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Hospital Services. (26 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank Deputy Ciarán Lynch for sharing time. From a position of having had three maternity hospitals, we now have one maternity hospital in Cork. It is about time the Minister for Health and Children came into the House and took responsibility for what is happening in our health services. I know what the Minister of State will say when she stands up. One does not have a choice in Cork....

Hospital Services. (26 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: That is not true.

Hospital Services. (26 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, may I ask your advice?

Hospital Services. (26 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: When clear misinformation is given, how does one rectify that?

Hospital Services. (26 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Sorry, misinformation has been given.

Hospital Services. (26 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: The Minister is not living up to that commitment.

Broadband Services: Motion (26 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: It is remarkable how accurate the Deputy is about time.

Broadband Services: Motion (26 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I ask the Minister to address the Chair because he is encouraging people to interrupt.

Broadband Services: Motion (26 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I will decide how much time is left. Some 14 minutes remain.

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (21 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her attention has been drawn to the current proposals by Sustainable Industries Ireland to build a €200 million bio-refinery in County Carlow, and that it will convert agricultural products including beet, oats and wheat into bio-ethanol; if such a proposal would be eligible for grant approval; and if she will make a...

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to contribute. To be fair to the Irish people, they are still very active in donating blood. This astonishes me in light of my having had some dealings with the Irish Blood Transfusion Service and in the knowledge that its history is not great. The latest episode involving the service is probably very minor by comparison with what happened in the...

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: The Minister for Health and Children comes in as if she is Joan of Arc and basically she is not up to the job. It is not that no one else wanted it——

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: It was recommended by an international body——

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: ——and in the Irish Blood Transfusion Service legislation.

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: It is a matter of public safety. The service should not be centralised in Dublin.

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: With a view to safeguarding the service and the blood for the public, which any of us could need in the morning, I ask when we are to have the second centre, as recommended by an international body on grounds of safety.

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Can I ask the Ceann Comhairle a question?

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: When will it be possible to receive an answer from the Minister for Health and Children? If I ask her my question, she will tell me it is a matter for the Irish Blood Transfusion Service. If I ask the IBTS, it will write back a month later stating it has been considering the matter. It has been considering it for ten years since the hepatitis C scandal exploded. It is a matter of safety.

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: It is a question of the safety of the population and the blood supply.

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I am sorry, a Cheann Comhairle, but it is impossible to get answers.