Results 501-520 of 4,810 for speaker:Liam Twomey

Departmental Bodies. (2 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: The HSE was established to bring reform to the health services — that is not to say it brought reform to the Government. Under the code of practice for State bodies, which the Tánaiste has outlined, the HSE has fulfilled its part. It gave the Tánaiste the service plan, which was laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas. When was the service plan placed on the website of the Department of...

EU Directives. (2 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: I fully support what the Tánaiste is doing regarding public-only contracts, but the European working time directive must be teased out. We must fill people in. Neither the Tánaiste nor I can wait either the ten or the 25 years mentioned to get working health services. Do we need a new consultants' contract that includes the present consultants? Do we need a new work regime for junior...

EU Directives. (2 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: Twelve years after this directive was first mooted, we will now get nine pilot schemes which will not even reduce the non-consultant hospital doctors' hours to the level expected by 2004. Hence, in order to reduce Members' concerns about the impact on the health service in the coming years, what is planned? The Tánaiste mentioned Canada. If we want to establish a consultant-led service, how...

Vaccination Programme. (2 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: They are minor.

Health and Safety Regulations. (2 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: This refers to a recent parliamentary question which stated the Health and Safety Authority is focusing on the existence and implementation of a comprehensive infection control policy. I seek a bit of background on this. What we are focusing on here is the significant increase in cases of MRSA, the increase in cases of tuberculosis — a recent report stated there were 300 cases in Dublin...

Eating Disorders. (2 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: I would love to move on the next question, which addresses the €40 million spent on the development plan for the Mater Misericordiae Hospital before it was terminated but I must refer to this issue. There was a significant row earlier about the poor quality of replies to parliamentary questions referred to the HSE. It is a cause of huge concern for Opposition Members. This question is...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (2 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 12: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the Mater and Children's Hospital development plan proceeded to the point of tendering for the development when a major flaw regarding the development of tertiary children's facilities stopped the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8356/06]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (2 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 45: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if previous plans to move the acute psychiatric unit in St. Sinan's Hospital to Wexford General Hospital are now being rejected, due to the new report of the expert group on mental health policy, A Vision For Change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8373/06]

Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: A lot done, more to do.

Whistleblowers Protection Bill 1999: Motion. (7 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: I wish to share time with Deputies O'Dowd and Timmins. I am disappointed that the Minister has left the House, although I have nothing against the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Michael Ahern. It would be very apt for the Minister to be present in the House for this legislation because he was one of the architects of the current rudderless...

Lourdes Hospital Inquiry: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: The Government has been found wanting in terms of the recommendations of this report, many of which have been promised on many occasions but were never implemented. There will be no cultural change in the medical services unless we make it happen. As a doctor, I am disgusted by what I read in the report about the actions of one doctor and the support given to him by other consultants. Doctor...

Lourdes Hospital Inquiry: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: Is Deputy Martin and the rest of the Government paying lip service to what is happening? There is a need for robust management within the health service. People such as Dr. Ambrose McLoughlin and Dr. Finbar Lennon put their necks on the line to get this through. That same robust management does not exist right across the health care service. Management is still intimidated by consultants and...

Lourdes Hospital Inquiry: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: Everything is in the past with this Government and everything else is in the future. When the Cabinet was reshuffled in September 2004 I thought we had a change of Government because people were running around stating that everything was going to change. There have been more pronouncements about what will happen in future than action taken in the past five years. That is playing politics with...

Lourdes Hospital Inquiry: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: Some of those were completed this year. How can we expect confidence to be restored? I hope the Government will take some of these points on board. We need more clarity on the content of the report, although Judge Harding Clark did a very good job. She highlighted many things that happened in the past and made proposals for the future. Concerns remain over the theft of the charts, which the...

Written Answers — Health Statistics: Health Statistics (21 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 258: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason her Department has not published a complete health statistics report since 2002; the contact details and the person who is responsible for this exercise; if it is the Health Service Executive or her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10751/06]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (22 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 235: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will consider a fourth teacher for a school (details supplied) in County Wexford in view of the fact that it has a projected figure of 94 pupils for September 2006, which will exceed the figure to justify a fourth teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11141/06]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (22 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has considered a second post-primary school for Gorey town; the stage planning is at; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11145/06]

Care of the Elderly: Statements. (23 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: I wish to share my time with Deputy McCormack. There is no commitment from the Government to care of the elderly. What the Government has been doing in terms of elderly care is seriously lacking, particularly given that it has been in power for the past nine years. There is a growing sense that the Government suffers from inertia, complacency or does not know what it is doing, as far as care...

Care of the Elderly: Statements. (23 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: It might help if the Minister set up a website.

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (23 Mar 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he will take to lower costs for businesses, which include insurance costs that are 20% higher than those in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11349/06]