Results 781-800 of 4,810 for speaker:Liam Twomey

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (26 Oct 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 16: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the fall in the number of salmon anglers visiting Ireland from overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34868/06]

Written Answers — Drugs in Sport: Drugs in Sport (26 Oct 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the reported increase in the taking of steroids by young athletes, especially in inter-school competition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34869/06]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (26 Oct 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she or her Department made a referral to An Bord Altranais in respect of the professional conduct of nurses employed in Leas Cross Nursing Home. [34944/06]

Hospitals Building Programme. (1 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that the selection process for the new national tertiary children hospital was rigorous, transparent and equitable and in line with best international practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35754/06]

Hospitals Building Programme. (1 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: This is an extremely important issue. It is important that the selection process was transparent but the Minister's answer leaves me in some doubt as to whether it was rigorous and followed best international practice. I do not wish to make the charge that political interference occurred but this charge arises because people are unsure as to how this decision was reached. The Minister of...

Hospitals Building Programme. (1 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: The question has not been answered. Will the Minister release the information that resulted in these hospitals being discounted so quickly? What is the breadth and depth of it? I understand the Minister is not a clinician but many people would like to know why the Mater Hospital was picked as opposed to any of the other hospitals. All they are looking for is the information on why the...

Care of the Elderly. (1 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to ensure the publication of the Leas Cross report on deaths in Leas Cross by Professor O'Neill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35755/06]

Care of the Elderly. (1 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: It is vital that this report be published. Does the Minister of State agree it was his policy to place elderly people in any nursing home with no regard to the consequences or the level of care on offer? This is one of the core issues in the report. Does the Minister of State agree he is damned in this report, along with the Government and senior members of the HSE? His failure to publish...

Care of the Elderly. (1 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: Has the Minister of State read the report?

Care of the Elderly. (1 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: Is the Minister of State saying that senior HSE staff did not pass on concerns raised with them regarding Leas Cross, or any similar institutions, in the past six years, to any Minister? Were the Ministers blissfully unaware of what was happening in nursing homes around the country? While that may not verge on negligence, it verges on incompetence. It is almost criminal in regard to the...

Care of the Elderly. (1 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: We have been waiting too long for the Minister of State.

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: I have no difficulty giving way to my colleagues in the Labour Party and will withdraw most of my amendments if we can take the family home issue out of this. During Leaders' Questions the Taoiseach acknowledged that elderly patients will have to sell their homes because the HSE may refuse the subvention. He agreed with what we have said all along that elderly patients may have to sell...

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: I move amendment No. 15: In page 11, line 11, to delete "Executive," and substitute the following: "Executive, and (iii) except in exceptional circumstances, not sooner than 12 months after the commencement of the payment of a relevant subvention,". Every opportunity should be taken to discuss the Bill in as much detail as possible. The aim of the amendment is to enable the HSE to allow...

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: That is the purpose of the amendment which I will press because the Minister of State must explain himself to the House.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has entered into a service level agreement with the providers of the private radiotherapy facilities in Waterford; and the number of people they envisage being treated in the first year. [35519/06]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (1 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the social partners who agreed that 5% of the value of an elderly person's house is taken into account for subvention purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35503/06]

Written Answers — Computerisation Programme: Computerisation Programme (1 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the role of information technology in the health services here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35756/06]

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (2 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 225: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of claims made to the redress board for compensation in respect of abuse which was suffered in residential centres; the number of children placed in these centres by a court following application to it under the Children Act 1908 in respect of these numbers; the number who were placed there voluntarily; the number of the...

Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (7 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps being taken by gardaí to stop the recent escalation of thefts from shops in Wexford town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36362/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (7 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of acute hospital beds, both public and private, in each of the hospitals, for each of the years 1997 to 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36530/06]