Results 681-700 of 1,730 for speaker:Colm Keaveney

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 56. To ask the Minister for Health the way he will address the absence of early intervention teams for children in many areas of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6927/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (13 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 64. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding has been withdrawn from the National Service Users Executive in 2014; if this action is compatible with the implementation of A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6928/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications (13 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 156. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans, either now or in the future, to compensate a person (details supplied) in County Galway under the cessation of the turf cutting compensation scheme as this person was awarded compensation at the beginning of the scheme and has now been told that they no longer qualify; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7371/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (18 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions that are being made to provide a special needs assistant for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who is due to start primary school in September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7511/14]

Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: The Deputy is not sorry.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (25 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that children with dyslexia are receiving the help they require in school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8969/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Participation (25 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take to ensure a greater participation by persons with disabilities in third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8968/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (25 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 633. To ask the Minister for Health the aspects of the Disability Act 2005 that are yet to be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9494/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (25 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 694. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway is likely to receive their medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9488/14]

Other Questions: Rights of People with Disabilities (27 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 9. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the plans to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9493/14]

Other Questions: Rights of People with Disabilities (27 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: The object of the question is to establish when the Minister will proceed with the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Will the Minister indicate when he plans to proceed with its ratification? Will the Minister share with the House some of the obstacles that he envisages with respect to its current delay in ratification?

Other Questions: Rights of People with Disabilities (27 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: I thank the Minister of State for her response. Thankfully, we are addressing the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill. However, I believe the Bill contains some problematic features, not least in that the convention is clear that persons with disabilities must enjoy legal capacity on an equal basis with others in aspects of life. Elements of the Bill are problematic and in this regard...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Council for Civil Liberties Report (27 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 28. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he agrees with the assertion in a recent Irish Council for Civil Liberties study (details supplied) that persons with disabilities who are victims of crime remain largely invisible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9727/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (4 Mar 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will enact in full the provisions of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10982/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Applications (4 Mar 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reasons that the Office of Public Works has not taken immediate action to alleviate regular flooding at a location (details supplied) in County Galway; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his Department has full knowledge of this situation for the last decade; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that up to six...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (4 Mar 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 493. To ask the Minister for Health his response to the latest Children's Rights Alliance report card which for a second year running downgrade the Government's performance on mental health and is now awarding an E grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10967/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (4 Mar 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 494. To ask the Minister for Health if an investigation has been held into the circumstances leading to the admission of 68 children into adult psychiatric wards in 2013; if those circumstances have been addressed and in what manner; if this practice will finally be discontinued in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10970/14]

Order of Business (5 Mar 2014)

Colm Keaveney: What is the current policy?

Order of Business (5 Mar 2014)

Colm Keaveney: How many families will be forced to stay in Dublin hotels tonight?

Order of Business (5 Mar 2014)

Colm Keaveney: Stop the blather.