Results 961-980 of 4,810 for speaker:Liam Twomey
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: Mostly private.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: The elderly cannot find them.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: They have not.
- Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (12 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: Question 90: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the location and expected cost of remediating existing landfills; the funding that will be provided in each case to each local authority; the views expressed by the EPA and EU Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42556/06]
- Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (12 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: Question 174: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding sought for recycling and recovery infrastructure from the Environment Fund in 2006; the amount granted in each case; the estimated cost to meet these demands in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42557/06]
- Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (24 Jan 2007)
Liam Twomey: I will table some technical amendments to the Bill on Committee Stage. Fine Gael, however, does not support the legislation because it does not meet the standards set out in our policies. The Government could have gone much further in this legislation but has clearly failed to do so. According to the Government, this Health Bill covers patient protection. It does not put the patient at...
- Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (24 Jan 2007)
Liam Twomey: It should be brought forward now so we can see and discuss it, rather than the Minister telling us what she will do.
- Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (24 Jan 2007)
Liam Twomey: There is no point in bringing in such legislation as an afterthought. The complete Bill should have been brought forward now. I will point out the seriousness of where the Government has failed patient safety across its duration. The Neary controversy hit the headlines in 1998, when Dr. Michael Neary was suspended from practice in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. The Government's health...
- Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (24 Jan 2007)
Liam Twomey: I absolutely support a patient safety authority.
- Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (24 Jan 2007)
Liam Twomey: I am looking for a patient safety authority.
- Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (24 Jan 2007)
Liam Twomey: I will deal with the issue when we are discussing the Medical Practitioners Bill. The Minister has lapsed into spin again, but when she brings that legislation forward I would like to see detailed proposals on how she will deal with competence assurance. It is very easy to have a lay majority on a council, but competence assurance protects patients from bad doctors. That is the type of...
- Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (24 Jan 2007)
Liam Twomey: The Minister is throwing the issue back to somebody else again. It is her responsibility to deal with these issues if she believes they are important.
- Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (24 Jan 2007)
Liam Twomey: The Minister does not have to be a physician to deal with this, she merely has to have a commitment to deal with patient safety issues. The Minister does not have to be an expert on every issue. I am not an expert on everything, although I do my best to understand everything. I know what I want for the Irish health care service. I wish to protect patients in a way that is not limited to...
- Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (24 Jan 2007)
Liam Twomey: No.
- Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (24 Jan 2007)
Liam Twomey: The Minister should ask her advisers. I am sure her relationship with them is good enough for them to tell her.
- Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (24 Jan 2007)
Liam Twomey: Perhaps the Minister's advisers are afraid to tell her the truth. We also had a situation whereby a HSE official asked doctors to stop writing letters to senior HSE managers so a paper trail would not exist. This was why the situation in Leas Cross was exposed and why we need patient safety authorities. We need such authorities because of the way the board of the HSE and ministerial...
- Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (24 Jan 2007)
Liam Twomey: The Minister has seen Fine Gael's health policy on this matter so she should understand a very important point about the way she is stigmatising psychiatric patients in the health care system. I want the Mental Health Commission to be given a separate role in patient protection and HIQA broken up. There is a role for HIQA within the HSE, but there is no role for it with regard to protecting...
- Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (24 Jan 2007)
Liam Twomey: Has anything happened?
- Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (24 Jan 2007)
Liam Twomey: The Minister is responsible for protecting patients. She is denying her responsibilities in front of me.
- Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (24 Jan 2007)
Liam Twomey: Last year, the Health and Safety Authority, which is responsible for health and safety on building sites, fined a construction company â¬1 million for the lack of health and safety on its site where an individual lost his life. However, the Minister tells me she has no responsibility for what happened in Leas Cross or the health services when a company was fined â¬1 million in the courts.