Results 541-560 of 1,227 for speaker:Derek Keating
- Topical Issue Debate: Garda Transport (21 Feb 2013)
Derek Keating: I thank the Minister of State and ask him to convey my thanks to the Minister for Justice and Equality. Not only was the Minister of State's reply comprehensive, but it was also revealing. An additional €3 million was provided last year, the total figure being €4 million. In addition, an estimated €5 million will be provided in 2013. I am mindful of the pressures that...
- Meath East By-election: Issue of Writ (5 Mar 2013)
Derek Keating: It is only two years since Fianna Fáil left all those problems behind.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2013)
Derek Keating: Like the party did in the North.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2013)
Derek Keating: What does one do in the North if one does not pay the property tax?
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education (7 Mar 2013)
Derek Keating: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to develop adult education or courses in further education for those who have left school early or those who are changing careers due to the economic crisis; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are already excellent back to school and or back to college courses available via vocational education committees and community...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education (7 Mar 2013)
Derek Keating: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are already excellent back to school and back to college courses available via vocational education committees and community colleges of education; if he will consider reviewing his policy and developing a major programme of course development particularly for those who are on the long-term...
- Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (13 Mar 2013)
Derek Keating: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this issue. During the past 18 months I have been involved in numerous meetings with representatives from South Dublin County Council, the National Roads Authority, NRA, and other interested parties, including community groups, Dublin Bus and the Garda Traffic Corps, in respect of a serious and emerging issue, namely, the bottleneck on the...
- Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (13 Mar 2013)
Derek Keating: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive reply. I fully understand the situation in which the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport and the Government find themselves. If the funds had been made available or if the previous Government had invested wisely, an underpass would have been built at Palmerstown on the N4. Such an underpass would have been similar to that which was...
- Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (13 Mar 2013)
Derek Keating: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this issue. During the past 18 months I have been involved in numerous meetings with representatives from South Dublin County Council, the National Roads Authority, NRA, and other interested parties, including community groups, Dublin Bus and the Garda Traffic Corps, in respect of a serious and emerging issue, namely, the bottleneck on the...
- Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (13 Mar 2013)
Derek Keating: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive reply. I fully understand the situation in which the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport and the Government find themselves. If the funds had been made available or if the previous Government had invested wisely, an underpass would have been built at Palmerstown on the N4. Such an underpass would have been similar to that which was...
- Other Questions: Ambulance Service (20 Mar 2013)
Derek Keating: The Deputy could listen to the answer. It is because this is good news. This always happens when there is good news.
- Other Questions: Ambulance Service (20 Mar 2013)
Derek Keating: The Deputy is a disgrace.
- Other Questions: Ambulance Service (20 Mar 2013)
Derek Keating: The Deputy is a disgrace. Let the Minister answer.
- Other Questions: Ambulance Service (20 Mar 2013)
Derek Keating: What about the rest of us who tabled questions?
- Other Questions: Hospital Acquired Infections (20 Mar 2013)
Derek Keating: I presume I will get the written reply showing the figures on Tallaght Hospital in due course. I welcome the progress and the effort the Minister and front-line staff in the hospitals have been making. I note that over the past couple of years every effort has been made to tackle this MRSA issue. I know at first hand of the dedication of the professionals, such as nurses and doctors, who...
- Other Questions: Hospital Acquired Infections (20 Mar 2013)
Derek Keating: I welcome the announcement today. I am looking forward to getting the figures on Tallaght Hospital which serves those in my constituency. I say this to Deputies Kelleher and Ó Caoláin.
- Other Questions: Hospital Acquired Infections (20 Mar 2013)
Derek Keating: Over the past two years, I have sat for many long hours in this House, at the Committee Stage of Bills and at Oireachtas committee meetings and listened to where members of Fianna Fáil, the Technical Group and Sinn Féin have got priority time. Often I have gone away from those meetings and Dáil sessions without having the opportunity of speaking, and I have never once complained.
- Other Questions: Hospital Acquired Infections (20 Mar 2013)
Derek Keating: And I have never brought the House into disrepute.
- Other Questions: Hospital Acquired Infections (20 Mar 2013)
Derek Keating: I welcome the figures announced by the Minister on Tallaght Hospital.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Mar 2013)
Derek Keating: To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle inpatient and day case waiting lists including day care waiting lists for children in Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital; the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14266/13]