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Written Answers — Croke Park Agreement: Croke Park Agreement (16 Nov 2011)

Liam Twomey: Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health the aspects of the Croke Park agreement, such as an 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. working day and a 5-7 workday week, that have been implemented; the areas of the health service in which this is happening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34965/11]

Written Answers — Croke Park Agreement: Croke Park Agreement (16 Nov 2011)

Liam Twomey: Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health how the Health Service Executive intends monitoring quicker discharge of patients, particularly at weekends by hospital consultants; the other changes to consultants' work practices envisaged under the Croke Park agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34966/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (23 Nov 2011)

Liam Twomey: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if finger print scanning equipment that has been purchased by her is being used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36207/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2011)

Liam Twomey: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will protect the half payment to carers already in receipt of a social welfare payment as a recognition of the role they play in assisting the State in the care of the most vulnerable in our society; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36208/11]

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (1 Dec 2011)

Liam Twomey: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who have gone missing while in care between January and July 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38111/11]

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (1 Dec 2011)

Liam Twomey: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who have died while in care between January and July 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38112/11]

Written Answers — Security of the Elderly: Security of the Elderly (6 Dec 2011)

Liam Twomey: Question 223: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will remove the obligation for a means test in view of the fact that it discourages elderly persons from applying for senior alert scheme alarms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38739/11]

Rural Areas: Motion (13 Dec 2011)

Liam Twomey: I was quoting the Minister.

Rural Areas: Motion (13 Dec 2011)

Liam Twomey: We have three stations.

Rural Areas: Motion (13 Dec 2011)

Liam Twomey: The Deputy should put them in touch with me.

Rural Areas: Motion (13 Dec 2011)

Liam Twomey: The Deputy needs to widen his circle of friends.

Rural Areas: Motion (13 Dec 2011)

Liam Twomey: Reading the motion, it is difficult to see what is Fianna Fáil's policy into the future given it is trying to ingratiate itself with the public it so badly let down in recent years. It seems to be a mixture of the use of fear to get people on-side and perhaps going back to the territory of comely maidens dancing at the crossroads. Younger generations, and not so young generations, laughed...

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2011)

Liam Twomey: I support the Minister's efforts to reform local government and make it work for citizens. Having been the Fine Gael Party spokesperson on environment and local government while in opposition, he knows the issues inside out. It would have been useful if Sinn Féin Deputies had remained for the debate given that their party is the only political party represented in the House which has...

Advance Healthcare Decisions Bill 2012: First Stage (12 Jan 2012)

Liam Twomey: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the making of medical treatment decisions in advance by competent persons with the intention of those decisions subsequently providing for the withholding of care at a time when the person loses competence to make treatment decisions; to amend the Powers of Attorney Act 1996 to allow for attorneys under that act...

Advance Healthcare Decisions Bill 2012: First Stage (12 Jan 2012)

Liam Twomey: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Departmental Expenditure (24 Jan 2012)

Liam Twomey: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if focusing cuts in expenditure on the non pay element of public expenditure is having a disproportionate impact on service provision; if there are any plans on reducing payroll costs, other than reduction in numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3320/12]

Written Answers — Public Service Agreements: Public Service Agreements (24 Jan 2012)

Liam Twomey: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the implementation of the Croke Park agreement is on track to deliver the expected savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3319/12]

Proposed Statutory Instrument on Copyright: Statements (31 Jan 2012)

Liam Twomey: I commend the Minister of State on what he is doing because we are trying to address a very difficult issue. Could this instrument have a significant effect on an ISP? ISPs are vital to our future. How might the statutory instrument have an impact on businesses? Will the Minister of State comment on whether a company could use the cost of an injunction to bully an ISP into an action that...

Health Service Plan 2012: Statements (Resumed) (1 Feb 2012)

Liam Twomey: I have been a doctor for 20 years and have been in politics for ten years. It is amazing when one switches from the Opposition to the Government side the arguments seldom change.

Health Service Plan 2012: Statements (Resumed) (1 Feb 2012)

Liam Twomey: The solutions are far more important at this time. In the time I have been involved in politics I have seen some progressive changes in the health services and I work with the dedicated public service to which Deputy Nulty referred on a regular basis. Even in the decade I have been in politics, the problems with the use of computers and IT in the health service have not been addressed. We...