Results 121-140 of 455 for cork speaker:Brendan Howlin

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: ..., in July 2016, stated that any elective procedures would be carried out in the south east region, putting at risk people who live more than the 90 minute critical timespace away from either the Dublin or Cork based hospitals. The Government promised to review the Herity report and the facilities to be made available in University Hospital Waterford. More recently, the Minister for...

Adjournment Debate Matters (12 Dec 2007)

Brendan Howlin: ...to close without such funding, leaving the public and health professionals without a point of contact; (3) Deputy Michael Creed — the issue of the forthcoming closure of a company in County Cork (details provided) with the loss of 120 jobs and to highlight the need for replacement industry; (4) Deputy Paul Connaughton — redundancies in the FÁS community employment schemes; (5) Deputy...

Adjournment Debate Matters (4 Nov 2008)

Brendan Howlin: ...Ferris — the status of the new build for Scoil Eoin primary school, Tralee, the largest primary school in County Kerry; (7) Deputy Deirdre Clune — the provision of gateway funding for the Cork docklands project; and (8) Deputies Kieran O'Donnell and Michael Noonan — the steps being taken to secure the future of jobs at the Dell plant in Limerick. The matters raised by Deputies Kieran...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Applications (16 Jul 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...the position is that the detailed design of the Scheme is nearing completion. The first stage of the procurement process for a civil works contractor to undertake the works has been commenced by Cork County Council, which is the Contracting Authority for the Scheme. Tender documents are likely to be issued to a short listed number of contractors in early August with a contractor expected...

Written Answers — Child Care Facilities: Child Care Facilities (31 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: ...labour resources. Over the following seven years, seven crèches were taken over or completed under the Child care Initiative. The seven crèches are located in Athlone, Celbridge (Backweston), Cork, Ennis, Sligo and Dublin (Mount Street and Marlborough Street). There are three different private operators responsible for running the crèches. Contracts to these operators were awarded...

Adjournment Debate Matters (30 Apr 2008)

Brendan Howlin: ...Martin Ferris and P. J. Sheehan — the scale of illegal fishing by non-Irish vessels in Irish waters; (7) Deputy Ciarán Lynch — the construction of a new national school at Ballygarvan, County Cork; (8) Deputy Olwyn Enright — the need to provide permanent school accommodation for a Gaelscoil in Portlaoise; and (9) Deputy Jimmy Deenihan — the closure of Tralee refugee support...

Adjournment Debate Matters (20 Oct 2009)

Brendan Howlin: ...of VAT incurred on the purchase or importation of new medical instruments and appliances bought through voluntary donations; (13) Deputy Michael McGrath - the roll-out of primary care centres in Cork city and county; (14) Deputy Deirdre Clune - referral procedures to the cervical check national screening service; (15) Deputy Noel J. Coonan - the future of the Tipperary Institute of...

Adjournment Debate Matters (3 Oct 2007)

Brendan Howlin: ...between Ardah, Carrickerry, Athea, Moyvane and Listowel; (8) Deputy Simon Coveney — the position regarding the opening of the newly built accident and emergency department at Mercy Hospital, Cork; (9) Deputy Willie Penrose — to indicate comprehensively why an application (details supplied) for funding in the sum of €484,000 under the summer works scheme 2007 was refused by the...

Adjournment Debate Matters (28 Nov 2007)

Brendan Howlin: ...it is logistically untenable for women and men living in those counties to avail of cancer care centres in Dublin or Galway; (7) Deputy Deirdre Clune — the review of the work of a pathologist in Cork University Hospital; and (8) Deputy Joan Burton — the need for the Minister for Education and Science to tell the House when a special unit for children with special needs, including...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (26 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: ...was Jackie Healy-Rae's acumen in organising campaigns that his skills were lent out by the party to several other Fianna Fáil campaigns in other parts of the country including, I understand, in Limerick, Cork and Galway. He was much in demand. He entered active representational politics himself in 1973 when he was co-opted to serve on Kerry County Council as a Fianna Fáil...

Adjournment Debate Matters (1 Dec 2010)

Brendan Howlin: ...past three years; (6) Deputy Thomas McEllistrim - the need to investigate mortgage systems; (7) Deputy Deirdre Clune - the need to address waiting times for orthodontic assessment and treatment in Cork; (8) Deputy John O'Mahony - the need to address the planned move of the ambulance control centre from County Mayo; (9) Deputy Joe Costello - the need for the Minister for Communications,...

Adjournment Debate Matters (8 Jul 2008)

Brendan Howlin: ...to consult and work with communities for health reform and better service delivery; (6) Deputy Joanna Tuffy — to ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Haulbowline site, Cork, is affected by the provisions of the Seveso directive, or any other directive, and, if so, whether the provisions have been complied with in respect of this site or any other relevant sites or...

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: ...put unbearable pressure on families. They make it harder, if not impossible, for people to buy their own homes. Broken down, these figures show 14.5% increases in Dublin and 12% hikes in Cork. Even outside the so-called pressure areas, we saw rises of 12.5% in rents in Limerick and 10.7% in Waterford. My colleague and our housing spokesperson, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, has called on the...

Adjournment Debate Matters (10 Nov 2009)

Brendan Howlin: ...clarify the operation of the fair deal scheme; (10) Deputy David Stanton - to ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to debate the recent job losses in Youghal, County Cork due to the closure of Tytex, the last manufacturing plant in the town and if she will make a statement on the matter; (11) Deputy Joe Carey - the need to implement the recommendations of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (26 Feb 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...on the particular requirements of the area of work they were assigned to. Revenue also sought and was granted sanction in 2013 for the following staffing resource requests: - 1 EO for Audit & Compliance duties in the Cork area. - Secondment of a Principal Officer from SFADCo for up to 9 months to work on LPT, Payroll Shared Services and Financial Management...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: ...last, several years after we identified getting voids back into play, as a first priority, we were told €24 million is now being allocated to refurbish 1,400 council voids, including 112 in Cork and 539 in Dublin. How can that still be the case if the whole issue of getting houses back into serviceable use is the No. 1 priority? How is it that such a scale of empty houses is still...

Adjournment Debate Matters (22 Sep 2009)

Brendan Howlin: ...the rehabilitation unit of St. Ita's Community Hospital, Newcastle West, County Limerick; and (13) Deputy Ciarán Lynch - the construction of a new primary school at Star of the Sea, Passage West, Cork. The matters raised by Deputies Pat Rabbitte, Ciarán Lynch, Leo Varadkar and Jack Wall have been selected for discussion.

Adjournment Debate Matters (6 Oct 2010)

Brendan Howlin: ...trolley crisis over the winter period leading to sub-optimal care and loss of life; (5) Deputy Michael McGrath - the support mechanisms available to redundant employees of GlaxoSmithKline, County Cork; (6) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - that the Minister for Transport would make an urgent statement to the House on the ongoing crisis situation in the taxi industry given the fact that a number...

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: ...published today shows incredibly long waiting lists across the country. The average waiting period is 28 months, with up to a shocking five-year wait in some parts of the country, such as west Cork. The survey also expressed concern about inconsistency and gaps in eye care services for children, in respect of whom there is an average waiting time of 15 months. The opening last year...

Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...notice or other restriction in place. An Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, report has stated that remedial action is required on 16% of supplies at risk, including schemes such as the Dublin and Cork supplies. There are constraints on capacity for the people of Dublin, which constitute a third of the population, as we experienced last year. Unaccountable water loss amounts to 40% of...