Results 1,061-1,080 of 2,137 for speaker:Jerry Cowley

Northern Ireland Issues. (26 Apr 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I, too, express my good feeling as regards what happened at Killarney where the DUP attended. The next step, I hope, will be its involvement in the whole process so we may achieve what is hoped for. Because of the Good Friday Agreement many good things have happened. One good outcome was that a North-South body looked at the feasibility of a helicopter emergency medical service. The two parts...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (26 Apr 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate a matter of major national importance as to why another 260 women who live at present in the west and south have to die needlessly under breast screening apartheid because of the failure of Government to ensure that BreastCheck reaches all women before 2009. The lives of those particular women can be saved from the terrible...

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion. (26 Apr 2006)

Jerry Cowley: In three and a quarter minutes, it is very hard to make a major contribution to the debate, but I will mention a few points. As someone who has worked in the accident and emergency department of Mayo General Hospital and in University College Hospital Galway, as well as having seen matters from the perspective of a GP over many years, I agree that it is a problem with many different causes....

Cancer Screening Programme. (26 Apr 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I thank the Tánaiste for that reply. As she knows this is something that I am particularly anxious about. When it was introduced in 2000 BreastCheck covered half the population. It is now 2006, however, and it will be 2009 before the full roll-out is completed, according to BreastCheck. There is no other term for this but cancer care apartheid. I have calculated that at least 200 women have...

Cancer Screening Programme. (26 Apr 2006)

Jerry Cowley: The death rate in Scotland was cut by 30% in only five years.

Cancer Screening Programme. (26 Apr 2006)

Jerry Cowley: This has been happening all over the world, in the USA, the UK and so on. There is no reason the service could not have been extended to the whole country in 2000. We are suffering the effects of this now. I know the Tánaiste argues that she is not an advocate of anything other than keeping people alive. If the Galway Clinic route is the way to go, then it should be let do it. I spoke to the...

Proposed Legislation. (26 Apr 2006)

Jerry Cowley: The medical practitioners Bill will not cover alternative practitioners. The Tánaiste was given a report in December and I believe she will launch it on 12 May. Is it true that this will not include any regulation to cover alternative practitioners and will be just a voluntary code? Having seen two people in my area die at the hands of Mineke Kamper, a common killer, who operates in my area...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (26 Apr 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether she should take up the offer made by a Galway clinic on 11 February 2003 to provide a BreastCheck service until the unit was built in Galway in view of the fact that breast cancer is a terrible killer and in further view of the fact that health care apartheid exists here and that 260 more women will...

Regional Airports. (3 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether Knock international airport is one of Ireland's international airports; if he will support an investment programme for the airport which will provide increased levels of service to the area as a whole, increase tourism in the region and encourage economic growth in light of the airport's significant regional development; and...

Regional Airports. (3 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I am grateful to the Minister for his detailed reply to my question. He referred to €100 million which is available for security, development projects and so on at regional airports over five years. Even though it was announced in the budget last December, and it is now May, the money has not yet come on stream. Knock airport is seeking €29 million for an apron area in particular. It is...

Regional Airports. (3 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I thank the Minister for that detail. When did the application go to Europe? I realise the Minister must get permission from Europe for this funding, but why did it take so long to sort out an issue which was announced last December? Can the European dimension be speeded up because the Minister is waiting for a decision from Europe to be able to give the go-ahead for the project? Will the...

Energy Resources: Motion. (3 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I move: That Dáil Éireann, concerned that Ireland's natural wealth should fully benefit the citizens of this State, notes (in this State): —that oil and gas (hydrocarbon) taxation is seriously flawed and outdated; —that our hydrocarbon legislation covered by the Finance Act 1992 which allows for a 25% corporate tax is the lowest in the world; —that no royalties or other production...

Energy Resources: Motion. (3 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I have long been upset about the scandalous giveaway of our natural resources. Article 10 of Bunreacht na hÉireann states: All natural resources, including the air and all forms of potential energy, within the jurisdiction of the Parliament and Government established by this Constitution and all royalties and franchises within that jurisdiction belong to the State subject to all estates and...

Energy Resources: Motion. (3 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: The Minister's performance is abysmal.

Energy Resources: Motion. (3 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Attack is the best method of defence.

Energy Resources: Motion. (3 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: The Minister is giving them away.

Energy Resources: Motion. (3 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: At least I stand up for my constituents.

Energy Resources: Motion. (3 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: The Minister should think of the return.

Energy Resources: Motion. (3 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: The Minister is losing millions.

Energy Resources: Motion. (3 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: The Minister should visit Norway and examine the situation there.