Results 15,241-15,260 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan

Psychiatric Services (17 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Is the Minister of State certain they will be developed?

Psychiatric Services (17 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Are they open?

Psychiatric Services (17 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: That is welcome news. I hope the other six beds will soon be provided.

Psychiatric Services (17 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I will continue to monitor the situation, as I am sure will the Minister of State.

Order of Business (17 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: In reply to the question about the lady in the Mater Hospital, the Tánaiste referred to reforms in the health service. There have been no such reforms. A young woman, Tania McCabe, died in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in childbirth.

Order of Business (17 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Contributory factors were overcrowding and the overworking of the staff in the hospital. In Ennis hospital, 15 people died of c.difficile as a result of overcrowding.

Order of Business (17 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Throughout the country, there is overcrowding and overworking in our health service.

Order of Business (17 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am sure I am in order to ask the Tánaiste whether a Supplementary Estimate relating to health services will be introduced while we wait for reform. People are dying all over the country.

Order of Business (17 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: A Supplementary Estimate is needed. I will not sit down on this issue. A debate in the House is needed because people are dying. Between 350 and 500 stroke victims are suffering because of the lack of funding, resources and reform.

Order of Business (17 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: People are dying while the Government sits back. Can we have an urgent debate on this issue?

Order of Business (17 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Can we have a promise of a debate? Can we see some indication that the Government takes these matters seriously?

Order of Business (17 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have been seeking an Adjournment debate about a young woman who has tried to commit suicide seven times but I have not succeeded with my request. There are so many health issues that we cannot secure an Adjournment debate.

Order of Business (17 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have submitted it. We need a broad debate on the appalling problems in the health service.

Written Answers — National Monuments: National Monuments (10 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason for the delay in the construction of the promised national monument to honour deceased members of the Defence Forces; if it is intended to proceed with the planned location in Merrion Square, Dublin 2; when it is expected to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13558/08]

Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) (Confirmation of Orders) Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (10 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank my colleague, Deputy Ciarán Lynch, for sharing time with me. This issue is of particular importance to Deputies from Limerick. I support my colleague, Deputy Lynch, in his general concern about distancing more bodies from responsibility through the Minister. As spokesperson on health I experience this on a daily basis in regard to health questions and issues in the health area...

Overseas Missions. (10 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Defence the proposed timetable for the deployment of the remainder of the Irish contingent with the UN mission to Chad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13557/08]

Order of Business (10 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Bhí ceannaire Fhine Gael ag labhairt faoi patient A a chuir ráiteas amach inné. Patient A's samples were analysed in University College Hospital Galway. Tá dhá ceisteanna agam don Tánaiste. We have had a number of reports on cancer but two are still outstanding. One is the HIQA report on a review of pathology services in University College Hospital Galway, which may or may not be...

Order of Business (10 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: We have often been able to ask if reports can be published.

Order of Business (10 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Does the Tánaiste know when those two reports will be published? Can we have a debate on the issues arising from the various reports, particularly the 15 clear recommendations from the Rebecca O'Malley report, which were accepted by the Government? Can the request for such a debate be referred to the Whips?

Order of Business (10 Apr 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Does the Tánaiste know when the two reports will be published?