Results 641-660 of 1,227 for speaker:Derek Keating

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Electronic Tagging (18 Jun 2013)

Derek Keating: 375. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding electronic tagging as a method of supervision and control of persistent acts of criminality and violence by persons; if he has developed a policy on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28896/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (18 Jun 2013)

Derek Keating: 438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who are actively farming, herd numbers, in Clondalkin, Lucan, Saggart, Newcastle, Rathcoole and Brittas, County Dublin and who are in receipt of grants, benefits and funding; if he will provide a list in tabular form the types of grants, funding and benefits for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Safety Standards Regulation (18 Jun 2013)

Derek Keating: 439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status in relation to the contamination of food with horse meat; if he is satisfied that enough regulations, legislation and statutory obligations by food processors are in place to ensure that no such event of contaminating food will occur again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28897/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Regulation (18 Jun 2013)

Derek Keating: 479. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce regulation for childminders; if they will be included in the Children First legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28900/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Health Services Staff Issues (18 Jun 2013)

Derek Keating: 480. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs following the Health Information and Quality Authorithy Report on Social Work staffing Levels, her plans to address this problem; her views on the fact that there are not enough professionally trained and registered social workers to respond to the growing number of abuse and wilful neglect cases that are reported to the Health Service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Services Funding (18 Jun 2013)

Derek Keating: 506. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that services for young adults, 13 in all, from Stewarts Hospital Dublin 20 will cease at the end of the education calendar year and their day services will not be available to them; if he will intervene directly with the Health Service Executive to examine these cases and give it due attention; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (18 Jun 2013)

Derek Keating: 524. To ask the Minister for Health his views that the appropriate training and qualifications are being adhered to by private and voluntary organisations who provide services under the Care of the Elderly service provision; if he will outline the standards that apply when a person is providing care in the home, in a day centre or in an institution; if he will outline the monitoring that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Allotments Provision (19 Jun 2013)

Derek Keating: 32. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to support urban agriculture such as the promotion and funding to allotments; if he considers it necessary to introduce registration of those who make available property to be developed into allotments in urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29208/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Allotments Provision (19 Jun 2013)

Derek Keating: 66. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to develop an urban programme in conjunction with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the Department of Education and Skills to develop allotments, the registration of allotments, the standards that allotments should adhere to when a contract is provided; his views on same; and if he will...

Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)

Derek Keating: The promised legislation about which I wish to ask is the Children First Bill. Will the Taoiseach advise whether the Bill provides for mandatory reporting? An issue arose in my constituency recently when many parents were unhappy about the level of supervision afforded to 38 children who went on a school trip to County Donegal. An investigation recently took place involving the principal...

Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)

Derek Keating: I have spoken about the matter of mandatory reporting in the Dáil on a couple of occasions. I am interested and anxious to know whether it will be provided for in the legislation I have mentioned.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)

Derek Keating: Will the Taoiseach indicate whether mandatory reporting will be included in the Bill?

Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)

Derek Keating: Will the Taoiseach come back to me on it?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (25 Jun 2013)

Derek Keating: 113. To ask the Minister for Health the checks that are put in place by his Department in relation to funding to organisations who provide professional services for suicide, depression, bereavement and other such community based services that receive funding from his Department; the criteria that is required to ensure that all public moneys paid are used in a correct manner for which that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (25 Jun 2013)

Derek Keating: 118. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the appropriate training and qualifications are being adhered to by private and voluntary organisations who provide services under the Care of the Elderly service provision; if he will outline the standards that should apply when a person is providing care in the home, in a day centre or in an institution; the monitoring that takes...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (25 Jun 2013)

Derek Keating: 551. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that there is an adequate ambulance service in the greater Dublin area to respond to emergency calls, general practitioner requests for patients' admissions, transfers from hospital to hospital and particularly cardiac response units; his plans to address any shortfall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30112/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (25 Jun 2013)

Derek Keating: 556. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be supplied with a hearing aid as a matter of urgency [30156/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (25 Jun 2013)

Derek Keating: 580. To ask the Minister for Health If he will present a detailed report in tabular form a breakdown of the extra €35 million spending on suicide prevention that he has committed to this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30295/13]

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Derek Keating: On a point of order, will the Acting Chairman confirm that Deputy Mattie McGrath agreed to share his time?

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Derek Keating: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on this Bill and I thank the Minister of State for coming into the Chamber to discuss this contentious, emotive and important issue which has troubled and held the attention of many citizens, particularly over the past number of weeks and months. The Bill seeks to implement the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the A, B...