Results 281-300 of 2,450 for speaker:Kevin O'Keeffe

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Administration (13 Dec 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 492. To ask the Minister for Health if in the case of person (details supplied) he will consider including specific food items under the long-term illness card. [39964/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (13 Dec 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 655. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status regarding the provision of funding for a youth officer for Mitchelstown, County Cork. [39405/16]

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2016: Motion (14 Dec 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I, too, welcome this motion. The horse and greyhound sectors are important industries to the economy. The money being proposed is welcome. Many families supplement their incomes from their involvement in the horse and greyhound sector. It has to be welcomed. It shows we are backing the industry. Deputy Cahill mentioned the bookmakers. I wholeheartedly agree with him. It causes...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (14 Dec 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason special funding was not paid to a school (details supplied) in view of serious difficulties which arose in early 2016. [40219/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (14 Dec 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied). [40231/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Motorised Transport Grant Closure (14 Dec 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 141. To ask the Minister for Health the stage that has been reached in respect of the preparation of legislation to reintroduce the motorised transport grant scheme. [40234/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (14 Dec 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 150. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider approving the freestyle libre on the long-term illness scheme (details supplied) [40211/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (14 Dec 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 151. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for an urgent appointment to be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [40216/16]

Road Traffic Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I fully support the amendment. In this day and age, we must have a system that can be efficient in passing information from one sector of the courts system to the Garda. The Minister should look upon this more urgently. It is pointless having checkpoints if the Garda files are not being updated from the court system. I support the inclusion of the amendment.

Road Traffic Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: May I speak?

Road Traffic Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: As Deputy Eugene Murphy said, we are in the era of modern technology. The biggest problem is defining the use of mobile phones. The easiest part of a mobile phone is the talking part, but there is an issue with getting a number. With a hands-free kit in the car, keying a phone number into the dash is what causes the danger, not talking on the phone. Defining the use of the mobile phone...

Road Traffic Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I move amendment No. 15:“Regulation of Rickshaws 38. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by—(a) substituting the following for the definition of “public service vehicle”:“ ‘public service vehicle’ means a mechanically propelled, battery assisted, pedal propelled or non-mechanically propelled vehicle used for the carriage of persons for...

Road Traffic Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I know the Acting Chairman did.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Although I do not condone what is happening in Apollo House, I have sympathy. Housing applicants in my constituency ring me day in day out saying they are already threatening to break down the doors of empty properties in my constituency that have been vacant for a long time already. The onus is on the providers and owners to get off their butts and get something done about making these...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Much of what I want to say has already been said, but I wish to reiterate a number of points. The Minister is stabbing local authorities in the back. Previous speakers have mentioned how much the role of local authorities has been diminished. The Minister seems to be further diminishing it and I am very disappointed to see this. Planners who worked through the previous ten or 15 years did...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: It made good planning decisions and bad planning decisions. Through the years, previous Governments have addressed many issues, such as fair play, and these have been taken on board. I ask the Minister to give local authorities fair play in this development.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (17 Jan 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 1124. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for a person (details supplied) to be assessed in regard to the supply of a special chair. [1074/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Grant (17 Jan 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 1137. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to have respite care made available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork [1138/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Jan 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 1172. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment can be arranged for a person (details supplied). [1260/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (17 Jan 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 1333. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the ongoing delay in arranging a new appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork whose previous appointment was cancelled by the hospital nearly two years ago. [1826/17]