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Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Recognition of Medical Qualifications. (9 Oct 2002)

Ivor Callely: I welcome the opportunity of making my first visit to the House as Minister of State. I compliment Senator Henry on the statement which she has so knowledgeably and eloquently presented. I also thank her for her positive leadership in supporting a "Yes" vote in the forthcoming Nice referendum. Senator Henry and I have worked well together on a number of issues and we usually find ourselves on...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Morton Stadium. (17 Oct 2002)

Ivor Callely: I thank Senator Terry for raising this matter on the Adjournment and for the opportunity to address the issues involved. I will be correcting some of the Senator's statements and there will be good news for her. I congratulate Senator Terry on her election to the Upper House. The Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism and his Department are fully aware and appreciative of the unique role that...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Cancer Screening Services. (17 Oct 2002)

Ivor Callely: I congratulate Senator Coonan and wish him success in the Upper House. I thank the Senator for raising this matter on the Adjournment and for giving me an opportunity to set out the position in relation to the development of breast cancer services generally and in the Mid-Western Health Board area. It is an issue I raised on many occasions in the past when we had no services whatsoever in...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Cancer Screening Services. (17 Oct 2002)

Ivor Callely: I understand from the information available to me that mammography services are available at Ennis, Nenagh and the Mid-Western Regional Hospital. I will bring this to the attention of the Department and I will have somebody make contact with the Senator later today or early tomorrow to clarify the situation.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Job Losses. (17 Oct 2002)

Ivor Callely: I thank Senator Bradford for very eloquently and passionately putting his case, including reference to the wider context of the fertiliser industry generally. The Tánaiste would very much like to be here but, unfortunately, she is unable to be present because of other commitments. The Minister of State, Deputy Michael Ahern, who responded to an Adjournment Debate on this issue last night in...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Hospitals Building Programme. (12 Nov 2002)

Ivor Callely: I thank Senator Finucane for raising the issue of St. Ita's Hospital, Newcastle West. He is correct that I was happy to take the opportunity to visit the facility. I welcome his latter remarks because I do not follow other people, I usually set new agendas.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Hospitals Building Programme. (12 Nov 2002)

Ivor Callely: The provision of health services in County Limerick is a matter for the Mid-Western Health Board. It is a matter for the board to decide its priorities within the national development plan allocation it received. The Mid-Western Health Board has been notified of indicative funding of €20 million under the NDP for services for older people.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Hospitals Building Programme. (12 Nov 2002)

Ivor Callely: I would not like to put the costs on record because the figures are not available to me. If I had been aware of the question before coming into the House, I would have been able to do so. I will write to the Senator providing full details in that regard.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Hospitals Building Programme. (12 Nov 2002)

Ivor Callely: That is my understanding. I am anxious to see this project proceed.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Hospital Services. (12 Nov 2002)

Ivor Callely: I thank the Senator for raising this matter on the Adjournment and for giving me this opportunity to set out the current position in relation to the development of breast cancer services generally and in the Mid-Western Health Board in particular. I also thank the Senator for outlining the background to this matter.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Hospital Services. (12 Nov 2002)

Ivor Callely: I note the Senator's concern that there will be a minimum wait in excess of two years. If that is so, she should please let me know because that is not my understanding. The service provider in the area is the Mid-Western Health Board which has provided us with this information. I have been advised that there is rapid access to a consultant surgeon. If that is not the position, the Senator...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Hospital Services. (12 Nov 2002)

Ivor Callely: I will not preside over unacceptable delays. A weekly multidisciplinary meeting commenced in June 2001 and is attended by all relevant members of the team. Financial approval has recently issued to the Mid-Western Health Board for the appointment of a general surgeon with a special interest in breast surgery. In addition, two breast-care nurses have been appointed to Limerick Regional...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Hospital Services. (12 Nov 2002)

Ivor Callely: Of course.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Clinical Psychology Courses. (12 Nov 2002)

Ivor Callely: I want to outline the background to this issue of the funding of the postgraduate course in clinical psychology in Trinity College Dublin. In 1995, the Department of Health and Children agreed that there should be a review of psychological services in the health service. For a number of reasons it was not until the second half of 1999 that the group commenced detailed work on its agenda....

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Oviedo Convention. (4 Dec 2002)

Ivor Callely: I thank Senator Henry for raising this important issue and I concur with many of the sentiments she expressed. Some years ago the cloning of Dolly the sheep generated international concern that the technique used might be extended to the cloning of human beings. Recent reports about the impending birth of a cloned human baby remind us that we are living in a time of major and rapid change in...

Seanad: Adjournment Matter. - Adoption Arrangements. (5 Dec 2002)

Ivor Callely: I thank Senator Minihan for raising this important matter and I concur with many of his comments on the substantive issue involved. My colleague, Deputy Brian Lenihan, Minister of State with responsibility for children, has been advised by the Adoption Board that it wrote to the Vietnamese Minister for Justice, who has responsibility for adoption matters, in November 2001, January 2002 and...

Seanad: Adjournment Matter. - Midlands Ambulance Service. (11 Dec 2002)

Ivor Callely: I thank the Senator for giving me the opportunity to clarify the position in relation to non-co-operation by emergency medical technicians with on-call pre-hospital emergency care rostering arrangements at ambulance stations in the Midland Health Board region. It would be remiss of me not to respond to some of the points raised by him. He said morale of health workers was at an all-time low....

Seanad: Adjournment Matter. - Midlands Ambulance Service. (11 Dec 2002)

Ivor Callely: —where possible, increased the number of professional and support personnel, extended the medical card scheme to all persons over the age of 70 years, reduced waiting lists and improved the procedures for elective surgery.

Seanad: Adjournment Matter. - Midlands Ambulance Service. (11 Dec 2002)

Ivor Callely: Those are only some of the improvements that have been made in the health service. I could spend a good deal of time outlining all the improvements that have been made and would be happy to focus on the improvements that have been made in the Midland Health Board area, if the Senator would like me to do so.

Seanad: Adjournment Matter. - Midlands Ambulance Service. (11 Dec 2002)

Ivor Callely: The Senator asked about the position regarding the EMTs. It is important that he should have factual information. I invite him to avail of this information from my office at any time on any health issue.