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Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Tánaiste should stop digging.

Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I would like to share time with Deputies Sherlock and Ciarán Lynch.

Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: My office, like the offices of all my colleagues in this House, has been inundated today with calls from people concerned about the impact of this budget on the over 70s. Such people previously qualified for a medical card automatically, without a means test, but they are now subject to such a test. As this day has gone on, we have learned more and more about the nasty aspects of this...

Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: My party leader raised a point this morning about people who gave up their voluntary health insurance because they felt they did not need it following the introduction of free medical cards. Those people are now trying to go back into an insurance system in order to cover health costs. The point made this morning was that if people had an existing condition, then they would not be covered...

Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Now the Government is setting it back.

Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I see little evidence of protecting the vulnerable.

Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Not at all.

Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: People with less than €300 will lose their medical cards.

Budget Statement 2009 (14 Oct 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is never next year.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (14 Oct 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive returned unspent funds to the Exchequer at the end of 2007; if so, the amount involved; the reason it was not spent in the health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34520/08]

Written Answers — Immigration Policy: Immigration Policy (9 Oct 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the contact he and his Department have had with the Nigerian Embassy following the treatment undergone by a person (details supplied) at Dublin Airport in September 2008. [34199/08]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (9 Oct 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position as it pertains in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34198/08]

Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: On that point, may I speak after my party leader?

Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to address the nursing homes issue.

Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: While I welcome the fact that the Minister published the nursing home legislation and gave it to us before she held her press conference, this is not the Bill originally promised. Serious concerns have arisen and I fully support those who have called for a debate on the matter. In regard to constitutional problems and the issue of liens on family homes, does making it optional——

Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: ——mean that if people do not apply for it, their loved ones will be thrown out of the nursing home?

Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Serious concerns have arisen——

Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: ——that it will be resource capped, in other words, subject to the moneys available.

Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Serious issues have arisen.