It is remarkable that the Seanad is talking itself into a situation where it never debates anything relevant. Time is not allocated to topical items, and we seem to debate subjects that are at times utterly irrelevant. It is not that we do not have major issues to discuss which demand time – the Broadband …
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Sean Quinn: We Salute You!
State monopolies are on the run. It is here, in the new Ireland, that we have bred fresh business heroes such as Sean Quinn. Last week, Sean Quinn bought Bupa in a lightning deal. He thus dealt the would-be state monopoly VHI a series of blows:
For a Hospital to be Located in Accordance with Political Convenience is Unacceptable
I congratulate the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Brian Lenihan, on his decision to review the location of the planned children’s hospital especially since the location proposed is the Mater Hospital, which is in the Taoiseach’s constituency Some reports suggested that it was predestined to do so, which is …
Threats to Standards and Ethos at Tallaght Hospital
While the Tallaght may be losing its children’s hospital, for some time there has been a certain amount of disillusionment in the hospital at the Government’s commitment to the agreements made in 1996.The main issue is that of tertiary paediatric care in the hospital and its removal. There is a deep feeling in Tallaght that …
Tallaght Hospital: A Critical Situation
The Tallaght hospital is in danger of being run down as plans for a new National Children’s hospital are finalised. The Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children should come to the Seanad to discuss a variety of issues. I particularly seek a debate on the Adelaide Hospital. The leaders of the Adelaide Hospital are …
What Plans are there to Prevent Deaths from TB?
Following reports of an outbreak of TB in Dublin, the time has come to pose this difficult question. As a child, I had TB and was in hospital for quite a long time. It was a depressing time and a lot of people died in beds around me. I would hate to see that sort …
BUPA Vs VHI an Ideological Clash which should be Debated
1.7.05 – Reacting to the news that Mary Harney had refused to require health insurer BUPA to subsidise its competitor VHI, I said that the Seanad should debate the subject: “I cannot understand how an issue of such controversy [as risk equalisation between the VHI and other health insurers] could be put on the back-burner …