fitness-to-practice and fitness-to-operate guidelines for pharmacists? There is no...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (31 Jan 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive is demanding that patients provide a list of medication that they are using when applying for a renewal of their medical card; her views on the potential for a breach of patient confidentiality; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (31 Jan 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of the numbers of MRSA cases per hospital; if same are not available when she expects them to become available; her plans to combat the spread of MRSA with regard to screening, isolation facilities, overcrowding and visitation hours; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that two babies have tested...

Hospitals Building Programme. (31 Jan 2006)

Liz McManus: Does the Minister accept that what she is doing is deepening the divide between public and private patients within the health service? This will surely raise questions for her with regard to entitlement. She must be aware that everybody in the country, including the Minister, is entitled to access public care. Is she being naive in thinking that by building private hospitals on public land,...

Pharmacy Regulations. (31 Jan 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a submission has been received on the extent of the current risk to patients in view of the fact that for animals there is full protection from malpractice in the pharmaceutical sector while for humans there is not, and that there is no statutory fitness to practise or fitness to operate legislation on pharmacy; the...

Pharmacy Regulations. (31 Jan 2006)

Liz McManus: Will the Minister accept that there is an urgency to this matter? Does she not find it extraordinary that animals here have better protection against pharmacy malpractice than humans? Does she not have a serious concern that the registry body has no power to strike pharmacists off the register? It has power only to put people on the register. In its estimate, two to three pharmacists should...

Accident and Emergency Services. (31 Jan 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to a promise made on 26 January 2005 to deliver real and measurable improvements to the accident and emergency crisis within months, her views on the fact that one year later, with reports of over 400 patients on trolleys across the country, the accident and emergency crisis has worsened and that the ten-point...

Accident and Emergency Services. (31 Jan 2006)

Liz McManus: The Taoiseach recently stated publicly: People say so what, what about Joe and Mary down in A&E. They shouldn't be on a waiting list. I think it's a pity that people are so unintelligent, actually. Does the Tánaiste agree with him?