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Committee on the Future of Healthcare Report: Motion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2017)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Sláintecare report. We are all agreed that our health care system is in some disarray and that we need to address the problem. I want to deal, in particular, with the emergency services in the Dublin Midlands hospital group as an example of what needs to be done. I will approach this in a constructive way. Ministers often shout at us about not...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Services (15 Nov 2017)

Brian Stanley: 34. To ask the Minister for Health the documents and the nature of the documents that he has received from HSE management over the past two years regarding the future of the emergency department in Portlaoise hospital. [47980/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (15 Nov 2017)

Brian Stanley: 63. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the improvements in maternity services in Portlaoise hospital since more staff were provided and that the unit is now being linked to networks within the Coombe university hospital; and his plans to use the same model to enhance and secure the future of the emergency department at Portlaoise hospital in view of same. [47981/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (14 Nov 2017)

Brian Stanley: 325. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an insulin pump; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48017/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Nov 2017)

Brian Stanley: I refer to a commitment on page 48 of the programme for Government, namely, that the new Government will act swiftly on the recommendations of the post office business group. It goes on to outline the steps involved, including those involving credit unions, the Sparkasse model of banking in Germany, motor tax and establishing hubs. The idea is to bring business to the post office network....

Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Nov 2017)

Brian Stanley: We have had the Kerr and McKinsey reports and there is a commitment on page 48 of the programme for Government, but we need to see action which I acknowledge should have been taken by previous Governments. This is something we should have done ten or 15 years ago. We cannot keep dragging our heels. We must move to secure the future of the service.

Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2017)

Brian Stanley: Go raibh maith agat.

Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2017)

Brian Stanley: I want to raise the issue of SI 394 of 2017 regarding Education Support Centres (Appointment and Secondment of Directors) Regulations 2017. It has to do with education support centres and education centres throughout the State. Basically, the change means that directors cannot serve more than five consecutive years and they cannot be rotated. As the Taoiseach will be aware, one may be on...

Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2017)

Brian Stanley: -----and when the Taoiseach reads it, he will see the flaw in it.

Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2017)

Brian Stanley: Twenty-one days.

Other Questions: Pension Provisions (7 Nov 2017)

Brian Stanley: 57. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to bring forward measures to address the anomaly whereby persons here dependent on a British state pension are disqualified from receiving the household benefits package, fuel allowance and living alone allowance. [46526/17]

Other Questions: Pension Provisions (7 Nov 2017)

Brian Stanley: 62. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the position of returning emigrants who are in receipt of a British pension only and who are not entitled to the household benefits package, fuel allowance or living alone allowance. [46525/17]

Other Questions: Pension Provisions (7 Nov 2017)

Brian Stanley: The issue I raise relates to people who emigrated, perhaps during times of recession, and experience difficulties on their return owing to the difference between the rates of pension paid in Britain and Ireland. I refer specifically to the position on what I will describe as ancillary payments, including the household benefits package, fuel allowance and living alone allowance. These...

Other Questions: Pension Provisions (7 Nov 2017)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister for providing clarity on an issue about which there are questions. According to the eligibility criteria, persons may qualify for ancillary benefits and the Minister has clarified that this means that persons in receipt of British state pensions will qualify on the same basis as persons in receipt of an Irish State pension. She has also pointed out that people aged over...

Other Questions: Pension Provisions (7 Nov 2017)

Brian Stanley: I would welcome a decision to keep the matter under review. In addition to the people in question working hard, money is flowing into the economy on the back of taxes they paid over a long period. The Minister will be aware that, depending on the value of sterling, the differential between the Irish and British state pensions fluctuates. Questions sometimes arise about how the gap in value...

Other Questions: Pension Provisions (7 Nov 2017)

Brian Stanley: Should he or she apply for a supplementary welfare allowance?

Other Questions: Pension Provisions (7 Nov 2017)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister for her reply. I am flagging the Brexit issue because it is one of many problems and challenges we will face across every Department and aspect of commerce, business and public administration. People are concerned about this issue and some are asking what will happen to those who depend on a British state pension. With regard to the fluctuation in the value of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Costs (7 Nov 2017)

Brian Stanley: 267. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the unfair loading of motor insurance premiums on the elderly with some quotes increasing over 50% from the previous year. [47047/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Emergency Departments (26 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: The Minister has a legal responsibility and the political power to stop this proposal. He must put his foot down.

Topical Issue Debate: Emergency Departments (26 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: The problem with the Minister of State's reply is that HSE management has jumped the Minister on this issue. It met at 2 p.m. yesterday to sign off on the final draft. The cover letter, of which I have a copy, uses the term "final draft" to describe this plan. The Minister of State read out a response from civil servants and the HSE but I am not interested in it. The medical staff in the...