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Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (23 Apr 2008)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome this debate and I wholeheartedly support the motion, which calls for some simple, pragmatic solutions to a problem that afflicts the 10,000 and more people who are affected by acquired brain injury. The motion also requests the establishment of a regional network of rehabilitation facilities and services to be established in the context of a national rehabilitation strategy. The...

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Apr 2008)

Seán Sherlock: I wish to share time with Deputy Broughan. Most of the arguments in this debate have been well thrashed out and I will not repeat points that have already been made and that I support. I am in favour of the Lisbon treaty and will vote for it. I worked in the European Parliament for three years and, though it is an august institution, the first 12 months of my time there were spent seeking...

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (22 Apr 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 93: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that local authorities have the necessary resources and qualified staff to implement the recommendations in relation to public water supplies and group water schemes contained in the Environmental Protection Agency report, The Provision and Quality of Drinking Water in...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (22 Apr 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the number of continuing care beds will be increased to meet the demands of an aging population; the policy interventions taking place in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15300/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (22 Apr 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who presented to Mallow General Hospital accident and emergency for the years 2004 to 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15313/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (22 Apr 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Comptroller and Auditor General has examined accounts for Mallow General Hospital within the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15315/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (22 Apr 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the last set of annual financial accounts for Mallow General Hospital were published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15316/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (22 Apr 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to the appointment of a locum on a temporary basis to fill a third surgical consultant post at Mallow General Hospital, when the temporary contract post will be terminated; if the post will be filled on a temporary or full-time basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15327/08]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (22 Apr 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the community dietician, initially based exclusively in Mitchelstown, County Cork has been withdrawn; if it is intended to appoint a full-time dietician based in Fermoy and Mitchelstown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15317/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (22 Apr 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the appointment of an executive management board at Mallow General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15318/08]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (22 Apr 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 337: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown of the amount spent per school in the provision and maintenance of prefabs in Cork city and county including a breakdown of the amount spent in the north and east Cork areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15274/08]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (22 Apr 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 341: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action a school (details supplied) in County Cork needs to take to apply for a devolved grant toward the development of two new classrooms, a general purpose hall and the conversion of the original school building into ancillary rooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15301/08]

Hospital Staff. (22 Apr 2008)

Seán Sherlock: I am disappointed the Minister for Health and Children, who has primacy for this issue, has left the Chamber. I would have liked if she stayed for the five minutes allocated to me on this issue. There was a proposal made at the end of March that the number of consultants operating at Mallow General Hospital be reduced from three to two. This was on the termination of a contract of...

Hospital Staff. (22 Apr 2008)

Seán Sherlock: The Minister of State did not address one point that I raised and it is an insult to the people of the region that a Minister of State can give such a bland reply in the House.

Hospital Staff. (22 Apr 2008)

Seán Sherlock: It makes a mockery of the House, with all due respect.

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (17 Apr 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made with regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to increase Garda numbers to 15,000 by 2010 and 16,000 by 2012; if he is satisfied that these targets will be met; the strength of the Force as of 1 June 2007 and at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14071/08]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (17 Apr 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when he last received a review on the operation of the deposit protection account maintained by the Central Bank for the purposes of the European Communities (Deposit Guarantee Schemes) Regulations 1995, S.I. No. 168 of 1995; the recommendations made as to its operation; if he is satisfied that the amount in the account is...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (17 Apr 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the European Commission has discussed with his Department its view set out in a communication to the European Parliament (details supplied) that Directive 94/19/EC on deposit guarantee schemes requires that, if a member state decides that depositors should bear a certain percentage of losses themselves in the event their deposits...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (17 Apr 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his response to the views of the president of the European Central Bank that deposit protection schemes that only partially cover smaller deposits will increase the risk of future bank runs and should be phased out; if, as a result he proposes changes to the European Communities (Deposit Guarantee Schemes) Regulations 1995, S.I. No....

Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (17 Apr 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will review a decision to discontinue the payment of domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14858/08]