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Health Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion and thank Fianna Fáil for giving Members the opportunity to discuss this important issue. Like my colleague, Deputy Ó Caoláin, in theory I do not have a problem with the first section of the Fianna Fáil Private Members' motion. However, in keeping with Sinn Féin policy and my views on this subject, I have serious...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pay and Conditions of Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors: Discussion (5 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: With regard to accountability, will sanctions be imposed on hospitals if they fail to comply with Brussels?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pay and Conditions of Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors: Discussion (5 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: With regard to the inappropriate tasks to be performed by nursing staff, will nurses have the capacity to cope with their additional duties and are they aware they will be taking on these duties? On the issues of 24 hours continually on-site and the 68 hours in a week, if hospitals fail to comply who will be held accountable and will sanctions be applied?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pay and Conditions of Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors: Discussion (5 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I thank the delegates for their attendance but as the previous speaker noted, the two reports are very different. It appears, from members' beliefs or what they have heard in recent years, that a lot of non-consultant hospital doctors, NCHDs, are working a highly dangerous and illegal number of hours. While health and safety are very important in all aspects of life, they appear to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pay and Conditions of Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors: Discussion (5 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I thank the delegates for their attendance. A dangerous and illegal number of hours are being worked. Not only does this affect the mental health and well-being of the doctors, but it could also affect the care of patients. Health and safety are very important in all aspects of work. However, they seem to be blatantly disregarded in the health service. Should patients have confidence in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Funding (5 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action she is taking to encourage a contribution from the benefitting employer / host in lieu of the free labour they get under the jobbridge programme. [11385/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Ethics (5 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Health if it is ethical for a doctor to refuse a patient a medical examination required to join a sporting organisation because they do not agree with the sport in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11010/13]

Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Further Education and Training Bill 2013, which comes before the House at a time of severe fiscal and economic adjustment. This adjustment is further complicated by a process of major restructuring in the labour market, particularly in respect of employment opportunities. This seismic shift has resulted in mass unemployment in almost every EU...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Application (28 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has carried out an impact assessment on the potential effect on the numbers in mortgage distress if local property tax is introduced. [10566/13]

State Forestry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: Sinn Féin is absolutely opposed to the Government's proposal to sell off the harvesting rights to our national forests. That the troika prompted the sale of such an important national asset to proceed is, to say the least, simply shocking. It is shocking from a number of aspects, economic, environmental and recreational. More importantly, in the context of employment, the sale of...

Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (Resumed) (27 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome the opportunity to speak again on this exceptionally disturbing issue, one of the most important to come before the House since the foundation of the State. I welcome the Taoiseach's official apology to survivors of the Magdalen laundries which he gave in the House on 19 February. It was moving to see so many of the surviving women and their supporters, friends and families in the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Exemptions (27 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person with multiple sclerosis who had a house built to their specific needs will be exempt from paying the property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10518/13]

Other Questions: Energy Schemes (26 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the private sector resources he expects to match Government funding in the energy efficiency fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9983/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility (26 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 19 January 2013, if she is implying that a community welfare officer can use their discretion as to whether to continue payment if a person has to leave the country more than once; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10095/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (26 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the families of persons who are now deceased but who spent time in the Magdalene Laundries will be entitled to claim from the redress board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10110/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (26 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide two weeks respite care urgently to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9740/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (26 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Health if he will include children in the first phase of the introduction of free general practitioner care to all as well as to those with chronic illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10105/13]

Finance Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: In a time of fiscal austerity, cutbacks, mass unemployment and national despondency the arts offer a valuable and creative outlet for people. In a mature society that values expression and creativity, the arts have the potential to enrich lives. They help us to think about the world and our place in it in a more imaginative, innovative and abstract way. Sinn Féin again calls on the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Prompt Payments (21 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps taken to ensure that small businesses are not adversely affected by late payments by Government agencies. [9054/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Prompt Payments (21 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the impact of late payments by Government agencies on the small business sector. [9055/13]