Results 261-280 of 4,810 for speaker:Liam Twomey

Vaccination Programme. (18 Oct 2005)

Liam Twomey: Is the Minister of State saying that the 48,000 vaccines are in the cold chain at this moment, ready to be delivered to doctors' surgeries to give to children?

Vaccination Programme. (18 Oct 2005)

Liam Twomey: It was not just me. I was told in a radio interview there were no resources this year to implement this programme. There was a complete U-turn within two weeks.

Order of Business. (18 Oct 2005)

Liam Twomey: It is in the post.

Order of Business. (18 Oct 2005)

Liam Twomey: The Government will not allow the birds to be killed.

Written Answers — Voluntary Groups: Voluntary Groups (18 Oct 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 260: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she will meet the owners of Pilgrim House; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28974/05]

Written Answers — Voluntary Groups: Voluntary Groups (18 Oct 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 261: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the crisis at Pilgrim House and its ability to care for adult men with learning disabilities; the way in which this may affect other voluntary groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28975/05]

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (18 Oct 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 326: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the ambulance service for Wexford town will change from on call to on duty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29169/05]

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (18 Oct 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 327: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the ambulance control service for the south east, which is based at Wexford General Hospital, will be moved to Cork under recent plans to reorganise the health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29170/05]

Lisbon National Reform Programme: Statements (Resumed). (25 Oct 2005)

Liam Twomey: And everybody will live happy ever after.

Lisbon National Reform Programme: Statements (Resumed). (25 Oct 2005)

Liam Twomey: That is Utopia.

Health Services: Motion. (25 Oct 2005)

Liam Twomey: We often refer in this House to programmes and quote what a member of the Government or the Opposition said. The Fianna Fáil Ard-Fheis was held over the weekend. The Taoiseach appeared on a television programme on Sunday night but he did not appear to know much about what was happening with the health services in his own back yard. He was not sure what was happening with GP services or...

Health Services: Motion. (25 Oct 2005)

Liam Twomey: That appears to be the only reason the Progressive Democrats are privatising everything they lay their hands on since they got into the Department of Health and Children.

Health Services: Motion. (25 Oct 2005)

Liam Twomey: I will get to that point. Not only has the Tánaiste, Deputy Harney, blamed the nurses for many of the problems in the health services but she has also told us we have too many nurses. The Minister of State came into the House to make a speech but he made statements outside the House which confused the general public because they do not know if he wants to take responsibility for what he was...

Health Services: Motion. (25 Oct 2005)

Liam Twomey: There was also the Hollywood report, which was interesting because it took four years to publish. The Minister, Deputy Martin, told us that the report was written by experts and, therefore, radiotherapy services would only be available in Cork, Galway and Dublin. The Tánaiste, Deputy Harney, then came into office and did a U-turn on it. She said radiotherapy services could be provided in...

Health Services: Motion. (25 Oct 2005)

Liam Twomey: There is then the gold standard of Government policy on health services, the health strategy, Quality and Fairness: A Health System for You. If ever a policy has not been implemented, it is that one. In some respects, the Minister of State suffers from a worse crisis than that of which he accused the Opposition. He has more than enough policies but he just cannot appear to implement any of...

Health Services: Motion. (25 Oct 2005)

Liam Twomey: The reality is they are not available. People are still lying on trolleys and it is no good telling them that if they come back next week they will get a bed. That is the problem. There are not 800 extra beds in the system. I got a reply from the HSE a month ago which indicated that there were less than 650 new beds in the system since 2001, the exact figure promised by the Government by the...

Health Services: Motion. (25 Oct 2005)

Liam Twomey: They are counting everything. I love the comment about the National Treatment Purchase Fund sanitising the waiting lists to make them acceptable to the Government when it runs in the next general election. The Minister must be realistic. The most important thing to patients is the length of time they must wait from the time the general practitioner writes a letter of referral for them to when...

Health Services: Motion. (25 Oct 2005)

Liam Twomey: What about the 30,000 people waiting for their medical card since the beginning of January? The Minister of State cannot blame that on the GPs because that was his own problem. People should stop being unrealistic and lying to the people. In his contribution, the Minister of State, Deputy Seán Power, talked about the 850 additional long-stay beds. He then referred to "a medium-term service...

Health Services: Motion. (25 Oct 2005)

Liam Twomey: He was too busy getting his picture taken. The only reason we have seen changes is because the matter was raised consistently in the House. The Government response referred to a specific focus on the needs of older people and the development of a long-term care policy, including the preparation of clear standards for nursing home care. When the Leas Cross crisis broke before the summer...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Liam Twomey: The Minister of State should just answer the question.