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Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Yes, it is in the context of a €95 million overrun in the HSE's budget for this year and inevitable cuts across the board. Will the Tánaiste stand over the cuts or will a Supplementary Estimate be introduced by the Minister for Health and Children? It must be one or the other.

Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: In real terms, the budget has reverted to the position of the late 1980s. Is the Tánaiste standing over the cutbacks?

Written Answers — Millennium Development Goals: Millennium Development Goals (1 May 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the progress made in the achievement of the millennium development goals; the shortfalls that exist in relation to commitments made; and the areas in which failure to achieve goals will have the greatest effect. [16840/08]

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (1 May 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the initiatives that have been taken to strengthen the research capacity of Irish Aid; the funding which is being allocated each year for the research advisory working group since 2003 to date in 2008; and the institutions which have received funding. [16841/08]

Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome the progress made in the talks between the HSE and the Irish Pharmaceutical Union, IPU. It is a great relief to medical card patients throughout the country. I have an issue about legislation. Is the Government reinterpreting or amending the Competition Act? When my colleague, Deputy Michael D. Higgins, proposed an amendment to this Act to address the problem of negotiations...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (30 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress to date in regard to the work of the national employment rights authority; when the authority will be placed on a statutory basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16563/08]

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (30 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps being taken to reduce waiting times for hearings at the Employment Appeals Tribunal ; if he has had a request for additional personnel or resources from the tribunal; if these requests have been met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16562/08]

Student Support Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome this Bill. It has been a long time coming as it has been on the list of proposed legislation for the past couple of years. Deputy Quinn spoke in detail about the Bill on behalf of the Labour Party and I concur with what he said in his contribution. We would prefer to see a centralised Department deal with the issue of student support grants, but what is on the table before us...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (30 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise the following urgent matter, namely, the need for the Minister for Health and Children to make herself available today to engage with the HSE and the Irish Pharmaceutical Union to find a mechanism to prevent the withdrawal of large numbers of pharmacists from the medical card scheme and the drugs repayment scheme, if the...

School Accommodation. (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: As Deputy Tom Sheahan is not present, I call Deputy John Cregan.

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that additional staff, particularly midwives, are allocated to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda as a matter of urgency, following a report into the circumstances of the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16232/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the cost-cutting measures proposed to her Department by the Health Service Executive in order to address their projected budget deficit of €300 million; if these include, as reported, reductions in beds, curtailment of accident and emergency, restrictions on medical cards and diversion of funds earmarked for developments...

Written Answers — Capital Allowances Schemes: Capital Allowances Schemes (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his view as to whether publicly funded hospitals, meaning hospitals which provide services to persons pursuant to their entitlements under Chapter II of Part IV of the Health Act 1970, are entitled to avail of the capital allowances scheme for private hospitals provided for by section 64 of the Finance Act 2001 as amended; if not,...

Written Answers — Disabled Drivers: Disabled Drivers (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will change the medical criteria for qualification for the disabled drivers and passengers tax relief scheme to include people who do not satisfy the strict criteria of the current scheme but who have a medical need to have their car adapted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16482/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will look into the matter of the six-year-old child (details supplied) in County Tipperary who, despite several referrals from their general practitioner and speech therapist, has been unable to access the ear nose and throat service at Waterford Regional Hospital due to prolonged waiting lists, as reported by the ENT surgeon;...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason she has not availed of her power under section 45(3) of the Health Act 1970 to specify by regulations the classes of persons with full eligibility for medical services under that Act; the merits of the alternative, non-statutory approach for determining eligibility for services provided under statute; the reasoning behind...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that the Health Service Executive has complied with its obligation to publish, in accordance with section 16 of the Freedom of Information Act 1997, the rules, procedures, practices, guidelines and interpretations used by it, and any index of any precedents kept by it, for the purposes of decisions, determinations...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the services provided by the Health Service Executive that do not have a specific statutory underpinning in the Health Acts 1947 to 2005; the basis according to which these services are provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16385/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will outline and explain the meaning of the use of the term "personal social services" when used by her Department and by the Health Service Executive; the services provided under the Health Acts 1947 to 2005 categorised as personal social services, as opposed to health services; the statutory basis for the provision of those...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that section 38 of the Health Act 2004 enables the Health Service Executive to arrange for the provision of health or personal social services by a service provider only if such services were, immediately before the establishment of the HSE, provided by the health boards themselves, difficulties are encountered...