Results 2,741-2,760 of 2,965 for speaker:Robert Dowds
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2014
2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39: Health Service Executive
Chapter 19: Compliance with Prompt Payment Legislation in the Health Sector
Chapter 20: Management of Private Patient Income in the Health Sector
Chapter 21: Control over the Supply of High-Tech Drugs and Medicines (22 Oct 2015) Robert Dowds: What does "red-circling" mean?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2014
2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39: Health Service Executive
Chapter 19: Compliance with Prompt Payment Legislation in the Health Sector
Chapter 20: Management of Private Patient Income in the Health Sector
Chapter 21: Control over the Supply of High-Tech Drugs and Medicines (22 Oct 2015) Robert Dowds: Presumably, that is because of legal obligations.
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2014
2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39: Health Service Executive
Chapter 19: Compliance with Prompt Payment Legislation in the Health Sector
Chapter 20: Management of Private Patient Income in the Health Sector
Chapter 21: Control over the Supply of High-Tech Drugs and Medicines (22 Oct 2015) Robert Dowds: On the issue of payment to suppliers of drugs, I note from the report that there was an increase in spend from €315 million to €468 million between 2013 and 2014. Can the HSE explain that? In replying to me, can the deputation refer to the progress of the HSE in terms of trying to reduce the spend on drugs? It is also a Government aim to reduce the spend on drugs, given that...
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2014
2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39: Health Service Executive
Chapter 19: Compliance with Prompt Payment Legislation in the Health Sector
Chapter 20: Management of Private Patient Income in the Health Sector
Chapter 21: Control over the Supply of High-Tech Drugs and Medicines (22 Oct 2015) Robert Dowds: Is that because those drugs have only come on the market or is it because we have a little more flexibility now in terms of spend on health and other areas?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2014
2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39: Health Service Executive
Chapter 19: Compliance with Prompt Payment Legislation in the Health Sector
Chapter 20: Management of Private Patient Income in the Health Sector
Chapter 21: Control over the Supply of High-Tech Drugs and Medicines (22 Oct 2015) Robert Dowds: Can Mr. Hennessy give me examples of the drugs for which we have seen significant decreases?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2014
2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39: Health Service Executive
Chapter 19: Compliance with Prompt Payment Legislation in the Health Sector
Chapter 20: Management of Private Patient Income in the Health Sector
Chapter 21: Control over the Supply of High-Tech Drugs and Medicines (22 Oct 2015) Robert Dowds: Does Mr. Hennessy foresee work to reduce further the cost of other drugs as well?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2014
2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39: Health Service Executive
Chapter 19: Compliance with Prompt Payment Legislation in the Health Sector
Chapter 20: Management of Private Patient Income in the Health Sector
Chapter 21: Control over the Supply of High-Tech Drugs and Medicines (22 Oct 2015) Robert Dowds: How long will that take?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2014
2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39: Health Service Executive
Chapter 19: Compliance with Prompt Payment Legislation in the Health Sector
Chapter 20: Management of Private Patient Income in the Health Sector
Chapter 21: Control over the Supply of High-Tech Drugs and Medicines (22 Oct 2015) Robert Dowds: Why have we been so slow to get to this stage? By comparison with other countries we have been very slow to go down this track.
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2014
2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39: Health Service Executive
Chapter 19: Compliance with Prompt Payment Legislation in the Health Sector
Chapter 20: Management of Private Patient Income in the Health Sector
Chapter 21: Control over the Supply of High-Tech Drugs and Medicines (22 Oct 2015) Robert Dowds: Why is that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2014
2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39: Health Service Executive
Chapter 19: Compliance with Prompt Payment Legislation in the Health Sector
Chapter 20: Management of Private Patient Income in the Health Sector
Chapter 21: Control over the Supply of High-Tech Drugs and Medicines (22 Oct 2015) Robert Dowds: Is that simply lethargy in a bureaucracy?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2014
2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39: Health Service Executive
Chapter 19: Compliance with Prompt Payment Legislation in the Health Sector
Chapter 20: Management of Private Patient Income in the Health Sector
Chapter 21: Control over the Supply of High-Tech Drugs and Medicines (22 Oct 2015) Robert Dowds: Mr. O'Brien is effectively saying that beforehand, the Government did not put the pressure on to do anything about it. It that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2014
2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39: Health Service Executive
Chapter 19: Compliance with Prompt Payment Legislation in the Health Sector
Chapter 20: Management of Private Patient Income in the Health Sector
Chapter 21: Control over the Supply of High-Tech Drugs and Medicines (22 Oct 2015) Robert Dowds: I have a general question. What effort has been made in hospitals to prevent waste of supplies and equipment and so on? When I discuss this with nurses working in hospitals, they regularly refer to packages being opened but only one or two of the contents being used, while the rest are effectively thrown out in the end. I am unsure to what extent that is a major problem but it strikes me...
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2014
2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39: Health Service Executive
Chapter 19: Compliance with Prompt Payment Legislation in the Health Sector
Chapter 20: Management of Private Patient Income in the Health Sector
Chapter 21: Control over the Supply of High-Tech Drugs and Medicines (22 Oct 2015) Robert Dowds: Is there statistical evidence of improvement?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2014
2014 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39: Health Service Executive
Chapter 19: Compliance with Prompt Payment Legislation in the Health Sector
Chapter 20: Management of Private Patient Income in the Health Sector
Chapter 21: Control over the Supply of High-Tech Drugs and Medicines (22 Oct 2015) Robert Dowds: My concern in asking this question is to have as much money available for front-line health services as possible. No matter how wealthy this country becomes we will never have enough money for health, so it is important that it is used wisely and to best effect for patients.
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (3 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: 167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will clearly outline the process for getting a personal public service number on her Department's website. [37330/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (3 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: 268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why the system of acquiring personal public service numbers for non-Irish citizens was changed recently, whereby such persons now have to pre-arrange an interview online; and the reason this change was not indicated beforehand on her Department's website. [38300/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Personal Public Service Numbers (3 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: 286. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason it is necessary to get a personal public service number for a deceased foreigner who is leaving a legacy to an Irish relative; and if he will ensure that the process for getting such a legacy is simplified. [37331/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (3 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: 371. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action he will take to tackle the problem of zero hour contracts. [38302/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (3 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: 528. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that persons visiting the Garda Síochána National Immigration Bureau offices receive information in the location of the processes involved, in terms of both getting work and getting a personal public service number. [37332/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (3 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: 599. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the conditions under which a Kosovan national living in Germany may come to live here, in order to become a carer for a disabled Irish person. [38303/15]