Results 821-840 of 2,137 for speaker:Jerry Cowley

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (8 Feb 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on whether all areas of County Mayo should be covered under schemes administered by his Department; the steps he will take to include the county as a whole in all schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4398/06]

Written Answers — Rural Social Scheme: Rural Social Scheme (8 Feb 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo could not participate in the rural social scheme as that person is a lone parent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4397/06]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (9 Feb 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate a matter of major local and national importance, namely, why Mayo patients must still wait for up to eight years for an urgent urology hospital appointment in Galway, and why an 80 year old man, who clinically has cancer of the prostate, has already been waiting for 16 months to see the consultant urologist in Galway for...

Order of Business. (9 Feb 2006)

Jerry Cowley: The HSE western area is the size of Northern Ireland with a population of 350,000 people. It has eight consultant urologists. There are boxes of applications from GPs dating back to 1998, eight years, for patients to be seen by a consultant urologist in Galway. One man who has been waiting for one and a half years has now developed cancer.

Order of Business. (9 Feb 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Is legislation envisaged to ensure people are treated equally so the people of County Mayo can have the same chance of a normal lifespan as the people living in Dublin? I ask the Minister, Deputy Noel Dempsey, to answer that question on behalf of the Government.

Order of Business. (9 Feb 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Is the Government interested in keeping people alive or do those of us living in the west matter? Will the Government set up a consultant urology unit in Mayo General Hospital in Castlebar?

Order of Business. (9 Feb 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I wish it was enacted. The Constitution is not taking care of it.

University College Galway (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (9 Feb 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Tá an-áthas orm a bheith ag caint faoin mBille seo. Tá an-aithne agam ar Ollscoil na Gaillimhe, mar is é sin an áit ina raibh mé ar feadh na mblianta fada nuair a bhí mé ag staidéar an leighis. Bhí mé ann chomh maith chun an dlí a staidéar ina dhiaidh sin. Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh uachtarán an choláiste, Iognáid Ó Muircheartaigh, atá sa Gallery. Ba mhaith liom...

University College Galway (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (9 Feb 2006)

Jerry Cowley: In my dealings with doctors' unions, I note the medical profession is always keen to see an increase in the number of doctors. The difficulty was with the universities. Ní raibh an t-airgead acu chun an rud a dhéanamh. Ní raibh a dhóthain airgid acu chun níos mó dochtúirí a chur amach agus dá bharr sin, ní raibh na dochtúirí le fáil. I greatly welcome the increased role of the...

Social Welfare Benefits. (9 Feb 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I wish to raise two issues with the Minister. First, we were talking about young carers but a large number of people caring for others are spouses and are themselves elderly. What provisions has the Minister in mind in respect of caring for the carers? Who cares for the carers? Many carers who have precarious health problems need support. Second, I wish to address the community and voluntary...

Social Welfare Benefits. (9 Feb 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will extend free travel to older Irish emigrants, at the very least to Irish pensioners living in the UK, when they return here on their holidays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39320/05]

Social Welfare Benefits. (9 Feb 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I thank the Minister for his reply. I challenge him to try harder to ensure free travel for our emigrants when they come home to Ireland, particularly on holidays. I am disappointed it has not happened to date though I do not doubt the sincerity of the Minister's belief that this should happen. The Minister cannot use economic arguments as these people are economic migrants who gave €3.5...

Social Welfare Benefits. (9 Feb 2006)

Jerry Cowley: The Minister stated the legal advice he received is that if free travel is given to one section of EU citizens, it must be given to all. The Minister stated a concession can be made for Northern Ireland to allow old age pensioners to travel to and from both jurisdictions, albeit a limited concession. Surely there is a precedent for extending that to the Irish pensioners living in the UK....

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (9 Feb 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the parameters of the living alone allowance will be changed to enable people living alone who qualify for the household benefits package to also qualify for LLA and have same age related rather than on a qualifying basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4602/06]

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (14 Feb 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 124: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department intends to introduce a range of additional measures to "the polluter pays" principle to reflect the reality of poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5071/06]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (14 Feb 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 197: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether it is unfair to ask non-residential residents of rural areas to pay enormous contributions towards sewerage schemes; his views on whether the requested €3 million towards the long awaited Achill sewerage scheme is impossible for local business; his further views on the fact that the...

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (14 Feb 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the medical treatment in the line of prescribed drugs that is available to patients infected with the HIV virus; the reason some patients do not receive any prescribed drugs at all; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4954/06]

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (14 Feb 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 373: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on issuing a stamp in honour of Michael Davitt, to whom Ireland and especially the west owes a tremendous debt, in view of the fact that 2006 is the centenary of his death; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5847/06]

Written Answers — Education Welfare Service: Education Welfare Service (15 Feb 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no educational welfare officer assigned to County Mayo, which means that children who are absenting themselves from school are not being followed up until at least 60 days have passed and that there are serious discrepancies in this system; the reason no educational welfare...

Written Answers — Physical Education Facilities: Physical Education Facilities (15 Feb 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 170: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the failure to allocate funds to provide a sports hall for a college (details supplied) in County Mayo; when the funds will be made available; when this school can expect to commence use of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5328/06]