Results 14,881-14,900 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan
- Cancer Screening Programme. (24 Sep 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Of course they do.
- Cancer Screening Programme. (24 Sep 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: They could have dealt with the request for a clinical correlation.
- Cancer Screening Programme. (24 Sep 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: It is not happening.
- Cancer Screening Programme. (24 Sep 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: If a woman in County Clare has concerns, what procedure should she follow? If she had a test carried out during the period in question and is worried that the results may not have been accurate, should she contact her GP in order to obtain a referral? The second matter I wish to raise relates to a question posed by Deputy Breen to which a reply was not given. I refer to the announcement by...
- Cancer Screening Programme. (24 Sep 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Even if they are in a position to pay, women in the region must travel to Galway or Kerry to have mammograms. The position must be re-examined.
- Cancer Screening Programme. (24 Sep 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: That is the impression that was given.
- Order of Business (24 Sep 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: My party leader said the Cabinet appears to be burnt out, but if that is the case then the Minister for Health and Children seems to have given herself her redundancy papers. She is washing her hands of what is happening in the realm of health.
- Order of Business (24 Sep 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: I am raising this in the context of promised legislation. We were told that three pieces of legislation would be published last term and the same three pieces of legislation are in the list for this term. None of them has been dealt with. The Minister introduced no legislation last term, despite three being on the priority list. One, the nursing homes support scheme Bill, has already been...
- Order of Business (24 Sep 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Members have been getting the same answers on legislation for months.
- Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (24 Sep 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss a matter of specific and important public interest requiring urgent attention, namely, the need for the Minister for Health and Children to request the Health Information and Quality Authority to carry out a full inquiry into the circumstances of the deaths of Ann Moriarty and Edel Kelly and allegations that there was a...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (10 Jul 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff in his Department; the number of staff per section; if there are anticipated staff cuts; if so, the locations the cuts will be made; the number of staff added to the energy section since he took office; the number of external advisors he has and their roles; and if he will make a statement...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (10 Jul 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff resources allocated to the national broadband scheme tender; if the recommendations on staffing from his Department have been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28014/08]
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (10 Jul 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in the provision of a clinical education building and the appointment of clinical education consultant teaching staff at the Mid-West Regional Hospital in conjunction with the University of Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29124/08]
- Written Answers — Tobacco-Related Diseases: Tobacco-Related Diseases (9 Jul 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the public consultation on the introduction of combined text and photo warnings on tobacco products, she will make available research presented to her or her officials on the proposed warnings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27847/08]
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (9 Jul 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital consultants appointed since agreement on the contract negotiations; the number of such posts that have been approved but are not yet appointed; the location of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27848/08]
- National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: We have heard a terrible abuse of the English language over the past several days. We have heard terms such as "adjustments" and "corrections". Deputy Fahey used the term "a time of transition". The Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, has described the cutting of â¬144.35 million of her budget as budgetary conciliation measures. They should be talking about cuts, because...
- National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: The words were: "Health cuts hurt the old, the sick and the handicapped". We would use the term "disabled" now instead of "handicapped". That is exactly what health cuts do, and the Department of Health and Children has borne the brunt of this, despite what was said yesterday to the effect that somehow or other health and education would be protected. Precisely the opposite has happened....
- National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister has less than half a minute left. Deputies should let him continue.
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: I revert to the theme of legislation that, while promised, has not been published. The pink list in respect of the Department of Health and Children details three Bills, namely, the adoption Bill, the child care Bill and the health long-term residential care services Bill. None of them has been published despite their presence on this term's publication list. Deputy Stanton referred to the...
- Written Answers — Crime Statistics: Crime Statistics (8 Jul 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the increase of almost 60% in the number of public order offences between 2003 and 2007; the steps he is taking to reduce the number of such offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27037/08]