Results 761-780 of 2,965 for speaker:Robert Dowds

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2012)

Robert Dowds: Will he be able to report back on it?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2012)

Robert Dowds: I have read the Bill but I cannot recall which sections deal with the cost of joining a professional body and language competence issues.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2012)

Robert Dowds: I will outline my concerns in relation to both issues. As I understand it, the cost of joining a professional body varies greatly. I believe that cost should be as low as possible. While I recognise, given the changing nature of the world, that it is important to have a body for each profession, I do not understand the reason the fee in this regard in the social work area is €250...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2012)

Robert Dowds: Is there a specific section which deals with the matter?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2012)

Robert Dowds: Will that be via examination?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2012)

Robert Dowds: There will be an examination.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2012)

Robert Dowds: Will it be both oral and written?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2012)

Robert Dowds: I am aware of a similar case with nurses from India who had competent English but did not understand the cultural nuances.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Civilian Staff (13 Nov 2012)

Robert Dowds: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of qualified accountants employed on a full time basis by the Garda Bureau for Fraud Investigation. [50014/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Civilian Staff (13 Nov 2012)

Robert Dowds: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of qualified solicitors employed on a full time basis by the Garda Bureau for Fraud Investigation. [50015/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Civilian Staff (13 Nov 2012)

Robert Dowds: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of qualified barristers employed on a full time basis by the Garda Bureau for Fraud Investigation. [50016/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Nov 2012)

Robert Dowds: To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take in relation to persons who are affected by narcolepsy as a result of the Pandremix vaccine for swine flu given in 2009-10; if a paper will be put to Dáil Éireann on this issue and the timeline for same [49626/12]

Credit Union Bill 2012 (Resumed): Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2012)

Robert Dowds: Cuirim fáilte roimh an mBille. From listening to some of the debate, it is clear the credit union movement has been very good at arm-twisting Deputies of all parties. I am no exception to that, so many of the issues I raise I have been asked to raise, and I would appreciate it if the Minister responded to them as positively as he can. The credit union movement broadly welcomes this...

Education Funding: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Nov 2012)

Robert Dowds: That must be you, Charlie.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Social, Personal and Health Education Curriculum: Discussion with Comhairle na nÓg (14 Nov 2012)

Robert Dowds: I welcome the representatives. I apologise for arriving at the end of their presentations but I am afraid there are huge demands on members, particularly on Wednesdays. I have two questions, the first of which may not be fair to ask and if they wish to avoid it, they can do so but the other relates directly to Mr. McCarrick's contribution. I used to teach teenagers and I was used to more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Social, Personal and Health Education Curriculum: Discussion with Comhairle na nÓg (14 Nov 2012)

Robert Dowds: I used it as an example. Bullying can also be done through Facebook or Twitter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Social, Personal and Health Education Curriculum: Discussion with Comhairle na nÓg (14 Nov 2012)

Robert Dowds: Mr. Keegan's comments are very interesting. Education will only go so far. We see people smoking outside the door of this building, and they all know it is extremely dangerous. Encouraging people to have self-confidence is an interesting and useful comment. It points a finger towards how we should move and how our education system works. For all my adult life I have felt the most...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Social, Personal and Health Education Curriculum: Discussion with Comhairle na nÓg (14 Nov 2012)

Robert Dowds: Enough information will come directly to me. Mr. Keegan's comments were quite profound.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (15 Nov 2012)

Robert Dowds: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on his efforts toward commencing Section 15 of the Fines Act 2010; and if he will provide an estimate of when he will be able to commence it. [50568/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prohibition of Smoking on Leinster House Campus: Motion (15 Nov 2012)

Robert Dowds: Nobody could argue with the facts Senator Crown has put forward. The more those facts are taken into consideration by smokers the better. I am not in a great position to lecture on the subject because I have never smoked but I do not support the motion for the reasons Senator van Turnhout and other speakers have outlined. I would be happy to support a situation whereby the smoking areas...