Results 601-620 of 1,730 for speaker:Colm Keaveney

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Weight of Schoolbags (19 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the issue of the weight of children's schoolbags; the risk they may pose to the health of children; the action he is taking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48887/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Weight of Schoolbags (19 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the responsibility his Department has for addressing the issue of the weight of children's schoolbags and the potential risk to their health; the actions his Department has taken to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48888/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 627. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) may expect to receive an appointment for surgery in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48799/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Recruitment (26 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade regarding the recruitment of junior diplomats to his Department, the criteria that were applied in the selection of the type of psychometric tests used at stage one of the recruitment process; if the decision to depart from traditional testing methods, that is, verbal, numeral reasoning and job simulation, in favour of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Functions (26 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 486. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the contingency plans his Department has to continue to deliver essential services in the event of a local authority becoming insolvent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50718/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Treasury Management Agency Deposits (28 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 48. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of carrying on the existing cash balances held by the National Treasury Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51166/13]

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2013)

Colm Keaveney: I wish to share time with Deputy John Browne.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2013)

Colm Keaveney: I am grateful to have the opportunity to speak on the Bill. I welcome it as an important step in the State's progress towards ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It bears some relation to the earlier legislation offered in this area and drafted by Mr. Dermot Ahern, the then Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. That Bill was based,...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2013)

Colm Keaveney: The commitment I made prior to the last general election is very clear.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2013)

Colm Keaveney: I am very aware of your lies. I am very aware of your untruths.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2013)

Colm Keaveney: I am very aware of your broken promises.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2013)

Colm Keaveney: The true test of the Government's commitment to the provisions of this Bill will be for the Minister to reverse the odious cuts for people who have disabilities. It is probably easy for the Minister to adopt that cynical and critical role. The proceedings of the Dáil are broadcast live to the nation. People sit at home today and wonder why the Minister-----

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2013)

Colm Keaveney: We are talking about the Bill. Of course, people are cynical when they see that a Minister in this section would critically object to the reversal of decisions that affect the most vulnerable people in society. To that end, I hope the Minister-----

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2013)

Colm Keaveney: Could the Minister of State try to remember her own faults - the untruths and the lies that she told the Irish people?

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2013)

Colm Keaveney: The Minister of State has a very selective memory.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2013)

Colm Keaveney: I thank the Acting Chairman for his co-operation in that respect.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (11 Dec 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider making the Gateway scheme accessible to those on a disability payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53164/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Education and Training Scheme Expenditure (11 Dec 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 158. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the process adopted that resulted in Early Childhood Ireland and Border Counties Childcare Network being awarded €900,000 to train 630 people working in the child care sector; if the process adopted an open tendering process and, if not, the reason for same; if the payment structure was agreed-outcome based, and, if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Dec 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 173. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect to receive an appointment for her awaited medical procedure, considering she was placed on a waiting list in April 2012. [53169/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (17 Dec 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 267. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions the Office of Public Works has taken to rectify and relieve flooding that has occurred in the village of Pollaturick, Tuam, Galway, following works carried out by the OPW and by Galway County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53949/13]