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- Order of Business (3 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: We are watching very carefully.
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: That is very foreign to the Labour Party, that kind of talk. It is short of good Samaritans at the moment.
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: We live the Gospel.
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Burton made a statement on it last week.
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: With regard to a number of commitments made under the health section of the programme for Government, could the Tánaiste indicate to me when the hospital insurance fund will be established? When will the legislation for the patient safety authority be brought before us, and when will the authority be established? Regarding the section of the programme for Government dealing with the...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Tánaiste has not really dealt with the core point of the question. Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which is why I focused on the impact of the Government's policy for children and people in general with disabilities who have lost their discretionary medical cards. The general increase in the number of medical cards is related to the economic position,...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: That child lost a medical card as a result of the Government's policy change. The Minister of State with responsibility for these matters, Deputy Alex White, acknowledged in a reply to a parliamentary question that 10,000 such people have lost their medical cards in 2013 to date. By definition, a discretionary medical card is for people with special needs, multiple conditions or a range of...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Government's policy is hitting these people the hardest. Does the Tánaiste acknowledge and accept that specific point on this, the International Day for People with Disabilities? Will the Government change that policy and approach, intervening to reverse what has been happening in order to restore medical cards to people with chronic and life-threatening conditions who have lost them?
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: It is not a distortion. How dare you?
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: That is not answering the question.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: It is not the fact. The Tánaiste is bluffing. What about the 10,000 that have been lost?
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: I am seeking the truth.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: That is not true. The Tánaiste is being sneaky with the figures.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Tánaiste is wrong.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: I put it to the Tánaiste that the Government's policy on discretionary medical cards is hitting hardest people with disabilities and children with special needs. In a survey, Down Syndrome Ireland, estimated that up to 100 people children with Down's syndrome have lost their discretionary medical cards. Up to half of the children with that syndrome have heart defects, gastrointestinal...
- Order of Business (27 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: I met with a range of small businesses recently which are very concerned about the lack of access to credit, including overdrafts they had previously enjoyed to facilitate cash flow. There are continuing negative reports about such facilities being arbitrarily cut off. Access to credit is still an issue for many SMEs. When can we expect the credit guarantee Bill to be published?
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: That is not true.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: The figures published by the National Treatment Purchase Fund last Friday show that waiting lists for hospital procedures and treatments have increased by about 18.6% year on year, that is, an increase of about 7,764. The various categories show that the number of people waiting more than three months has increased by 32%, from close to 20,000 up to 26,200; the numbers waiting more than six...
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: These are the figures.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: The National Treatment Purchase Fund figures published last Friday. There is no argument about these figures. Therefore, let us put the spin to one side.