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Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (11 Jan 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 864: To ask the Minister for Health the impact of the non-replacement of nursing staff on elective orthopaedic surgery at Merlin Park hospital, Galway, by explaining the theatre activity; and the numbers on the waiting list waiting more than six months. [41054/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (11 Jan 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 865: To ask the Minister for Health the corrective action he is taking to ensure the 6,000 persons on the orthopaedic outpatient waiting list in Galway will be seen; the way this will be done; and the amount of time it will take to be resolved. [41055/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (11 Jan 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 866: To ask the Minister for Health his views that staff shortages are impacting on orthopaedic surgery in University Hospital Galway. [41056/11]

Written Answers — Health Service Properties: Health Service Properties (11 Jan 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 889: To ask the Minister for Health the number of premises being rented by the Health Service Executive from general practitioners as primary health care units; his policy in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41232/11]

Written Answers — General Practitioner Co-operatives: General Practitioner Co-operatives (11 Jan 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 890: To ask the Minister for Health his view on whether it is good practice for general practitioners to be renting or leasing buildings to pharmacies in the neighbourhood of their practice and more particularly on the same campus; his policy towards same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41233/11]

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (11 Jan 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 928: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the remit of the Health Information and Quality Authority to sheltered housing for the disabled and the elderly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1018/12]

Order of Business (16 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is agreed.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Ag an am seo den bhliain tá nós againn gach dea-ghuí a ghuidhe, agus ba mhaith liom gach uile rath a ghuidhe ar gach uile dhuine sa Teach. Tá mé cinnte go dtuigeann na Teachtaí Dála nua an obair atá á dhéanamh ag Teachtaí Dála agus go bhfuil an saoire tuilte go maith acu. I am sure all the new Deputies now fully realise something they might not have realised this time last year,...

Order of Business (16 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I hope that Deputies will have an opportunity to spend some time with their families as well as looking after their constituencies. I wish to record thanks to all the staff of the House who give us very good advice and assistance during the year. On a sadder note, there has been one death of a Member of this Dáil, the sad death during the year of Brian Lenihan, whom I know we all remember...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (15 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of any child proofing carried out by her of recent measure introduced in budget 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40324/11]

Order of Business (15 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: No, it is not agreed. We do not want to use up all of our time.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will tell the Tánaiste what my problem is.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: By taking the Appropriation Bill today, we will increase the VAT rate.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: At the mid-term, the Tánaiste told me that all 30 of the Bills on the A list would be published by 10 January 2012. A few weeks ago, the figure had dropped to 27. Will he indicate how many of the Bills on the list have been published and how many are expected to be published by 10 January?

Order of Business (15 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It appears from the Tánaiste's reply that approximately one half of the Bills on the list will have been published by 10 January 2011. Fourteen Bills have been published and a further Bill approved at Cabinet will have been published by 10 January while 15 Bills on the list will not have been published. This is a poor record and it is a poor reflection on Dáil reform that the Government...

Order of Business (15 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Does the Tánaiste believe it is acceptable that-----

Order of Business (15 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: -----more than one third of the list of Bills the Government intended to publish in this reformed Dáil will not be published? Is that a good performance?

Order of Business (15 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is not the point. The Government provided a list, which we accepted in good faith.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Tánaiste told me at mid-term that the entire list would be published. He later told me three Bills on the list would not be published. It now transpires that as many as 12 Bills will not be published by January. He does not seem to know what is going on in the Government.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It now transpires that as many as 12 Bills will not be published by January. He does not seem to know what is going on in the Government.