Results 721-740 of 1,095 for speaker:Jimmy Devins

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Mar 2008)

Jimmy Devins: My Department considers that there should be an over-arching policy framework to set out the broad policy guidelines for development of policy on cardiovascular health, including stroke. A new Cardiovascular Health Policy Group was established in September 2007 to develop this framework. The group, chaired by Professor Hannah McGee of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, is due to...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (5 Mar 2008)

Jimmy Devins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 237 and 238 together. The Department of Health and Children does not collect data on the number of children born with autism or Asperger's syndrome in this country. It does not know whether such information is available from each EU member state, or the extent of the research undertaken in each country. There has been an increase in recent years in the...

Hospitals Building Programme. (6 Mar 2008)

Jimmy Devins: I am taking the Adjournment on behalf of my colleague, Deputy Mary Harney, Minister for Health and Children. I thank Deputies Stagg and Wall for raising the issue. Over recent years, considerable funding has been made available for the completion of capital projects at Naas General Hospital. In 2003, a major €75 million capital project was completed at the hospital which included four...

Hospitals Building Programme. (6 Mar 2008)

Jimmy Devins: I am taking this Adjournment on behalf of my colleague, Deputy Mary Harney, Minister for Health and Children. I welcome the opportunity to address the issue raised by the Deputy and to set out the current position in relation to breast cancer services nationally. The HSE has designated Limerick Regional Hospital and University College Hospital Galway as the two cancer centres in the managed...

Hospitals Building Programme. (6 Mar 2008)

Jimmy Devins: I apologise. This was the answer I was given. I will need to get in touch with the office.

Hospitals Building Programme. (6 Mar 2008)

Jimmy Devins: Certainly.

Hospitals Building Programme. (6 Mar 2008)

Jimmy Devins: If the Deputy is willing and the Leas Cheann Comhairle is willing——

Hospitals Building Programme. (6 Mar 2008)

Jimmy Devins: Absolutely.

Schools Building Projects. (6 Mar 2008)

Jimmy Devins: I believe I have the right answer this time.

Schools Building Projects. (6 Mar 2008)

Jimmy Devins: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter as it provides me with the opportunity to outline to the House the Government's strategy for capital investment in education projects and also to outline the current position regarding the future plans for gaelscoil Bharra. Modernising facilities in our 3,300 primary and 731 post primary schools is not an easy task given the legacy of decades of...

Victim Impact Statements. (6 Mar 2008)

Jimmy Devins: I thank Deputy Charles Flanagan for raising this important issue and I am grateful for the opportunity to address it. My colleague, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Brian Lenihan, is conscious of the need to support victims of crime in their contacts with our criminal justice system. Over the past few years, this Government has taken steps to ensure that the victim...

Victim Impact Statements. (6 Mar 2008)

Jimmy Devins: It is a very detailed response.

Victim Impact Statements. (6 Mar 2008)

Jimmy Devins: I shall pass the written reply on to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (6 Mar 2008)

Jimmy Devins: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Suicide Prevention: Suicide Prevention (6 Mar 2008)

Jimmy Devins: Since the establishment of the HSE's National Office for Suicide Prevention in 2005, additional funding of €3.55 million has been provided for the implementation of "Reach Out" — the National Strategy for Action on Suicide Prevention, 2005-2014. This brought the total funding available to support suicide prevention initiatives to €8 million and this level of funding continues into...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (6 Mar 2008)

Jimmy Devins: "A Vision for Change" the Report of the Expert Group on Mental Health Policy, which was launched in January 2006, has been accepted by Government as the basis for the future development of our mental health services. The vision embodied in this policy is to create a mental health system that addresses the needs of the population through a focus on the requirements of the individual. The...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (6 Mar 2008)

Jimmy Devins: The Deputy's specific question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have these matters investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (6 Mar 2008)

Jimmy Devins: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (11 Mar 2008)

Jimmy Devins: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this case investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (11 Mar 2008)

Jimmy Devins: Under Section 13 of the Grangegorman Development Act, the vesting of lands at Grangegorman in the Grangegorman Development Agency is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Education and Science. I understand that this process has commenced.