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National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: Fine Gael does not believe there must be tension between building our infrastructure and preserving our heritage. In this, as in most things, a sense of balance and common sense is the way forward and is essential. What is precious, unique and irreplaceable as a national monument must be preserved and alternative routes found for our roads. If what is unearthed can be examined, mapped,...

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (1 Jun 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will sanction the purchase of a school building site for Monkstown Educate Together school. [16564/04]

Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (1 Jun 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 220: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the application by a school (details supplied); and if funding can be expedited to meet the vastly expanded demand for school places in the area. [16629/04]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Jun 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of lung transplants anticipated at the new Mater Hospital unit in 2004; and the number anticipated per annum when the unit is operating at a capacity which is consistent with the maximum anticipated availability of transplant organs. [16613/04]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Jun 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of lung transplants which took place at Newcastle as part of the Irish-Newcastle contract arrangements in each of the years from 1999 until 2003. [16614/04]

Order of Business. (1 Jun 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: The European working time directive is due to be implemented in the next couple of weeks. Hospitals throughout the country are distraught as to how it will be implemented——

Order of Business. (1 Jun 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: ——and its impact on services. Is it still the Government's intention to introduce the directive and when will the appropriate Statutory Instrument be published if it is the intention to continue with it?

Written Answers — National Concert Hall: National Concert Hall (25 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the extension to the National Concert Hall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15358/04]

Written Answers — State Laboratory: State Laboratory (25 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance if additional resources have been allocated to the State Laboratory to improve the turnaround time of analysis where deaths are to be the subject of an inquest; when such increased resources were allocated and the extent of the increase in allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15697/04]

Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (25 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason funding has not been released to open the new health centre in Ballymun; and when it is anticipated that funding will be released to allow the commissioning of services in the new health centre. [15299/04]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (25 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when he intends to appoint an orthodontic surgeon for Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal. [15534/04]

Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (25 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: Hear, hear.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (25 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: If those structures were left in place, the Minister would never have——

Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (25 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: Who is going to implement that report?

Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (25 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: The Minister of State should not lecture us.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (25 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: I object to the Minister of State resorting to insulting the Members who expressed their genuine concerns about the purpose of this Bill. The Fianna Fáil mantra for this election is to criticise the Opposition for not engaging in debate. We are looking for a debate. Last week it was the Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, Deputy Hanafin, making the same comment; the week...

Order of Business. (25 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: I support the request from my colleagues not to impose a guillotine because it is a critical Bill that is being introduced by the Minister to abolish the representation of county councillors on health boards. We are approaching a local election and the Government is effectively saying that not alone are councillors superfluous, but it is denigrating the role they have played over the years....

Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Motion to Recommit. (25 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: I agree with what my colleague said. We are appalled at the prospect of a low turnout in the local elections but should not be surprised when at every turn accountability at local level is being eroded. Not alone have we declared councillors superfluous to the whole system but we have used them as scapegoats for everything that is wrong in the health service. The reality is that the health...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Motion to Recommit. (25 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: It was not. The Minister of State was present at that meeting. It was a farce.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (25 May 2004)

Olivia Mitchell: I also support the amendment. Deputy Cowley was not the only one who had an amendment ruled out of order on Committee Stage. We all had similar experiences. Minor changes were accepted as being legitimate but when proposed as amendments they were not accepted. There has been no real debate of the issues. If one was opposed to the principle of the Bill, which is what the Opposition should be...