Results 13,441-13,460 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan
- Order of Business (Resumed) (16 Feb 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: We need a proper answer from Government as to why this could possibly have happened.
- Order of Business (Resumed) (16 Feb 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: Donor organs were available. People were on a waiting list for transplants but were not able to have those organs transplanted here because of a shortage of beds. The Taoiseach must answer the question on that.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (11 Feb 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties being encountered by persons in accessing information and having their applications processed through the centralised medical card system; if she will reconsider the plan to fully centralise the system in 2010 in view of the difficulties encountered; and if she will make a statement...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (11 Feb 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of child and adolescent psychiatric community teams that are in place; the number of those teams that have their full cohort of staff in accordance with A Vision for Change; her plans to increase these numbers in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6988/10]
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (11 Feb 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether many of the maternity hospitals here are overcrowded and inadequate for their purpose; when proposals to replace the three large Dublin maternity hospitals and the Mid-Western Regional Maternity Hospital with new units on the grounds of acute general hospitals will be implemented; the discussions she has had on...
- Hospital Staff. (11 Feb 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: In light of the fact that the advertisements have appeared in the papers, I understand there is a great deal of pressure on the organisation, Dignity 4 Patients because more people are coming forward. Can the Minister give some type of funding or support to that organisation, even on a temporary basis, because it relies entirely on voluntary help, has no money and is under enormous pressure?...
- Cancer Screening Programme. (11 Feb 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: I also welcome the fact the programme is being introduced. However, I refer to the people who paid for it themselves. In fairness to them, they were originally informed the programme would be put in place and they were then informed it would be delayed. By that time there was a good deal of media attention on the issue and a belief among the parents concerned that it was very important for...
- Health Service Staff. (11 Feb 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: When can we expect that legislation? I realise we have raised the matter several times on the Order of Business but when I came into this Chamber first some ten years ago, the Bill was on the list. It was the responsibility of a different Department at that time. This has been a long time coming. The Minister stated anyone within the health services who will be working with children or...
- Health Service Staff. (11 Feb 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: Many people working in child care come from abroad. Is there a difficulty in obtaining the necessary information on them?
- Substance Misuse. (11 Feb 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister of State said there is social acceptance of alcohol in Ireland. There is social acceptance of alcohol in France also but there is no social acceptance of its abuse; that is the difference. In what way does the Minister interact with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform? As we know, it is illegal to sell alcohol to minors, yet, as Deputy Catherine Byrne said, the...
- Services for People with Disabilities. (11 Feb 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: I support the comments made by Deputy Reilly. More than 500 complaints have been made in the past two and a half years. There is a need to shine a light on these institutions. The Joint Committee on Health and Children, of which some of those present are members, must visit these facilities and members of the public must make constant visits to their relatives and friends within them....
- Services for People with Disabilities. (11 Feb 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: What is planned is welcome but it must be put in place sooner rather than later. As public representatives, we have a duty to visit the institutions to which I refer.
- Health Services. (11 Feb 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to ensure that the cut in the operational budget of the Health Service Executive for 2010 does not result in overcrowded accident and emergency departments, longer waiting times for operations, diagnostic procedures, reduction in essential community supports and other negative outcomes for patients; and if she will make a...
- Health Services. (11 Feb 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: It is a scandal that almost half the number of patients admitted to hospital through the accident and emergency department are not admitted within six hours. What changes or improvements in this regard will take place in the coming year? Will the Minister confirm that 1,100 acute hospital beds are to be closed this year owing to the cuts proposed in the service plan? If that is the case,...
- Health Services. (11 Feb 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister would too if she were left waiting on a trolley for hours.
- Health Services. (11 Feb 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: In the context of the 48% who are not admitted within six hours, it may well be, as the Minister said, that there are people on trolleys in A&E departments around the world. However there is a big difference between being on a trolley in a cubicle in an A&E unit, and being on a trolley out in a public space in the way of nurses who are trying to do their work. There is, for example, no...
- Health Services. (11 Feb 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: Does the Minister mean to move people into crowded wards instead of crowded A&Es?
- Health Services. (11 Feb 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: I have been in Vancouver General Hospital and it is a hell of a lot more spacious than Limerick Regional.
- Health Services. (11 Feb 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: There is not enough space in the wards.
- Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)
Jan O'Sullivan: On the last issue raised by Deputy à Caoláin-----