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Health Care Services: Motion (18 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is a long time.

Health Care Services: Motion (18 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: Surely the legislation could have been figured out sooner. I accept it is complicated, but it is a long time-----

Health Care Services: Motion (18 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: My issue is that, according to the VHI, the money transfer is not operating in a way that allows it to treat its older patients with the care they deserve. I unreservedly condemn the increases in charges as far too high. However, much of the blame lies at the Minister's door for not introducing a proper risk equalisation scheme. The VHI, in its annual report for 2009, stated that it would...

Quinn Insurance Group (18 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Written Answers — Transport Infrastructure: Transport Infrastructure (18 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason the ratio of capital investment between public transport and roads infrastructure remains skewed by a factor of 2.5:1 in the 2011 budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2258/11]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (18 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of deaths on the Irish roads in each month of 2010; if he is satisfied with the progress being made by the road safety strategy in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2259/11]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (18 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a child aged four at next birthday and enrolled for primary school in September 2011 can avail of the early school educational subsidy in January 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2431/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (18 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if children who have a prosthetic limb and who need a replacement on a regular basis will have it automatically sanctioned rather than having to wait each time for sanction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2075/11]

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (18 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: We would not have tabled these amendments on Report Stage if we did not consider them important. Therefore, I will press amendment No. 5. The Minister of State has said we can test the system, and we certainly will test it before we conclude this debate.

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (18 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: This is the most important group of amendments in this legislation. We will test the waters and press one or other of these three amendments to a vote.

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (18 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: Irrespective of the other matters being dealt with by other Members of this House, the children about whom we are talking here are far more important than the issue being discussed elsewhere. These children are coming out of care and are in a most vulnerable situation. They are falling through the cracks and are ending up homeless, with drugs problems and in all kinds of vulnerable...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (18 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister of State appears to be stating that in effect, there is an obligation on the HSE to form an opinion as to whether a child needs after care and then there is an obligation on the executive to provide it, if it forms that opinion. However, were that the case, those children who need it would all have after care but they do not. Many vulnerable young people do not have after...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (18 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 3: In page 8, line 35, to delete "detention" and substitute "placement". The word "detention" in the legislation is significant and we believe it has a harsh ring. The word is used 70 times in the Bill. We are keen to have our amendment accepted by the Minister of State on the basis that "placement" is a more child-friendly term rather than "detention". It seems...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (18 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am disappointed the Minister of State is not accepting these amendments, particularly in view of his comments on Committee Stage. Language is important in this issue because it involves children. The concept of a child being detained or being in detention has connotations of restraint and punishment. Why not use a more child-friendly term like "placement"? It is a neutral term which...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (18 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 4: In page 45, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: "where an order to that effect is made by the High Court pursuant to section 23NF,". This amendment concerns the HSE having the authority to give consent to the application for, and issuing of, a passport to a child or the provision of passport facilities to a child for various purposes which may involve a...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (18 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: Barnardos was certainly of the view that the position in this regard was not laid out in sufficiently clear terms in the legislation. I share that view. I am not a legal expert but the position would be much clearer if the amendments, as proposed, were accepted. One hears of many situations where, for one reason or another, children travel outside the State. The courts have the...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (18 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 5: In page 45, between lines 42 and 43, to insert the following: "(2) Without prejudice to the obligation of the Executive to have regard to the views of the child, bearing in mind the child's age and understanding, prior to taking steps under this section, the court shall give such directions as are appropriate where the Health Service Executive proposes to take steps to...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (18 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister of State has given some comfort in so far as he has outlined areas where the welfare of the child is required. My concern is that in these situations it is important that we push to the maximum in terms of the voice of the child being heard, primarily given the experiences of the past, where these kinds of enabling terms were used but in practice were not implemented. These...

Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she carried out any reviews of the effectiveness of the measures she announced in 2006 to address the national crisis in hospital emergency departments; her views on the waiting times for patients in emergency departments in January 2011; her plans to address this problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1839/11]

Accident and Emergency Services (13 Jan 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: How long does it take to solve a problem? The Minister stated this was a national emergency in 2006. I would have to dispute the Minister's point, that matters were getting better. There were over 550 patients one day last week, according to the INMO figures, and 442 is the figure for today. If the Minister has been to any of these emergency departments, they are squashed into tiny little...