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Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Deputy O'Rourke is an exception.

Garda Investigations. (22 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in the Garda investigation into the murder of a person (details supplied) in Limerick on 9 April 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15586/09]

Garda Investigations. (22 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for his reply and welcome the progress that has been made in respect of this matter. I accept that the Minister is not in a position to comment directly on the case in question. There is absolute abhorrence among the people of Limerick regarding the circumstances and background relating to this crime. In light of the Minister's reply to an earlier question tabled by...

Cystic Fibrosis: Motion (9 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: I with to share my time with Deputies Upton, Tuffy and Ó Caoláin. I regret the Minister is no longer in the House to hear my first point. While I profoundly disagree with the various comments Deputy Shatter made about Palestine, I consider it entirely unworthy of the Minister to seek to devalue his contribution in this important debate by linking it to what he said about a totally...

Cystic Fibrosis: Motion (9 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am sorry the Minister is not here to hear this. The difference between Orla Tinsley and the dodgy developers whose loans are being taken on by the taxpayer is not just that she is courageous and that she has cystic fibrosis. It is that she has become a household name and they have not. We all met Ms Tinsley outside the Dáil last week. She said she was sick of having to expose her...

Cystic Fibrosis: Motion (9 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: And so say all of us.

Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: The meanest cut in the supplementary budget is the suspension of the community scheme for older people which allowed community groups to put alarms into elderly people's houses to protect them. It is incredible that something like that would be suspended.

Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Does it need legislation?

Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Does it need legislation? It comes from a Department.

Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Is the Government going to do this? I find that incredible.

Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: It was introduced by the last good Government we had under the rainbow coalition.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (8 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 49: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if people in local authority rented accommodation can qualify for grants provided by his Department for people with disabilities and older persons; if there is a means by which such people can have central heating installed in their homes if they are not living in an area in which there is a scheme in place...

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: It closed them down.

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: This toxic budget has injected a poisonous divide into society. I have listened both in person and through the media to the stories of people who have worked hard and are trying to stretch tiny budgets to pay their bills. Honest business people who are trying to keep their enterprises going realise that a small group of powerful bankers and speculators who made vast sums of money over the...

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Fr. Seán Healy did not seem very happy with the budget when he gave his view on the News.

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: The wrong people are being asked to pay for these mistakes.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (7 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the commitment that a health campus would be built in Tuam, County Galway, will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14289/09]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (7 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is an offence for anyone over 70 years with gross income over €700 single or €1400 couple to retain their medical card; if so, the way they can make a case for keeping the card on medical or hardship grounds if they are only marginally over the limit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14645/09]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (7 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if new clinical directors are being appointed in the area of psychiatry; if so, the way they will relate to the clinical directors already in existence in that discipline; if the posts will be duplicated and filled by different persons; if clinical directors in both categories receive the extra salary for the post; and if she will...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (7 Apr 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the basis on which a person over 70 years who has surrendered their medical card and subsequently re-applies for a card, is means tested; if the €700 cut-off point is used or if they are assessed on the income limit for a single person under 70 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14647/09]