Results 401-420 of 2,137 for speaker:Jerry Cowley

Offshore Islands. (29 Jun 2005)

Jerry Cowley: I welcome the Minister's reply because many people on the island in question believe the cable car project is dead. I acknowledge his comments in this regard and welcome any progress on the project. The late Pól Ó Foighil — God be good to him — was very proactive on this issue and the Minister has visited the island on many occasions. I also welcome improvements in the piers and in...

Offshore Islands. (29 Jun 2005)

Jerry Cowley: I appreciate that the Minister was on the island and that he is sincere but people have been waiting for so long that they do not believe what they are told. Dedicated helicopter emergency medical services would make people feel much more secure on the islands. The Minister knows of the tragedies that have occurred on the islands. There is currently a delay in getting the definitive medical...

Offshore Islands. (29 Jun 2005)

Jerry Cowley: When they are available to give the service.

Offshore Islands. (29 Jun 2005)

Jerry Cowley: It is not just a question of availability but having the right equipment to do the job. People have been become hypothermic while waiting for intensive care medical treatment that helicopter emergency medical services would have but the Air Corps and search and rescue units do not have. I worked on Clare Island and Inishturk and I can vouch for the fact that while the service is welcome, it...

Offshore Islands. (29 Jun 2005)

Jerry Cowley: It is particularly important for the islands.

Offshore Islands. (29 Jun 2005)

Jerry Cowley: That is true.

G8 Summit and Overseas Development Aid: Motion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)

Jerry Cowley: I congratulate the Green Party for putting forward this composite motion, spelling out clearly the deficiencies in what we are doing for our poorer brethren of the world. We must have a conscience about this matter because Ireland was a country where entire families were wiped out by TB and it was ravaged by famine and emigration through which so much of our population was decimated. These...

G8 Summit and Overseas Development Aid: Motion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Offshore Islands: Offshore Islands (29 Jun 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will consider introducing a scheme where island residents who are mentally or physically impaired are offered a relocation and rehousing option in the mainland to enable them to avail of necessary services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22672/05]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (29 Jun 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress she has made on the institution of BreastCheck services following the insertion of tenders in the [i]EU Journal[/i] for the design stage of BreastCheck; the progress made in view of the continuing mortality due to the lack of this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22977/05]

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (29 Jun 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress she has made in the establishment of an all-Ireland helicopter emergency medical service as recommended by the HEMS feasibility study consultants report (details supplied); if she has completed discussions with other Departments on the matter; if there has been any recent meeting held about establishing this...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Jun 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if thousands of Mayo patients will obtain long overdue rheumatology services; when a Mayo rheumatology unit will be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23482/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Jun 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the situation whereby persons are waiting in excess of five years for a urology appointment; her further views on whether the establishment of a consultant urology unit at Mayo General Hospital is the only acceptable solution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23483/05]

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (29 Jun 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a 24 hour ambulance will be located in the three areas of Tuam, west Roscommon, Achill-Mulranny and Ballycroy; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that lives are being lost and put in jeopardy due to the considerable time lapse which is involved in an ambulance arriving to take an ill person to hospital; when...

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (29 Jun 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a 24 hour ambulance will be located in the west Roscommon area; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that lives are being lost and put in jeopardy due to the considerable time lapse which is involved in an ambulance arriving to take an ill person to hospital; when an ambulance base will be provided in this...

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (29 Jun 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a 24 hour ambulance will be located in the Achill-Mulranny and Ballycroy area; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that lives are being lost and put in jeopardy due to the considerable time lapse which is involved in an ambulance arriving to take an ill person to hospital; when an ambulance base will be...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (29 Jun 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the national cervical cancer screening service will be instituted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23488/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (29 Jun 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the Hanly report is unacceptable when it means that Mayo General Hospital will be deprived of essential consultant inpatient services and, as a result, large waiting lists exist for these specialists with persons having to wait years for essential specialist services; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (29 Jun 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Question 433: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the OPW has concluded the soil sampling on the proposed site for the new school to replace a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the site selection process has been completed; if the new school building will be a permanent building; if an allocation will be made from the capital programme 2005; if she will pursue this...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (30 Jun 2005)

Jerry Cowley: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the scandalous jailing of five Rossport residents who have been in mortal fear of their lives and the lives of their families due to the imposition of a potentially lethal gas pipeline on their lands and who have done no wrong except to assert their right to be left in peace in their own homes....