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Written Answers — Juvenile Offenders: Juvenile Offenders (27 Apr 2006)

John Gormley: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for his decision to reduce the age of criminal responsibility from 12 years of age to ten years of age; his views on whether his intention to do so will be in direct contravention of the Children Act 2001 and therefore an erosion of 30 years work on the part of groups and individuals concerned with child welfare...

Written Answers — Garda Reserve: Garda Reserve (27 Apr 2006)

John Gormley: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform whether it is appropriate to begin recruiting for the Garda Siochána reserve in May 2006 in view of the ongoing refusal of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors and the Garda Representative Association to co-operate with the reserve; his views on postponing this recruitment drive until such a time as there is...

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (26 Apr 2006)

John Gormley: Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the state of emergency in relation to accident and emergency departments will continue for the foreseeable future; her views on whether the lack of bed capacity is the main cause of the accident and emergency crisis; the status of her ten point plan; the reason she has failed to deal with the accident and emergency...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (26 Apr 2006)

John Gormley: Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount the Government invested in health promotion in 2005, the percentage of the overall health budget this constitutes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15393/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (26 Apr 2006)

John Gormley: Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount the Government invested in health promotion in 2005; the percentage of the overall health budget that constitutes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15635/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (26 Apr 2006)

John Gormley: Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to increase the number of isolation beds available in Temple Street Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15574/06]

Written Answers — School Closures: School Closures (26 Apr 2006)

John Gormley: Question 235: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools that have closed since 1996 in the Dublin South East, Dublin South and Dún Laoghaire constituencies; the new schools which have opened in the same period; and the change in numbers of school places over the period. [15728/06]

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion. (26 Apr 2006)

John Gormley: I wish to share time with Deputies Cowley and Connolly.

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion. (26 Apr 2006)

John Gormley: The Tánaiste stated in her address: "Every piece of the jigsaw to address accident and emergency department problems is in place: the analysis, the resources, the reform programme, the management, the targets, and the incentives". As the father of two children under the age of eight, I have experience of jigsaws. When I look at the health service, I do not see a jigsaw puzzle that has its...

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion. (26 Apr 2006)

John Gormley: The Tánaiste should hear me out. My contribution will not be over-complimentary.

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion. (26 Apr 2006)

John Gormley: The Government got away with it at the previous general election but I do not believe it can pull off the same trick twice. The Tánaiste's predecessors in office as Minister were Deputy Cowen, who kept his head down and described the Department as Angola, so full of landmines was it, and Deputy Martin, who was really the Minister for reports and who published document after document about...

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion. (26 Apr 2006)

John Gormley: This problem applies across the board, not just in the health service. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform also must realise that we need more gardaí because our population has increased. Across the board, there is an infrastructural deficit and a problem with which the Government cannot cope which results from the growth in population caused by the growth in the economy. It is...

Accident and Emergency Services. (26 Apr 2006)

John Gormley: Question 52: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the state of emergency in relation to accident and emergency will continue for the foreseeable future; her views on whether the lack of bed capacity is the main cause of the accident and emergency crisis; the status of her ten-point plan; the reason she has failed to deal with the accident and emergency crisis; and if...

Accident and Emergency Services. (26 Apr 2006)

John Gormley: I asked the Tánaiste whether she thinks the state of emergency in accident and emergency services will continue for the foreseeable future. What does she consider to be an acceptable number of patients on trolleys? When will she declare the state of emergency to have come to an end? What is an acceptable number of people on trolleys? I think the Tánaiste said at one time that it was not...

Accident and Emergency Services. (26 Apr 2006)

John Gormley: It is just not happening. Deputies have received a number of replies from the Tánaiste in response to questions about beds. She said this afternoon that 1,000 public beds will be freed up as a result of her privatisation proposals. Was she referring to 1,000 public beds? She said at another stage that she was talking about 1,000 beds which could be used by private and public patients. Does...

Accident and Emergency Services. (26 Apr 2006)

John Gormley: What are they?

Accident and Emergency Services. (26 Apr 2006)

John Gormley: Are they public beds or private beds?

Accident and Emergency Services. (26 Apr 2006)

John Gormley: The Tánaiste is saying that six hours is now the benchmark as far as she is concerned.

Accident and Emergency Services. (26 Apr 2006)

John Gormley: It does not matter to the Tánaiste, therefore, if there are 450 people lying on trolleys as long as they are there for no more than six hours. Is that okay as far as she is concerned?

Written Answers — Health Levy: Health Levy (25 Apr 2006)

John Gormley: Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount forgone in revenue for the 2% health levy due to the introduction of the over-70s medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14292/06]