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Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Why not?

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: To respond to some of the Minister's points, a representative number of Independent Members were in attendance in addition to Deputy Joe Higgins.

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I have a right to defend myself in the House when accusations are made against me. The opposition in Mayo is not confined to a couple of radicals. It includes the local population, whether the Minister likes it or not. If he cares to read any of the surveys other than the one conducted by Shell, including those by TG4 and the Mayo Advertiser, he will note that the vast majority of the...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: There is great willingness to talk and a very genuine proposal that should be considered. One should remember the location of the refinery was never the subject of the study and this is the outstanding problem. Even an inspector from An Bord Pleanála said it was in the wrong location. There is a great need for the Minister to intervene. He could talk to Shell to Sea, which represents the...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: The statement was that "we reiterate our position that we wish to resolve this conflict so that the health and safety——

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (25 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when her Department will make enhanced subvention available to the people of County Mayo; her views on whether the people of Mayo are being discriminated against as these payments are available in the east and south of the country; the reason same has happened; the further reason it has happened on a long term basis; when this service...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (26 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost to his Department of the increased Garda presence at Bellanaboy Shell Refinery since 2 October 2006; the cost to date with a breakdown of the Garda ranks, the salaries paid including basic salary, overtime, transfer allowance and so on; the projected costs of this exercise; and if he will make a...

Ambulance Service. (1 Nov 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will provide adequate funding for the transport needs of older and ill people requiring essential hospital investigations and treatment; her views on whether the funding required by her Department to the Health Service Executive west needs to be increased in order that the old and the ill can get to hospital for...

Ambulance Service. (1 Nov 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I thank the Minister for Health and Children for her answer but the question I asked was would she provide enough money to the HSE west to bring ill people to hospital appointments. Patients requiring leg treatment will not get transport unless their leg is falling off from trauma but not if it is falling off from gangrene. I know of an elderly lady on a pension, whose family has a strong...

Ambulance Service. (1 Nov 2006)

Jerry Cowley: It is not fair for the Minister to throw it back on the HSE. She claims it is up to the HSE to prioritise resources. On 1 July 2005, the assistant chief ambulance officer for the region, Paddy Duffy, informed me that "transport is provided on a discretionary basis on having resources to do so".

Ambulance Service. (1 Nov 2006)

Jerry Cowley: More recently, the chief ambulance officer, Ray Bonor, informed me: "I would like to see all applications for transport for the elderly supported, but the financial resources to do so are not available." The Minister should read my lips. "Demand always exceeds our ability to supply certain services; this is a common problem throughout the health service". The HSE is willing and able to...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (1 Nov 2006)

Jerry Cowley: This is very enlightened Bill. I compliment Sinn Féin on bringing it forward. As far as I can see, action taken by former Deputy Bobby Molloy when he was the Minister of State has been totally destroyed and watered down by the very people who should be upholding what he was trying to do. He was trying to do something very pure and act in a way politics and this House should be doing. He...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (1 Nov 2006)

Jerry Cowley: The demand for social housing is bigger than it has ever been in the history of the State, with 48,000 people waiting. People who need housing are being put in a very bad position. We find that the people who have money will make even more money. While private housing is thriving, social housing is in the doldrums. The level of house prices is such that one requires ten times the average...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 Nov 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 347: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was not referred to the public orthodontic service for treatment while attending national school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35236/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Nov 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 358: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo can expect to be called for an angiogram; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35341/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (1 Nov 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 382: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a crisis situation developing within the ENT section in Mayo; if funding will be made available in order that the position of head and neck surgeon and otolaryngologist can be advertised and prevent an ENT clinic in Mayo General Hospital being cancelled and extending the long waiting lists; and if...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Nov 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 477: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the living alone allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not increased from €7.70 for a number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35569/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (1 Nov 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 488: To ask the Minister for Transport when persons (details supplied) in County Mayo can expect a reply from the Secretary General of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35152/06]

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (1 Nov 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 510: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the recommendations in the report linguistic study of Irish usage in the Gaeltacht which commenced in April 2004 and which was due for completion in September 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35172/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (1 Nov 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 542: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be assured that they will continue to receive the help they need in order to make progress and that there will be no cutback in these support services in their school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35168/06]