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Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (27 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the establishment of a new children's mental health coalition; if she will act on its recommendation that there should be a national framework for mental health assessment of children in care, including monitoring that the necessary follow up services are delivered; and if she will make a statement...

Civil Partnership Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome very much the opportunity to participate in this debate and to mark the introduction of the Civil Partnership Bill as a step forward. This is one of the many sometimes painful steps that we have taken in Irish society to give freedom and equality to all our citizens. I welcome the Bill in the context of moving forward in terms of rights of people who live in the country. In many...

Written Answers — Electric Vehicles: Electric Vehicles (26 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding his commitment on electric cars and the use of electric cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3436/10]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (26 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the commitment to establish a one stop shop to provide service providers with open access to existing ducting infrastructure; the further position regarding the implementation of proposals from the Next Generation Broadband Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3437/10]

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (26 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 326: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on regulating head shops to protect young persons from substances which may be dangerous to their health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3650/10]

Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (26 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on providing prosthetic limbs free of charge to amputees who face bills of thousands of euro whenever their limb needs to be replaced; if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties for amputees to qualify for a medical card if they are above the income guidelines despite having lost a limb; if she will engage with the...

Order of Business (26 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister of State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs indicated at a conference in the midlands today that the Government is or will be considering legislation to control head shops. Has that issue come to Cabinet yet? It is important to have effective legislation. There are several proposals as to how that might be done either by licensing, amendments to...

Order of Business (26 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Will the Tánaiste give a timeframe for this as there is much public concern about the substances in question and that little is known of them?

Order of Business (26 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Keep the Greens clean.

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (21 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 25: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the adjustment that will be made to the provisions of the Housing (Incremental Purchase) Regulations 2009 in view of the radically changed market conditions; if the scheme will apply to tenants of council flats; if it is intended that unsold affordable housing units will be sold to qualifying tenants under...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (21 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 38: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the provision that has been made to re-house persons occupying unsold affordable housing units at the end of the five year leasing period; if it is intended that tenants would move to another property and re-enter the housing list; if so, the stage at which same would be carried out; if the unsold affordable...

Order of Business (21 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: On the issue of the eligibility for health and personal social services Bill-----

Order of Business (21 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: With 500 people on hospital trolleys yesterday, it is an absolute scandal that 800 hospital beds are closed because of a lack of resources and that there is a plan to slash the HSE budget for 2010.

Order of Business (21 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: I ask the leader of the Government today if the Government intends to declare this a national crisis as the Minister did four years ago when there were fewer people on trolleys.

Order of Business (21 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is very relevant to the people now being told they should not get off their trolleys to go to the toilet because someone else will get the trolley. It is absolutely scandalous. I ask about this in the context of the eligibility for health and personal social services Bill because people are supposed to be eligible for an acute public hospital bed if they need it right now but they cannot...

Order of Business (21 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: They cannot get it because they cannot get into hospital. When will that item of legislation be introduced so we can discuss people's right to get into a public hospital bed?

Order of Business (21 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: In the hospital in my constituency trolleys are placed between beds in wards because they cannot fit them in the accident and emergency unit. There is a serious danger of infection being spread because of that.

Order of Business (21 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: What is happening in hospitals is a scandal and it will get worse due to the slashing of the HSE budget.

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (20 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of soldiers sent home from Chad with a sports injury since the Irish contingent became involved in peace keeping there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1987/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (20 Jan 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on his Department's Estimate for 2010. [1988/10]