Results 921-940 of 4,810 for speaker:Liam Twomey
- Nursing Home Inspections. (5 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: Does the Minister of State mean it is only the Government's intention to establish inspection teams? He did not answer any of my questions.
- Nursing Home Inspections. (5 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: That was a year and a half ago.
- Nursing Home Inspections. (5 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: We knew that five years ago.
- Nursing Home Inspections. (5 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: What about the HSE officials' not wanting to receive letters from health professionals? Does the Minister of State know what is happening on the ground?
- Nursing Home Inspections. (5 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: It is the Minister of State's job to find out what is happening. He should not be so naive.
- Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: The Minister of State is responsible.
- Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: I move amendment No. 16: In page 12, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: "(5) (a) A person who is in receipt of a subvention and who is deemed by the Executive under subsection (2) either to be no longer qualified for the payment of a relevant subvention, or qualifies for the payment of a different relevant subvention than that currently being paid to the person, or a person...
- Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: If that is the case, why are we bothering to pass this Bill?
- Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: Does the Minister of State know anything about his brief? That is a very foolish thing to say.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide full regional services in the south east; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41433/06]
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (5 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding that will be provided for care of the elderly in County Wexford; when funding will be provided specifically for phase two and three of St. John's Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41432/06]
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (5 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: Question 473: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be available for a school (details supplied) in County Wexford under the devolved grant scheme for smaller schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41268/06]
- Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (6 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will introduce measures to randomly check drivers for illegal drugs usage; the tests he will use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36329/06]
- Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (6 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason the anticipated level of PPP investment in our roads programme as set out in Estimates 2006 did not materialise in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41790/06]
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: I wish to share time with Deputy Neville.
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: We must acknowledge that there were many good points in the budget. When one considers that it is a pre-election budget, one would expect it would contain some benefits for the people. However, today's newspaper headlines should have stated the past three budgets represented a deliberate fraud visited upon the people. In 2004 the budget surplus was â¬2.1 billion, in 2005 it was â¬2.4...
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: The Minister of State can say what he likes but the hard fact remains that the Government has perpetrated a deliberate fraud in the past three years and effectively stolen â¬7 billion from taxpayers in order to buy next year's general election. I will provide a history lesson. In the 1997 budget Deputy Quinn, Minister for Finance in the then Fine Gael-Labour Party Government, returned...
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: The Minister of State must have no understanding of the economy. Everyone knows what has been happening during the past three years.
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: We were deliberately led astray by the Government. Even yesterday's showy reduction in the top rate of tax from 42% to 41% would have been laughable if it did not represent another blatant attempt to try to win votes in the next general election, although I can accept that the Government might try to pull one or two scams of that nature before the election in order to grab the attention of...
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: Time will tell, particularly when the people have had an opportunity to consider the position. The three budgets introduced by the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, represent an attempt to buy the general election.