Results 15,721-15,740 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan

Health Service Staff. (17 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister set up the HSE nearly three years ago to centralise the system so that bureaucracy could be reduced and more funding could be released for direct patient care. What monitoring does the Minister carry out on the HSE? The growth in senior management numbers is extraordinary, in spite of her explanation today. What hands-on relationship does she have with the HSE to ensure that...

Health Service Staff. (17 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Surely there are policy issues in how money is spent.

Health Service Staff. (17 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Must the Minister approve these posts?

Cancer Services. (17 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the resources that have been and will be allocated for the implementation of the national cancer control programme; the immediate resources available to ensure continuity of care for patients affected by the ending of symptomatic breast services and surgical treatment in 13 hospitals in different parts of the country; and if she will...

Cancer Services. (17 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: I did not hear the Minister mention the resources that will be available in the future, although she did speak about those that will be available this year. The brave fight by Susie Long, who sadly passed away at the weekend, has shown how essential it is that there are adequate resources available in the public health service for cancer treatment services. I want a commitment from the...

Cancer Services. (17 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: I do not understand how co-locating public and private hospitals on the same site with different doctors will change it. However, I do not have time to deal with that issue today. On the list of hospitals which have been told they must cease immediately the provision of cancer treatment services, will extra resources be made available to the so-called centres of excellence in this respect?...

Cancer Screening Programme. (17 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: I asked the Minister when she expects the national cervical cancer screening programme to be fully rolled out. The reason I am sceptical and asked that question is that the breast screening programme was to have been fully rolled out approximately two years ago and that has not yet happened. Will the breast screening programme be fully rolled out by the end of this year as promised and is...

Cancer Screening Programme. (17 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is in the programme for Government.

Acquired Brain Injury. (17 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: I also wanted to ask about the home care packages because the Minister, Deputy Harney, in replying to one of my priority questions, indicated that there would be a restoration of home care packages. In the case of people currently in the National Rehabilitation Hospital who are ready to go home, will facilities such as home care packages be put in place to ensure that such people can move...

Acquired Brain Injury. (17 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: This needs to be done urgently because there are people for whom every day makes a difference in terms of their access to the National Rehabilitation Hospital.

Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Why does it apply to pharmacists only?

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (16 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the recent annual report from the Information Commissioner in which she expressed concern regarding the operation of the Freedom of Information Act 1997 including the continued exclusion of many public bodies from its scope, a failure by the Government to consult with her office before making...

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (16 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the Exchequer returns for the first nine months of 2007; the estimated budget deficit he expects at the end of 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23683/07]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (16 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason VAT has been introduced for psychotherapy practitioners while other health professionals such as clinical psychologists are exempt; if the decision will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23985/07]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (16 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the widespread concern caused by the recent policy change in regard to the NICP community child care subvention scheme 2008 to 2010 which is seen as socially divisive by community organisations; if she will maintain the existing system pending discussion in the community child care sector; and if she...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (16 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she received correspondence of 19 September 2007 from a person (details supplied) in County Clare; if she has responded to the correspondence; if action has been taken on the complaint made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23974/07]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (16 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 544: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will add to the staffing levels dealing with applications for naturalisation in his Department where the waiting list is approximately 12,400 and applications dating from the beginning of 2005 are only now being processed; the number of staff dealing with these applications; and if he will make a statement on the...

Community Pharmacy Services. (16 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Devins, to the House. It has now become a matter of urgency that talks are arranged between the Health Service Executive and representatives of pharmacists who are in dispute over the proposed reduction in the amount paid to pharmacists for drugs they buy from wholesalers and dispense to patients under the State drugs scheme. Neither the Minister of...

Order of Business (16 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: I want to again raise the issue of a possible Supplementary Estimate for the HSE because of the direct effect of the embargo on patients. The Minister for Health and Children said it would not hurt patients, but it is clearly hurting them. Has the Taoiseach considered introducing a Supplementary Estimate, given that the HSE embargo on recruitment is having a direct effect on patients?

Order of Business (16 Oct 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: We were promised that patients would not be hurt, a Cheann Comhairle. We now know that patients are being hurt.