Results 15,301-15,320 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan
- Capitation Grants: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: What has this to do with primary schools?
- Capitation Grants: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to share my time with Deputies Ciarán Lynch, Kathleen Lynch and Seán Sherlock. I commend my colleagues in the Labour Party on tabling this motion. As Deputies are aware, I have dealt with the area of education over a number of years and have had contacts with a variety of schools. This is an issue that has been brought up consistently by schools across the country. One of the...
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: The systems in place in Ireland and British Columbia are very different.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Will the Minister take these steps in a specified timeframe?
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister did not answer the question on whether performance related bonusesââ
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Will the Minister give a simple yes or no answer to my question on bonuses?
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: It is supposed to be based on performance.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: No, but targets should be set and achieved.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Is the Deputy suggesting the entire Government should resign?
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: We are not.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Will the Minister do anything to reform the HSE to ensure there are clear lines of command and that people know who is responsible? That is the basic problem in the HSE. Will she slim down the senior management structures? Does the Minister have a system of dealing with letters that come from professionals who indicate concerns? She mentioned that it was a nurse who indicated the problems...
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Is a system in place to ensure appropriate follow-up occurs in serious cases?
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: In other words, cases are not passed on to others and the Department ensures action is taken.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: I would like to move the Labour Party amendment to the Government motion.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: I will speak to the amendment and the Minister. Sadly, since publication of the three reports last week, nothing I have heard today or from the Government gives me great confidence that anything will change greatly or that the Minister is not presiding over a health system in which similar incidents to those that happened in Portlaoise could be happening or may happen in the future. I state...
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: My reference was not to that article but to comments she made on the news. I had a pen in my hand and recorded her comments in writing.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: I am not referring to her article.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: I am referring to her appearance on television last week which I watched with a pen in my hand. I wrote down her comments on the lack of a culture of learning. From what I have heard today, I believe she is right. This motion pays lip-service to patients' interests, stating they will come first "in the future management of all such reviews and serious adverse incidents". However, patients...
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: I am not incorrect.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)
Jan O'Sullivan: Where are the experts in mammography, the triple assessments or the multidisciplinary teams?