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Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: The HSE represents nobody.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: What about an apology?

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: On a point of order, the Minister for Health and Children seems to be the only Minister who is sending us those replies-----

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: -----which state that if a Deputy is concerned about a matter he or she should submit another question because the Minister cannot answer it. Can the Ceann Comhairle explain why other Ministers are able to answer our queries?

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Do you not have a responsibility to ensure that Ministers are consistent in replying?

Written Answers — Agri-Environment Options Scheme: Agri-Environment Options Scheme (29 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is satisfied that measures have been taken to ensure that the agricultural and environmental options scheme will commence on 1 June 2010 in the interest of utilising the full annual allocation for the scheme this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16914/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (29 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to remove 24 hour anaesthetic cover from Ennis and Nenagh hospitals in July 2010 and to phase out critical care thereafter; the way this will affect the capacity of each of these hospitals to cater for medical patients who are inpatients and the range of services in the hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (29 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which his Department has had a role in cost benefit analysis in regard to the choice of route for a road project (details supplied) in County Limerick; if he will give an estimate of the money spent so far on this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17481/10]

Strategic Investment Bank: Motion (Resumed). (28 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: What about tonight's constructive proposals ?

Strategic Investment Bank: Motion (Resumed). (28 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: This proposal from the Labour Party is very practical and responds to real needs in the Irish economy and among small businesses throughout the country. Deputy Seán Sherlock has provided very clear evidence of the difficulties of small businesses. Last night, Deputy Penrose quoted from research carried out by ISME on the real difficulties facing small businesses throughout the country and...

Strategic Investment Bank: Motion (Resumed). (28 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: This is what we must do, but not mañana or at some hopeful time in the future. Government parties hope investment will be forthcoming from the existing banks and that it will go into small businesses. We are aware, as is ISME and everyone who represents small business that this is not happening and it will not happen with the current commercial banks because that is not their focus or...

Patient Support Schemes. (28 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: I, too, welcome the opportunity on behalf of the Labour Party to participate in this cross-party motion tonight, which in many ways in unusual, but it is absolutely justified in the case of the women excluded from the Lourdes hospital redress scheme. I also speak on behalf of my colleagues in the Labour Party in the north-east. Basically, there is no justification for excluding these 35...

Written Answers — Banks Recapitalisation: Banks Recapitalisation (28 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to exercise or direct the managers of the National Pension Reserve Fund to exercise the warrants attached to the preference shares acquired by the fund in AIB and Bank of Ireland; the terms attached to these warrants; the extent to which these warrants are currently in money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17214/10]

Written Answers — Small Business Finance: Small Business Finance (28 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will comment on the current small and medium enterprise lending environment; his views on proposals which would ameliorate this lending environment; the discussion he has had with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment regarding the possibility of implementing an SME working capital loan guarantee scheme; the level of funding...

Order of Business (27 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: I congratulate the Fianna Fáil Party, as I understand from the media that there will be a debate this evening at its parliamentary party meeting on survivors of thalidomide. There are a number of elements to it including an apology and a full and fairly negotiated settlement but also legislation on the health needs of survivors of thalidomide. As legislation is involved I thought you, a...

Written Answers — Energy Prices: Energy Prices (27 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the new measures he will take to ensure Ireland's cost of energy is tackled in view of concerns expressed by the commercial sector about the high cost of energy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16656/10]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (27 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way he proposes to deal with the digital divide; the measures that he has put in place so far; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16657/10]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (27 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason State agencies such as FÁS can engage the services of schools of motoring driving instructors when such companies are not registered with the Road Safety Authority as opposed to motoring schools that are registered with the Road Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16467/10]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (27 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will ensure that driving schools used for training purposes by FÁS are run by and employ only instructors who are approved driving instructors by the Road Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16667/10]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (27 Apr 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the cohort of schoolgirls who were supposed to receive the cervical vaccine this year will now receive it; when vaccination will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16866/10]