Results 13,821-13,840 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan
- Hospital Building Projects. (4 Nov 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the planned co-located hospitals which will be progressed; the projected date for the commencement of construction in each case; when she expects them to be operational; the number of beds which will be provided in each such hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39513/09]
- Hospital Building Projects. (4 Nov 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: I asked the Minister when the projects will start and when the beds will be available. It is four years and four months since these were announced and the intention was to provide extra beds. Four years and four months later the Minister cannot tell me when the beds will be ready. May I have a clear answer instead of all the waffle we are getting? My second question was to know which...
- Hospital Building Projects. (4 Nov 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: It is more than four years since these projects were announced as a way of fast-tracking beds. If the money had been given to the public system when it was available to build public beds we would have them by now.
- Hospital Building Projects. (4 Nov 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: The hospitals are all for this now because they want the beds but they would have expected them long before now. Is the programme for Government not accurate in saying that it has "already committed projects under the existing project contractual agreement"? I have seen the Taoiseach's letter to my party leader and it is different from the programme for Government.
- Hospital Building Projects. (4 Nov 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister is institutionalising the separation of public and private patients.
- Hospital Building Projects. (4 Nov 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister has also fooled the Greens because that is not in the present programme for Government.
- Air Travel Tax. (3 Nov 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: We raise this matter in the context of fears about the future of Shannon Airport, with particular reference to Ryanair threatening to pull out from April next year. In effect, this would mean that 1.4 million passengers would be lost to the airport - 75% of Ryanair traffic - as the airline is planning on leaving only one aircraft there. In 2007 Ryanair accounted for 46% of overall passenger...
- Air Travel Tax. (3 Nov 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: I am sure they do.
- Written Answers — Economic Forecasts: Economic Forecasts (3 Nov 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the latest Central Bank quarterly economic bulletin which forecast a contraction of 10.6% of gross national product here in 2009, down from a 9.4% contraction forecast in July 2009; his further views on the return of a marked divergence in GNP performance [i]vis-Ã-vis[/i] gross domestic product; and if he will make a statement on...
- Written Answers — Economic Forecasts: Economic Forecasts (3 Nov 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will comment on the most recent Central Statistics Office Quarterly National Accounts which showed a decline of 7.4% of Gross Domestic Product, and a decline of 11.6% of GNP, in the first six months of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37684/09]
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (3 Nov 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 423: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to the Exchequer of external public relations consultants hired by her Department in 2009; the number that were hired; the contract terms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38004/09]
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (3 Nov 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 426: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff employed within her Department working in the area of public relations; the cost to the Exchequer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38036/09]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Nov 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 427: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of permanent teeth that were extracted from children under the age of 16 years in each of the past four years in County Meath; the number of children who have been seen under the school dental service in each of the past four years in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38042/09]
- Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (3 Nov 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 432: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will further strengthen legislation on the sale of products in head shops particularly with regard to controlling sale of products to persons under 18 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38051/09]
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (3 Nov 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 433: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if medical cards are printed outside of Ireland; if so, if she will ensure that this is reviewed in view of the rate of unemployment here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38052/09]
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (3 Nov 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 436: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a facility for Houses of the Oireachtas Members to access information through a direct line to obtain information on medical card entitlements for persons over 70 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38087/09]
- Mortgage Arrears: Motion (3 Nov 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: I, too, commend Deputy Lynch on bringing this motion before the House this evening. I concur with Deputy Penrose who expressed disappointment that the Minister is not present tonight. The wording of the Government amendment to the motion indicates the priorities of Government as opposed to the priorities of the Labour Party. We are focused on the basic right of a person to have a home, to...
- Mortgage Arrears: Motion (3 Nov 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: -----none of which is the fault of the people who took out the mortgages. It is, as again outlined by Deputy Lynch, the fault of the triumvirate, the banks, the developers and the Government, who, in cahoots, totally inflated the price of houses for ordinary people. These ordinary people are now in trouble, but it is obvious from the wording of the amendment that the Government does not...
- Sports Funding. (21 Oct 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the date of publication of the horse and greyhound review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37389/09]
- Written Answers — University Rankings: University Rankings (20 Oct 2009)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the Times Education-QS World University Rankings Report publication in which University College Dublin and Trinity College, Dublin have moved into the top 100 of the 500 universities surveyed and that other universities here have improved their ranking; and if he will make a statement on the...