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Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is Government by stealth and Government by leaking. It is a total abdication of responsibility with regard to the health service.

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (3 Jul 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 17: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will change the name of the leaving certificate to a new title which would indicate that it is an entrance examination into third level education in view of the commitment in the programme for Government 2007 to increase the percentage of the population participating in third level education; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (3 Jul 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 477 of 8 May 2008 the location of each school which is being assisted under the DEIS action plan for education inclusion; the number of pupils affected in each school; the role of the National Education Welfare Board in the areas where the schools are located; the outcomes that have occurred to...

Health Service Reform. (3 Jul 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question : To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proposed changes to the management structures of the Health Service Executive, whether she has approved the proposed changes, whether legislative authority is required for the proposed changes, and whether she will make a statement on the matter.

Health Service Reform. (3 Jul 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Does this constitute an admission that the centralised structure, which was the Minister's big idea a couple of years ago, has failed? This is how it appears to me. While I appreciate the Minister's reference to the Labour Party's proposals, I am unsure whether her proposals closely resemble them. On the one hand, the Minister spoke of not being more centralised while, on the other, I...

Health Service Reform. (3 Jul 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: That is in the Labour Party's proposals.

Health Service Reform. (3 Jul 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: So far so good.

Health Service Reform. (3 Jul 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Climate change.

Services for People with Disabilities (2 Jul 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank the Acting Chairman and with his permission I will share time with Deputy Kathleen Lynch. I welcome the presence of the Minister of State, Deputy John Moloney, again in the House tonight. As Deputy Shatter said, we need more clarity on this issue. I welcome the statement last night from the Minister of State, Deputy Moloney regarding an expected resolution to this matter within ten...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Equipment: Defence Forces Equipment (2 Jul 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will confirm that an unmanned air vehicle used by the Army disappeared while in use on a reconnaissance mission; if the loss is believed to be due to mechanical failure or hostile act; the estimated value of the UAV; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26023/08]

Overseas Missions. (2 Jul 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Defence the estimated cost to the Exchequer of the Army mission to Chad; if any of the costs will be met by either the United Nations or the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26022/08]

Order of Business (2 Jul 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have a leaked e-mail from Nenagh Hospital.

Order of Business (2 Jul 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to ask about the promised Teamwork report on the reorganisation of health services in the mid-west. It has not been published but it appears that it is being implemented by stealth by the HSE in the mid-west. Acute services in smaller hospitals are to be closed with services transferred to the Mid-West Regional Hospital. Will the report be published and debated in the House?

Order of Business (2 Jul 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is being implemented already.

Order of Business (2 Jul 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government must do something about the issue, as the HSE is running away with itself and operating like a secret society.

Programmes for Government. (2 Jul 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is fairly clear from what has just been said to my party leader that this is a work of fiction that should be torn up as it was designed only to win an election.

Programmes for Government. (2 Jul 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is ominous it was signed by three people who are no longer leaders, former Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern, Minister of State, Deputy Trevor Sargent and, Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney.

Programmes for Government. (2 Jul 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: We now have no idea what commitments in the programme for Government will be met. Perhaps the Taoiseach will tell us what are the priorities of this Government, in particular in respect of health given the delivery of a fully modern patient-centred health service is one of three issues listed as important. Already, money allocated for areas such as mental health, palliative care, disability...

Programmes for Government. (2 Jul 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am talking about the ones for which funding has already been allocated.

Programmes for Government. (2 Jul 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: The opposite is happening.