Results 881-900 of 1,227 for speaker:Derek Keating

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

Derek Keating: The debate on water services will take place later.

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (19 Nov 2014)

Derek Keating: Wrong again. The Deputy wrote the script too early.

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

Derek Keating: That is out of order.

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Staff Recruitment (25 Nov 2014)

Derek Keating: The next Topical Issue is in the names of Deputies Lawlor, Catherine Murphy and Heydon. The Deputies have two minutes each.

Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)

Derek Keating: He has had the record checked.

Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)

Derek Keating: You are disputing the record. Check it.

Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Derek Keating: Will the Tánaiste advise me on the current status of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013?

Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Derek Keating: I thank the Tánaiste.

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (2 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter for discussion. I welcome the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government and thank him for coming to the House to participate in this debate. I submitted this topic for discussion on a number of occasions last week and decided to try one more time before I left the House last Friday. Little did I know then that by the...

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (2 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: I thank the Minister for his response. It is clear from his contribution that there is no simple solution and this issue cannot be resolved by the stroke of a pen. It is a complex situation and I wish the Minister well in dealing with it. We will be watching vigilantly given what has happened and I wish him well with the work.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: I am pleased to be able to make a contribution to the debate in the presence of the Minister. The HSE will benefit from an additional €305 million in Exchequer funding over the amount allocated last year, which is a very good beginning. It has identified a minimum savings target of €130 million in procurement, drugs and agency costs. I am anxious that these savings, in...

Order of Business (4 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: Deputy Cowen wants to guillotine it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Investment Package: European Commission Office Ireland (4 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: I will be brief. My colleague has touched on the issue I wished to raise, the process associated with the identification of the infrastructural projects. The Chairman also touched on another issue that was on my mind, the possibilities and options for Ireland in terms of getting a fair share of the available investment.

Business of Dáil (9 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: We have changed the sitting hours of the Dáil.

Business of Dáil (9 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: Is that too late for the Deputy?

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: Where is Deputy Paul Murphy?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Unemployment Data (9 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: 116. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of the labour force in Dublin mid-west that is officially unemployed in 2014 compared with each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46932/14]

Order of Business (11 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: What is the current status of the data sharing Bill?

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, that does not relate to the section.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: I support the inclusion of the public water forum in the section. When I first heard reference to the public forum, a specific reference was made to another forum that had been set up some time ago, namely, the Constitutional Convention. I was a member of that convention and I attended every one of those meetings over a period of a year or more. As that process developed, one could see its...