Results 661-680 of 4,810 for speaker:Liam Twomey

Care of the Elderly. (27 Sep 2006)

Liam Twomey: I wish the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, well for the future. This is her first public appearance since giving up leadership of the Progressive Democrats. It will take a while to get used to addressing her simply as "Minister". Some people might still consider her the real Tánaiste. On the question of funding long-term care, the problem is that we have been waiting so...

Care of the Elderly. (27 Sep 2006)

Liam Twomey: We deserve to see this report and learn what is happening in this regard. If this is being discussed as part of a partnership approach and nothing is coming from the Oireachtas on Government thinking on funding care of the elderly, that is wrong in itself. Has the Minister of State any idea what is going on?

Care of the Elderly. (27 Sep 2006)

Liam Twomey: What we need is progress. We have no social services inspectorate or eligibility legislation, and major problems are being reported daily regarding care of the elderly. If the Minister of State has policy ideas, perhaps he might share them with us. If he has difficulty working them out, Fine Gael will do its best to help him overcome his problems. However, he should share them with the...

Medical Inquiries. (27 Sep 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the report into the death of PJ Walsh in Monaghan Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29758/06]

Medical Inquiries. (27 Sep 2006)

Liam Twomey: The events leading up to the death of Mr. Walsh were tragic, but what is emerging from the report into his death is equally damning of the Government. The report states that the events that led to Mr. Walsh's death still occur daily in the Monaghan Hospital region. The report also states that the consistent theme that emerged was that neither Cavan Hospital nor Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital...

Medical Inquiries. (27 Sep 2006)

Liam Twomey: I ask the Minister if that is true. Is she aware the capital building project for Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital has been put on hold? Talking about a new hospital for the north east is along the lines of building castles in the sky, when there are currently huge deficiencies in services in the north east. Talking about doing something for them in 15 years' time is absolute nonsense, when...

Medical Inquiries. (27 Sep 2006)

Liam Twomey: Very little of what I asked was answered by the Minister.

Medical Inquiries. (27 Sep 2006)

Liam Twomey: The question related to matters over which the Minister has control, namely, the current day-to-day spending increase for Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, which is to look after critically ill patients, and whether the capital project for Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital has been stopped. When the Minister said there were problems in Cavan and Mullingar did she, on seeing such glaring problems,...

Care of the Elderly. (27 Sep 2006)

Liam Twomey: It is obvious patients are not getting a fair deal on this issue. From the perspective of the taxpayer, if the Government is spending this amount of money, a cost benefit analysis should have been done. Does the Minister of State know how much it costs the HSE to provide each home care package? Taking into consideration a 25% premium, which comprises the VAT and the profit of the private...

Care of the Elderly. (27 Sep 2006)

Liam Twomey: If the VAT issue fails, does that mean this initiative may be withdrawn?

Nursing Homes: Motion. (27 Sep 2006)

Liam Twomey: I move: That Dáil Éireann, concerned at: the failure of the Government to publish Professor O'Neill's report into deaths at Leas Cross nursing home; the failure of the Government to fulfil promises made in this House by the Taoiseach and the Minister for Health and Children to introduce legislation to provide for an independent statutorily-based inspection regime for all nursing homes; and...

Nursing Homes: Motion. (27 Sep 2006)

Liam Twomey: In June 2005, the first report on Leas Cross, namely, the Hynes report was published. It also exposed many matters which are still under discussion tonight. What has been done since its publication? Nothing appears to stir either the Minister of State or his colleagues into action in respect of care of the elderly. The Minister for Health and Children, who prides herself on being a can-do...

Nursing Homes: Motion. (27 Sep 2006)

Liam Twomey: I am simply reading from the Official Report. I will move on to 2006, by which time the Government had promised that everything would be different. However, 2006 did not start well due to the publication of the Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital report and the recommendations by Judge Harding Clark to make improvements in the health service a priority. Little has been done in respect of that...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Sep 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when funding for Ely Hospital day surgery ward will be made available so that this ward can be made available to the patients of County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29573/06]

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (27 Sep 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if qualified paramedics are covered to administer cardiac and other life-saving drugs while on duty with the ambulance service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29568/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (27 Sep 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 758: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of capital spending on ICT in the Health Service Executive provided for in her department's estimates for 2006; the amount of such expenditure which has been sanctioned by her Department prior to 1 September 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29505/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Sep 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 824: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in the Health Service Executive North East Region who have been placed in contracted beds in nursing homes in 2006; the numbers from this area currently in contracted beds; the number of nursing homes involved in the care of these persons; the amount of the weekly payments currently being made in respect of the...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (27 Sep 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 825: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of inquiries conducted by the Mental Health Commission, since 1 January 2005, under section 55 of the Mental Health Act, 2001 indicating the nature of the issues inquired into; the outcome of the inquiries; the steps taken to deal with matters which arose on foot of each inquiry; and if the inquiries were requested by her...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (27 Sep 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 826: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the nature of the issues referred, by the Inspector of Mental Health Services, to the Mental Health Commission in 2005; the nature of the issues which were considered to need immediate action; the services involved; the actions which were proposed to be taken to remedy the situation; and the extent to which remedial action was taken...

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (27 Sep 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 827: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of public long-term care beds in the State. [30163/06]