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Written Answers — Violence Against Women: Violence Against Women (22 Nov 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 284: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding for voluntary organisations that deal with violence against women services have seen their budgets remain fixed at 2003 levels (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35633/05]

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

Liam Twomey: Question 285: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on a recent publication by the Health Service Executive western area on dementia services in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35634/05]

Written Answers — Water Fluoridation: Water Fluoridation (22 Nov 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 286: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on an article in a journal (details supplied) on water fluoridation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35635/05]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (22 Nov 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 287: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Hib booster campaign to protect two to four year old children from diseases, including meningitis, has commenced; if not, the reason thereof; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35640/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (22 Nov 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 288: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the circumstances surrounding the termination of a consultant orthopaedic surgeon contract at Cork University Hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35641/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (22 Nov 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 289: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a warfarin clinic could be established at Galway Regional Hospital; her views on community project for testing INRs in the general practitioner surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35642/05]

Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (22 Nov 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 290: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the State, by providing different payments to service providers based purely on the economic means of the recipients of the service, is in keeping with the Equal Status Act 2000 and the Constitution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35643/05]

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (22 Nov 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 291: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the National Treatment Purchase Fund will give priority in budget 2006 to patients who were refused treatment in 2005; if the National Treatment Purchase Fund will recall its directive which requested acute hospitals not to refer patients to the fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35644/05]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (22 Nov 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 351: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has identified a site for decentralising the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government staff to New Ross; when he expects the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government staff to move to New Ross; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35645/05]

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (22 Nov 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 443: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to any change to the future management of the Great Southern Hotel group; his plans to sell off the Great Southern Hotel, Rosslare Harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35639/05]

Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (22 Nov 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 441: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects legislation to go through Dáil Éireann regarding Rosslare Port; and if he has had any recent contact with his counterpart in the British Department of Transport. [35637/05]

Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (22 Nov 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 442: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects legislation to go through Dáil Éireann regarding Rosslare Port; if he has been in contact with his British counterpart to see if progress has been made on equally important legislation going through Westminster. [35638/05]

Estimates for Public Services 2006: Motion (Resumed). (22 Nov 2005)

Liam Twomey: The saddest aspect of the health services throughout 2005 and continuing into 2006 is that Fianna Fáil has finally thrown in the towel on providing any form of health service. It is allowing the Progressive Democrats to privatise everything in the health service, including out-of-hours services and home help services, and public hospitals are on the road to being privatised. If the Minister...

Estimates for Public Services 2006: Motion (Resumed). (22 Nov 2005)

Liam Twomey: Flash the badge.

Health Services. (22 Nov 2005)

Liam Twomey: Regardless of who is eligible for the service and other issues the Tánaiste wishes to tidy up, is it illegal to charge a medical card patient a top-up fee if the fee, no matter how small, is already paid by the HSE? Whatever about the patient offering the provider a gratuity payment, is it illegal to seek a payment from any patient provided a service in the GMS?

Health Services. (22 Nov 2005)

Liam Twomey: How does the system work?

Proposed Legislation. (22 Nov 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if legislation will be introduced to protect whistle-blowers in the health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35723/05]

Proposed Legislation. (22 Nov 2005)

Liam Twomey: Would the Tánaiste not admit that codes of conduct and the guidelines she has outlined have failed patients? Let us consider two major ongoing events. The consultant medical oncologist in Cork University Hospital, Dr. Seamus O'Reilly, wrote to the Tánaiste outlining his serious concerns about the treatment of cancer patients at that hospital. Does she agree that if he had published that...

Obesity Related Diseases. (22 Nov 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views regarding the incidence of metabolic syndrome here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35724/05]

Obesity Related Diseases. (22 Nov 2005)

Liam Twomey: I am glad the Minister of State has accepted that the background conditions which cause metabolic syndrome are a greater threat to public health than smoking was at the height of its popularity. What does he consider to be the best approach to dealing with the four core elements of the syndrome, which are hypertension, high levels of cholesterol, a body mass index of more than the suggested...