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Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2004)

Camillus Glynn: For one year——

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2004)

Camillus Glynn: Someone should order a cup of tea for Senator Bannon.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I am sorry, but——

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2004)

Camillus Glynn: The area offices are working extremely well. I have no doubt that when decentralisation is implemented, it will operate in a similar manner. There is evidence from a number of local authorities that there is significant leakage of water from the networks. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government has been requested to come to the House to discuss a number of issues. I...

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: What is new?

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: Senator Ryan's party leader could not see very far when, as the then Minister for Finance, he would not give the money to open a facility which had been lying idle for a year.

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I would hate to walk on the Senator's cloud.

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: Senator Ryan suffers from collective amnesia.

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: Fianna Fáil is still the major party in County Westmeath.

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: We got a significantly greater percentage of the vote than Senator Ryan did where he stood. Fellows like him should be seen and not heard.

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "That" and substitute the following: "Seanad Éireann (1) notes the extensive additional resources, both capital and revenue, which have been allocated to the health services since 1997; (2) commends the Government on the substantial capital investment of €1.7 billion in health infrastructure between 2000 and 2003; (3) acknowledges the...

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I will not be put off by the carping of Members on the other side. Fianna Fáil's goal is to ensure a world class health service for every patient. We define "world class" in terms of internationally determined best standards of care to be delivered within the specific times available on an equitable basis.

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: Since coming into office, the largest ever expansion in health funding has been accompanied by unprecedented work on planning comprehensively for the future. Each day tens of thousands of people use the health service and receive the highest quality care. A survey carried out in 2002 by the Irish Society for Quality and Safety in Health Care tested the attitudes of 1,800 patients who had been...

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: We know what Members opposite did when they had the opportunity. The health system has had enough people pretending there is a magic remedy which will cure all our ills. People voted for Fianna Fáil because they promised and will deliver sustained action on these services. Fianna Fáil is committed to a programme of investment and reform involving all elements of the system. The health...

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: In the 1990s, the Labour Party and Fine Gael, the members of the dynamic duo now offering themselves as the saviours of the health services, held the portfolios of finance and health. The Opposition parties were in prime position to drive the agenda of investment and reform in our health services. However, they failed abjectly on both counts. I remind Senators on the opposite side of the...

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: That is the record of the caring alternative. What was the reaction of the rainbow Government to this state of affairs? In January 1997, in the face of a 27% rise in waiting lists, they cut funding by 20%. I would not call that a coalition of the caring but of the uncaring. I know that Senators will argue they did not have the benefit of the boom generated by the policies of the Government. I...

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: While a shortage of funding can excuse early failings in the health system, by 1995 sufficient funding was available to advance the agenda of reform. However, it was not done. Starting from the low base left by the coalition, we have increased the health spend by over €10 billion, an increase of 188%. I admit that while much has been done, much more needs to be done. Negotiations are...

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: The Senator would say that.

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I was talking about the Irish figures. I knew the Senator had got it wrong again.