Results 561-580 of 1,338 for speaker:Kathleen O'Meara

Seanad: Order of Business. (18 Nov 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: There is nothing to worry about.

Seanad: Order of Business. (18 Nov 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: I support Senator White's call for a debate on child care. In the course of such a debate, I hope Members including her acknowledge it is their Government which has overseen the debacle which has arisen from the failure to provide for child care. Like Senator Brian Hayes, I was very concerned at the muzzling of speakers last night during the worthwhile and important debate on health issues,...

Seanad: Order of Business. (18 Nov 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: On a related matter, Comhairle na nOispidéal has published a very important report on a number of health provision issues, of which medical assessments is one. In the course of its report, the council asserts as it has in the past that among the sources of the crisis in our hospitals is the shortage of acute beds. If we implement the Hanly report, we will have even fewer acute hospital beds....

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: I welcome the Minister for Health and Children to the House and thank her colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Tim O'Malley, for finally providing us with clarity on the important matter of the Government's decision on the Hanly report. The Minister of State was very clear that the Hanly report represents Government policy and will be implemented. Now we know and need no longer listen to...

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: One has only to read the Hanly report to know what this implies. I thank all Senators for their contributions and like Senator Maurice Hayes acknowledge that all Members are sincere in their beliefs on how the health system should operate. I hope people accept that about me. I believe fundamentally that the Hanly policy is disastrous. I disagree with Senator Maurice Hayes who says one cannot...

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: That is correct and also Blanchardstown hospital. If Navan Hospital is downgraded more people will come from the hinterland of Dublin to use, for example, St. Vincent's Hospital. Given that Portlaoise and Nenagh hospitals have been downgraded there is no accident and emergency service between Limerick and Dublin. There is no accident and emergency service on the N7 on one of the major...

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: It is not ridiculous. The Senator should read the report.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: It is true. Senator Leyden does not want to believe it is true but it is.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: We had clarity here this evening. We have been told——

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: I ask the Senator to read the amendment.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: I will conclude on the issue of maternity services with a quote from Dr. Peter Boylan, a consultant obstetrician at Holles Street Hospital, on the fact that the hospital can get booked up for women needing the hospital. He said the Department of Health and Children was aware of the pressure in the hospital for at least ten years. He told "Morning Ireland": "The persistent answer we get is:...

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: Unfortunately, that is the reality for a consultant obstetrician in one of the hospitals delivering the majority of babies in Ireland. There is a crisis. Let us get real and let us stop talking and start acting.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: I move: That Seanad Éireann: —noting the emerging crisis in the delivery of our maternity services all over the country; —noting the recent unnecessary death of a person in Monaghan due to the downgrading of the accident and emergency service in Monaghan; —noting the 33 hour wait by an ill woman on a trolley in Limerick Regional Hospital recently; —noting the determination of the...

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: When will the Government do so?

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: It is not included in the legislation.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: We did not abolish the health boards.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: The Senator should cop himself on.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: The Senator should treat the House with respect.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: Does the Senator support the Hanly report?

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)

Kathleen O'Meara: How much is it costing?