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Hospital Services. (23 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the resignation of a consultant oncologist from the staff of Cork University Hospital, ostensibly due to the failure to establish a dedicated cancer ward at the hospital; and if she has satisfied herself that cancer care facilities in the southern region are properly resourced. [9437/05]

Hospital Services. (23 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: Not only is there a delay in the roll-out of the BreastCheck programme but the Tánaiste should be aware of the uncertainty of the future of the children's leukaemia unit at the Mercy University Hospital. These things taken together mean that cancer treatment in the Cork city area and the Cork and Kerry regions is facing a most uncertain future. Will the Tánaiste use the opportunity of her...

Hospital Services. (23 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: What about the leukaemia unit?

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed). (23 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: As my party colleague, Deputy Cuffe, has already stated, the Green Party supports this motion calling for the establishment of a tribunal of inquiry into the deaths of Superintendents Breen and Buchanan and possible Garda collusion. It is somewhat ironic that one of the two murder victims shares the surname of a relatively iconic figure in Irish history who participated in the War of...

Central Statistics Office Review. (23 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: The number of suicides for 2002 was listed at 478, suggesting a doubling of the number of suicides over a 20 year period. It is the most common cause of death in the 15-24 age group, particularly among young men. Are the Minister and the Central Statistics Office satisfied that this represents the full picture? A theory exists that a number of fatal car crashes involving single vehicles are...

Central Statistics Office Review. (23 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: It relates to the collection of statistics.

Central Statistics Office Review. (23 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: The question relates to a grey area in which we cannot get proper analysis and statistics. I put that to the Minister.

Central Statistics Office Review. (23 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: Without referring to the Bill, might I ask about the difficulties coroners have in supplying such information and having it properly analysed?

Central Statistics Office Review. (23 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: I wish to question the Minister on the infant mortality rate and cancer deaths but I suspect other Deputies would first want to ask about suicide statistics. Would it be in order if I came in subsequently?

Central Statistics Office Review. (23 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: To move to the issue of the infant mortality rate, has the Central Statistics Office an explanation as to why the Irish rate of five deaths per 1,000 is higher than the EU 15 rate prior to accession and the EU 25 rate for infant mortality? It seems anomalous in a country that is supposed to be one of the more prosperous in Europe that we have such a high rate of infant mortality. How is this...

Central Statistics Office Review. (23 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: I asked if the CSO had an opinion on what the factors are regarding the infant mortality rate in Ireland, compared not only to the rate in the 15 EU countries but in the extended 25 EU countries. Many of these countries have standards of living much lower than ours.

Central Statistics Office Review. (23 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: I have a further health-related question with regard to the vital statistics. Cancer deaths make up a quarter of all deaths in the year under consideration. Has the Minister for State figures regarding how this relates to the situation in other EU countries? Has he got National Cancer Registry figures for the regions? The last report I saw from the registry indicated that certain regions have...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (23 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national public interest, namely, that in the light of the most recent list of tax defaulters published by the Revenue Commissioners, the Minister for Finance make a statement to the House on the plans, if any, he has to strengthen legislation on the way in which Members and former Members of this House comply...

Order of Business. (23 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: I have two questions. First, when will the third arm of the Government's promised programme on disability legislation come before the House? Is the Government waiting for the Second Stage of the Disability Bill to finish or be withdrawn before we have a debate on the Comhairle (Amendment) Bill? I am not sure whether the Tánaiste will be able to answer my second question as we are rarely...

Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (22 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: It might prick the Deputy's conscience.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the recent external review of cystic fibrosis facilities here commissioned by the Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9071/05]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will act upon the recommendations of the recent external review of cystic fibrosis facilities here commissioned by the Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland, which calls for the immediate implementation of a national cystic fibrosis service to be achieved by establishing nine specialist cystic fibrosis centres...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to the recent external review of cystic fibrosis facilities here commissioned by the Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland, if she will discuss with the Health Service Executive the possibility of establishing a Health Service Executive review board to review the report; the persons she envisages being appointed...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (22 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of licences existing that permit doctors or agencies to offer methadone treatment here, outlining the geographical spread and location of such licences. [9372/05]

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (22 Mar 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether access to methadone treatment in the southern region exists at the same level as in other parts of the country; and if additional resources will be made available to upgrade this service. [9373/05]