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Health (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second and Remaining Stages (Resumed) (23 Jun 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: With the permission of the Chair, I wish to share time with Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin. I will give eight minutes to Deputy Ó Caoláin. Earlier this morning we were endeavouring to get more time allotted for consideration of this legislation and particularly for Committee and Report Stages but we were not successful. I note that Report Stage of the Road Traffic Bill 2009 has been...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second and Remaining Stages (Resumed) (23 Jun 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am making a general point that the House is able to give more than three hours for Report Stage of a Bill dealing with road traffic and we have been given three quarters of an hour for Committee and Report Stages of a Bill dealing with the welfare of children and children who have died in the care of the State. It seems this is an unbalanced use of parliamentary time. I have to ask which...

Order of Business. (23 Jun 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is not agreed.

Order of Business. (23 Jun 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: On behalf of the Labour Party, I also object to the guillotine being used. The legislation is concerned with the files of children who died in the care of the State and the work of the independent review group. It is extraordinary that, while the group was set up by the Minister for Health and Children, the only way it can get the information it requires is via a circuitous route through...

Order of Business. (23 Jun 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: I strongly object to the time being curtailed. I urge the Ceann Comhairle to ensure adequate time is allowed to deal with this important issue.

Order of Business. (23 Jun 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Tánaiste has offered more time for Committee and Remaining Stages. On behalf of the Labour Party, that would be helpful.

Order of Business. (23 Jun 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: If that is acceptable to others.

Order of Business. (23 Jun 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have already made the case for more time. The Ombudsman for Children only responded to the Bill in recent days, so I am sure the Minister has not had time to consider the Ombudsman's important opinions. It would be crazy of us to pass this legislation today if the Minister has not considered that important contribution to the debate. We need more time on the Bill.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (22 Jun 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: I refer to the issue on which Deputy Shatter finished, that this Bill is rushed legislation. It is very important legislation and we want to ensure we get it right. We are talking about the deaths of children in care and trying to have the report produced by two respected people, with broad knowledge and compassion in this field. I know they will do the best job they can but we want to...

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (22 Jun 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extent of the restriction on her in replying to parliamentary questions and letters; the categories of information that are denied to her because of industrial action; if it includes information in relation to reports conducted by bodies other than the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25892/10]

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (22 Jun 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the situation whereby ambulances are frequently left waiting for hours outside the Mater and Beaumont hospitals, Dublin, because they cannot retrieve their trolleys; the strain and potential danger that this puts on the service when ambulances are not available for other emergencies which also causes pressure on...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (22 Jun 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 27 May 2010, if he has met with the chairman of the mid-west jobs task force; if he has responded to him on his intentions regarding the recommendations of the task force; when he will circulate the updated response as promised; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (22 Jun 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide further information on the working group which is developing a national strategy for the provision of rehabilitation services; the person who established the group and the members of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26891/10]

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (22 Jun 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 314: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the rights of a US citizen to an Irish passport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26324/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Jun 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 343: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person whose back-to-work allowance is paid into a bank account cannot have rent allowance paid in the same way but must, instead, have it paid into the post office; if he will streamline these methods of payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26318/10]

Written Answers — Urban Renewal Schemes: Urban Renewal Schemes (22 Jun 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 421: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has Cabinet support for the revised Limerick regeneration plan; the amount of money that has been committed for the implementation of the plan; the time period over which funding has been committed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26890/10]

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (22 Jun 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 453: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if persons made redundant by a company (details supplied) that were contracted by that company and who lost their jobs as a result of redundancies there can avail themselves of the EU Globalisation Fund; if she has made representations to the EU Commission to have them included; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (22 Jun 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 459: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the Limerick post-primary enrolment policy in view of the fact that it is in place for more than ten years and is different from the policy in the rest of the country; if she will address the problem for children whose first choice school is over-subscribed; and if she will make a statement on the...

Tourism Industry: Motion (22 Jun 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Tourism Industry: Motion (22 Jun 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: To speak about tourism is to speak about jobs and stimulating the economy, both of which are desperately required in almost every town and village in the country. Despite the spin being peddled from the Government press office, the economic catastrophe visited upon this country by Fianna Fáil and its friends in the construction industry and the banking elites shows no sign of abating. Just...