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Economic Issues: Motion (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: There are less than five minutes remaining for the Minister to speak.

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: The McCarthy report presented a wide menu of options, which would have provided more savings than the Government decided on. Mr. Colm McCarthy did not say the Government had to introduce all the measures he suggested under different headings in each Department. The Minister will have done a great deal to reduce the cost of drugs when she introduces generic substitution and reference...

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 3: In page 4, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: "(a) a homeless person, or a person accommodated in emergency or transient accommodation by reason of his or her lack of an abode,". Section 1(4)(c) exempts certain people from the prescription charge. The Minister listed people such as children in care and those on methadone and she can make regulations to...

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Who is Jan Daly?

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: I support the Minister on that one.

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: I support the Sinn Féin amendments. I am strongly opposed to the imposition of any charge on medical card holders, but if such a charge must be introduced these amendments would at least ensure the temptation to raise more than €2 million per month from the poorest of the poor and the sickest of the sick, via a charge of 50 cent per prescription up to a maximum of €10 per month per...

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to share my time with Deputy Ó Caoláin.

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Labour Party will be opposing this Bill. The people who will be affected by it are the poor and the sick and they are not the people who should have charges imposed on them because of the drastic situation in our public finances. They are the very opposite of those who should have to pay. The Bill copper-fastens the inequalities in our society. It is a bit rich for the Minister to...

Defence Forces Property (7 Jul 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Defence the proposals, if any, he has regarding Defence property portfolio; and will make a statement on matter. [30162/10]

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: On a point of order, I still have not received a copy of the Minister's speech.

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Some have been circulated.

Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Labour Party is also opposed to the proposal and to guillotines in general. There are very many at this time of year. Just as legislation resulted in the withdrawal of respite services for certain people, the Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010 is asking the most vulnerable to pay yet again. People on medical cards, the sick and poor will now be asked to pay prescription charges. The...

Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: That is not much of an answer for people with no access to respite services.

Services for People with Disabilities (7 Jul 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: I hope I will be afforded the same latitude as Deputy O'Donnell.

Services for People with Disabilities (7 Jul 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: If the Acting Chairman has given one Member latitude, I would hope that he would do the same for another.

Services for People with Disabilities (7 Jul 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: The problem is that people have lost trust. The respite house has been closed for more than three weeks. Since then, various individuals have told people that meetings have been taking place. For this reason, I referred to meetings. People do not believe that meetings will have outcomes. We need a commitment tomorrow about a definite date for the house's reopening. Otherwise, we will...

Services for People with Disabilities (7 Jul 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is welcome.

Written Answers — Departmental Appointments: Departmental Appointments (7 Jul 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on the appointment of the new Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces approved on 9 June 2010. [30163/10]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (7 Jul 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there are no principal dental surgeons operating on behalf of the Health Service Executive based in the Carlow Kilkenny area to service the needs of public patients who require various dental treatments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30397/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (7 Jul 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the report, Safe Neurosurgery in Ireland, which was compiled by Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, and sent to the Health Service Executive has been published; if not, if and when it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30632/10]