Results 201-220 of 2,450 for speaker:Kevin O'Keeffe

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (8 Nov 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 300. To ask the Minister for Health the reason children in County Cork who require orthotics are subjected to a long waiting list when this is not the case in other counties; and the reason orthotics for children in County Cork are under funded. [33315/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (8 Nov 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 301. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist in making orthotics available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [33316/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Nov 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 302. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the delays in relation to staffing at a hospital (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the delay in having all staff in place is resulting in a delay in the commencement of the new double kidney and pancreas transplant programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33319/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (8 Nov 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 335. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to intervene in a hospital (details supplied) to ensure that staff payroll is not reduced. [33461/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (8 Nov 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 342. To ask the Minister for Health if annual funding to a hospital (details supplied) has been reduced in respect of its day-to-day running costs. [33494/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Nov 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 343. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist a community hospital (details supplied) in County Cork. [33496/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Eligibility (8 Nov 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 407. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help for a person (details supplied). [33791/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (8 Nov 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 408. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in reopening beds at a hospital (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that these beds are urgently needed; and if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the deadline to reopen these beds has now passed. [33792/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (8 Nov 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider making the 70% advance payment to farmers on the basic payment scheme and the greening to those whose payments are delayed due to digitisation, partnerships and inspection cases and so on as this will greatly assist farmers in the current income crisis at farm level and any penalties found can be deducted from...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (8 Nov 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in having a basic farm payment issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [33429/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (8 Nov 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite a payment due to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [33707/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transfer of Entitlements (8 Nov 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite payment to persons (details supplied) in County Cork. [33724/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism and Competitiveness Strategy: Discussion (9 Nov 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I am delighted to see an all-Ireland approach. All of the points have been raised in the submissions and everybody is singing from the same hymn sheet on the 9% VAT rate, the aviation regulation framework and tourism promotion such as the Titanic Experience and Ireland's Ancient East. The only flaw I see across the way is that I am looking at six men. It is ironic in this day of equal...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I am delighted to be speaking today. We all know that Fianna Fáil had an input into the budget, but it is not our budget. When we put pressure on the Minister to give a €5 increase to senior citizens, he was quick to come back and cover himself by advocating a €5 increase to all social welfare recipients, including jobseekers, carers and others. It has to be welcomed but...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (10 Nov 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 224. To ask the Minister for Health if an admission date will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [34115/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Applications (10 Nov 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 229. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist in expediting an application submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [34146/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility (15 Nov 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 465. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the criteria in which certain persons (details supplied) awaiting cataract procedures with an ophthalmologist can avail of the National Treatment Purchase Fund at an earlier stage. [34527/16]

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I am delighted to be afforded the opportunity to speak today. I thank my colleagues on the Independent benches for bringing forward this Private Members' motion. I have no wish to repeat what has already been said. I support the retention of post offices, but, moreover, I call for reinstatement of the post offices that have been closed in rural communities throughout the country. Post...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Infrastructure Programme: Discussion. (16 Nov 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: The route is 80 km so it will not be built overnight. Could it be done on a lead-go basis? In other words, could Mallow be the first location and build north and south from that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Infrastructure Programme: Discussion. (16 Nov 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: In fairness, it was brought to compulsory purchase order, CPO, stage many years ago. My point is that the road will not be built overnight, but can we get a priority commitment today that the Mallow bypass section of the motorway would be where it starts first? It covers a major interchange of the N72 and N73, for traffic heading east-west from Mitchelstown to Fermoy to Killarney in the...