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Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Where are the multidisciplinary teams? Whose job was it to ensure they were established or to close the unit otherwise?

Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: How many years later and how many misdiagnoses have been made in the meantime?

Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: We have standards now.

Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Portlaoise was a designated centre.

Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is my time not Fine Gael's.

Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I presume I will be given some of Fine Gael's time later.

Cancer Services Reports: Motion (12 Mar 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am trying to address the Chair but the Minister is not listening to me. She is listening to other people in the House. When Portlaoise was designated as a centre for cancer, an expert with mammography experience and interest, triple assessment and multiple disciplinary teams were supposed to be in place. None of these was put in place and nobody has taken responsibility for this debacle....

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (11 Mar 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the position in Darfur; the initiatives taken by the European Union in order to assist in the ongoing humanitarian disaster in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10300/08]

Written Answers — UN Resolutions: UN Resolutions (11 Mar 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the position in Iran in view of the UN Security Council's imposition of a third round of sanctions in view of ongoing nuclear activities and ongoing concerns regarding human rights in Iran. [10301/08]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (11 Mar 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 425: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the conditions under which a special rate of maintenance grant is paid; the reason a student whose parents' reckonable income is less than €18,055 is turned down for the grant on the basis of the length of time they were on unemployment assistance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10510/08]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (11 Mar 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 493: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite an application made to the family reunification section of his Department in relation to a child (details supplied) who was born here shortly before their father was granted refugee status and who, because of the timing of their birth, is the only member of their family who has no means of...

Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I fully accept the Minister of State's assertion that the board currently has no intention of doing any of this, but who is to say what it might do in the future? I also accept that it is currently restrained by financial considerations, particularly with regard to the implementation of this legislation, but I am concerned for the future. The wording of the section we seek to amend is...

Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 8: In page 7, line 22, after "dispose" to insert the following: "(but only to an entity or person within the public service)". This amendment has to do with subsidiaries of the VHI. If my amendment is agreed, the intention is that we would not allow the privatisation of any aspects of the business of the VHI or any subsidiary of the VHI. It is designed to ensure the...

Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Clearly, I would like to go further than the Minister of State but I welcome the fact that he has clarified the role of subsidiaries. I retain my position that we should move further

Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome that we have been able to make some changes and improvements to the Bill, although perhaps not all of those we on this side of the House would have liked. It is good that we have passed this legislation, but there are a number of outstanding issues, such as building up reserves and so on. Presumably, they will be addressed by the end of the year and the legislation will be fully...

Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: We never discussed any of this on Committee Stage. The Bill has been through the Seanad and this is the last opportunity we have to deal with it. I get suspicious when long amendments are submitted at this stage in the passage of legislation. Why could this not have been introduced on Committee Stage? The Minister of State claims it is simply transferring sections into other sections....

Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 6: In page 7, line 12, after "facilities" to insert the following: "(not including facilities which are co-located on the premises of public hospitals)". There was much debate on this matter on Committee Stage. The amendment signals our opposition to co-location projects involving the building of private hospitals on the grounds of public hospitals and the separation of...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (6 Mar 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the proposed legislation for the mandatory blood testing of all drivers involved in accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9613/08]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (6 Mar 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Transport when the new regulations for reforming the commercial vehicle roadworthiness testing system will be implemented; the number of extra inspectors that will be assigned to the Road Safety Authority for monitoring the safety and standards of HGVs and other commercial vehicles; the timeline for the implementation of the centralised enforcement...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (6 Mar 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite a decision on leave to remain on humanitarian grounds for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin as they have had a kidney transplant and need to return to their consultant on a regular basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9874/08]