Results 14,561-14,580 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan
- Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (11 Dec 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the establishment of a fund to lend directly to small and medium enterprises, ensuring that they can access credit and working capital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45357/08]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 Dec 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will allocate funding to an organisation (details supplied) in order that they can access a language line so that victims of domestic violence who do not speak English can have access to their helpline and support services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45789/08]
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (11 Dec 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her response to the submission made to her by an organisation (details supplied) prior to budget 2009; if she will address the financial problems amputees have as a result of unavoidable expenses such as the cost of â¬10,000 for a prosthetic leg. [45797/08]
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (11 Dec 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her response to a submission from an organisation (details supplied) to address the financial problems faced by amputees as a result of the cost of prosthetic limbs and other costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45796/08]
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (11 Dec 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money recouped from private child care providers in County Meath who received a grant to develop and operate a child care facility and who subsequently ceased to operate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45795/08]
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (11 Dec 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the individual grants given to private child care providers in County Meath from 2003 to date in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45826/08]
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (11 Dec 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the private child care facilities which received a grant in the period 2003 to 2008 in County Meath and which no longer operate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45827/08]
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (11 Dec 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the procedure for recoupment of public moneys in County Meath when a private child care provider who has received a public grant ceases to operate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45828/08]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 Dec 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a health centre (details supplied) in County Clare will be opened; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that it is ready to be occupied and that the running costs are unlikely to be much more than costs associated with running services in other inappropriate settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45821/08]
- Written Answers — Clinical Indemnity Scheme: Clinical Indemnity Scheme (11 Dec 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made in discussions aimed at including independent midwives in the State's insurance package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45823/08]
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (11 Dec 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of occupational therapists who have been recruited in 2008 to fill the estimated 183 unfilled posts at the end of 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45825/08]
- Written Answers — Early Childhood Education: Early Childhood Education (11 Dec 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 276: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been made in implementing the SÃalta programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45822/08]
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Dec 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 277: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if discussions have taken place between his Department and representatives of Protestant post-primary schools to address the budget 2009 decision to alter the agreement made at the time of the introduction of free second-level education (details supplied); the provision that will be made to ensure that Protestant parents of limited...
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: This is a reasonable amendment. It allows HIQA to make recommendations in exceptional circumstances. It is harsh that somebody who is terminally ill and has many medical costs might not be given a medical card because the section of the HSE has consumed its budget. There should be some type of independent assessor in that situation. The Minister responded earlier today on the issue of...
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: I was going to ask that question. I do not understand why that is the cut-off point. This is an improvement to the Bill as published for a small section of the population for three years. To that extent we will not oppose this because we would make the Bill worse than it will be at the end. If the spouse dies before 1 January, if someone loses a husband or wife over the Christmas period...
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: With regard to the Minister's response to Deputy Reilly's question on income guidelines for somebody who applies in the old-fashioned way rather than based on the limits of â¬700 and â¬1,400, this would not be done under the Bill but through the administration of the HSE systems. Prior to this, we operated under the HSE income guidelines of June 2006 because no increase has been made since...
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: I will not delay the House unduly on this issue but I wish to register my opposition to this section, as I am doing with all the other sections. We have had a reasonable opportunity to discuss the content of section 4 in the context of the Minister's amendments and Deputy Reilly's amendment. Nevertheless, I formally oppose the section.
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: What is proposed by Deputy Shatter was what I suggested when I spoke previously. The difficulty is that the language used by the Office of the Ceann Comhairle in saying the principle of the Bill is being offended or that we are in conflict with the principle of the Bill is using a word which does not appear anywhere in the Bill as presented to us. I have no problem with raising the matter...
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: I intend to press my opposition to section 3 to a vote because it is the substantial part of the Bill as it is the section which amends the Health Act 1970 by delineating certain categories of people over 70 who will no longer be allowed to have a medical card. It will take the medical card away from over 70s unless they happen to comply with the means test. It not only includes income but...
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: I do not propose to go back over all the issues again but I do want to raise one issue the Minister mentioned, which is the use of the term "gross" when referring to incomes, as opposed to "net". Section 3 specifically states: "so long as the person's gross income does not exceed the relevant gross income limit under section 45A". In response to a specific point I made about somebody who...