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Whistleblowers Protection Bill 1999: Motion. (7 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: I wish to share time with Deputies O'Dowd and Timmins. I am disappointed that the Minister has left the House, although I have nothing against the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Michael Ahern. It would be very apt for the Minister to be present in the House for this legislation because he was one of the architects of the current rudderless...

Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: A lot done, more to do.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (2 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 12: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the Mater and Children's Hospital development plan proceeded to the point of tendering for the development when a major flaw regarding the development of tertiary children's facilities stopped the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8356/06]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (2 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 45: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if previous plans to move the acute psychiatric unit in St. Sinan's Hospital to Wexford General Hospital are now being rejected, due to the new report of the expert group on mental health policy, A Vision For Change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8373/06]

Hospital Staff. (2 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 1: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on extending the working date for hospital consultants; if it is part of the present contract negotiations; the negotiations which have taken place to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8735/06]

Hospital Staff. (2 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: Has the Department ever seriously considered extending the consultants' working day from its current format of 8 a.m. to whenever? If work was done on the issue in the Department, what were the difficulties encountered in extending the consultants' work time? The four-page document given to the consultants by the Health Service Executive on behalf of the Minister did not mention extending the...

Hospital Staff. (2 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: My question has not been answered. The idea was to extend the core working day. Discussions on this issue went back to 1999 when we first raised the idea of extending the consultants' core working day. That seems to have fallen off the radar completely. Why is that the case?

Health Services. (2 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 4: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will list the 75 to 100 existing primary care teams to which she referred in her Estimates announcement in November 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8736/06]

Health Services. (2 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: The Tánaiste announced that 75 to 100 existing care teams nationally would receive funding. If they existed I would expect two or three of them to exist in County Wexford and like the Taoiseach, having gone up every tree in County Wexford, I still do not know where the primary care teams are for County Wexford. Nobody knows what she is talking about. These are phantom primary care teams....

Health Services. (2 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: The Tánaiste should ask the HSE to publish this information on our behalf. We should not need to look around to find where this is happening. It is not a new way: the Tánaiste is losing her way regarding the primary care strategy.

Departmental Bodies. (2 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: The HSE was established to bring reform to the health services — that is not to say it brought reform to the Government. Under the code of practice for State bodies, which the Tánaiste has outlined, the HSE has fulfilled its part. It gave the Tánaiste the service plan, which was laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas. When was the service plan placed on the website of the Department of...

EU Directives. (2 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: I fully support what the Tánaiste is doing regarding public-only contracts, but the European working time directive must be teased out. We must fill people in. Neither the Tánaiste nor I can wait either the ten or the 25 years mentioned to get working health services. Do we need a new consultants' contract that includes the present consultants? Do we need a new work regime for junior...

EU Directives. (2 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: Twelve years after this directive was first mooted, we will now get nine pilot schemes which will not even reduce the non-consultant hospital doctors' hours to the level expected by 2004. Hence, in order to reduce Members' concerns about the impact on the health service in the coming years, what is planned? The Tánaiste mentioned Canada. If we want to establish a consultant-led service, how...

Vaccination Programme. (2 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: They are minor.

Health and Safety Regulations. (2 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: This refers to a recent parliamentary question which stated the Health and Safety Authority is focusing on the existence and implementation of a comprehensive infection control policy. I seek a bit of background on this. What we are focusing on here is the significant increase in cases of MRSA, the increase in cases of tuberculosis — a recent report stated there were 300 cases in Dublin...

Eating Disorders. (2 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: I would love to move on the next question, which addresses the €40 million spent on the development plan for the Mater Misericordiae Hospital before it was terminated but I must refer to this issue. There was a significant row earlier about the poor quality of replies to parliamentary questions referred to the HSE. It is a cause of huge concern for Opposition Members. This question is...

Written Answers — Domestic Violence: Domestic Violence (1 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if core funding for the prevention of violence against women, which remains fixed at 2003 levels of funding, will be increased in view of the incidents of domestic violence and lack of services for women and their families experiencing violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8377/06]

Written Answers — Health Care Conference: Health Care Conference (1 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the names of the Health Service Executive delegation who went to the Vancouver conference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8378/06]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (1 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the terms and conditions of those who have been appointed as consultants to Professor Drumm; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8379/06]

Order of Business. (1 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: On the Neary case, concerns were raised about the doctor over a 20-year period. When can we expect the health legislation to which the Taoiseach referred to come before the House? The Medical Defence Union will receive the protection of the courts in not paying out to Dr. Neary's victims. When can we expect legislation on a redress board to come before the House?