Results 3,061-3,080 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Supports (4 Mar 2014)

Barry Cowen: 149. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Industrial Development Agency have acted to improve their commitment to the County Offaly region including the Edenderry area which can take specific advantage of their accessibility to Dublin and the eastern region with the new Edenderry/Enfield Link Road. [10904/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (4 Mar 2014)

Barry Cowen: 188. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria she will use to select private contractors to implement the JobPath plans; the amount of money proposed to be spent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10653/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Scheme Grants (4 Mar 2014)

Barry Cowen: 276. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the subsidy for private group water schemes; if he will provide in tabular form the total spent on such subsidies on a county basis in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10654/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (4 Mar 2014)

Barry Cowen: 440. To ask the Minister for Health to advise how the number of hours worked by agency nurses and level of spending on agency nursing in the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, compares to employed staff who worked the same hours at the hospital in 2013. [10665/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (4 Mar 2014)

Barry Cowen: 441. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce agency spend at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore; and how he will implement them. [10666/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (4 Mar 2014)

Barry Cowen: 442. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to replace nurses who have resigned or retired from the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore as there has been a reduction of 63 nurses since 2009 but activity has increased by between 25% and 30%. [10667/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (4 Mar 2014)

Barry Cowen: 444. To ask the Minister for Health the way he intends to maintain patient safety and deliver quality care at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore where the skill mix and nursing numbers are inadequate owing to the continuing recruitment embargo which means experienced staff with a wide range of skill sets are not replaced by similar new staff. [10669/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (4 Mar 2014)

Barry Cowen: 445. To ask the Minister for Health if management at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore is fulfilling its duty to provide a safe place of work when nursing staff are unable to take meal breaks as per health and safety legislation and the Organisation of Working Time Act. [10670/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Mar 2014)

Barry Cowen: 443. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to open the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore to full capacity to deal with demand, reduce trolley waiting times and ensure all patients are treated in the designated patient areas, as the current capacity at the hospital is 322 but only 259 beds are open. [10668/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Mar 2014)

Barry Cowen: 446. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm there are adequate experienced nursing staff on duty to train, teach and mentor junior colleagues and students at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [10671/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Mar 2014)

Barry Cowen: 447. To ask the Minister for Health the reason elective admissions are now given the same priority as patients waiting for hours on trolleys in the emergency department at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [10672/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Mar 2014)

Barry Cowen: 448. To ask the Minister for Health the way the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore defends the practice of placing extra beds in treatment rooms on a daily basis while there are beds closed in the hospital. [10673/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Mar 2014)

Barry Cowen: 449. To ask the Minister for Health if the overcrowding and understaffing at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore has a negative effect on infection rates in the hospital. [10674/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Mar 2014)

Barry Cowen: 450. To ask the Minister for Health if the number of patient falls at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore increased over the past 12 months. [10675/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Mar 2014)

Barry Cowen: 451. To ask the Minister for Health if the number of complaints from the public has increased as a result of reduced staffing numbers and reduced skill mix at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [10676/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (4 Mar 2014)

Barry Cowen: 452. To ask the Minister for Health in regards to the Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore if activity has increased; if the average length of stay has reduced; if the age profile has increased and the number of patients admitted on the same day as their surgery has increased; the way in which it is possible for the hospital to operate at a safe level when nursing numbers have reduced. [10677/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (4 Mar 2014)

Barry Cowen: 489. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that funding will be provided to ensure a premises (details supplied) in County Offaly will be operated to its full capacity. [10903/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance Issues (4 Mar 2014)

Barry Cowen: 496. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is in receipt of a report from Offaly County Council outlining the damage to regional, county and local roads resulting from recent severe weather; if funding will be provided to address the necessary repairs; his views based on the fact that up to 40% of County Offaly roads are built on peat foundation, that a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (5 Mar 2014)

Barry Cowen: 93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm, following the loss of the jobs initiative scheme in Offaly County Council, which provided works on graveyards and cemeteries throughout the county, whether it will be replaced by the Gateway pilot programme which is currently being run on a pilot basis by Dublin City Council; and, if so, the timeframe envisaged. [11064/14]

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Barry Cowen: As a democratic and republican party, we are obliged, and acknowledge, that our people are sovereign and we will always accept their will. We did so graciously after the last general election. We respected the people's decision and we wished the present Government well; yes with a heavy heart, but in the circumstances one had to hope it would live up to the expectations and trust placed in...