Results 161-180 of 391 for speaker:Brendan Daly

Seanad: Fishing Industry: Motion. (8 Dec 2004)

Brendan Daly: Fine Gael also ran away from that issue.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2004)

Brendan Daly: A Chathaoirligh, it is the Christmas season.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2004)

Brendan Daly: I thank Senator Feeny for sharing her time with me. I welcome the Tánaiste to the House and compliment her speech on this complex legislation. I wish her well as Minister for Health and Children. She has taken on a mammoth task but I know she has the energy, drive and enthusiasm to deal effectively with the issues in the health area. I wish her every success in dealing with these during her...

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Brendan Daly: In a recent debate on other legislation, the shortages of speech therapists, occupational therapists, psychologists and a range of specialists were highlighted and it was obvious that something needed to be urgently done. Will the new executive have some role in this? For example, despite a recent advertisement in the national media for a radiologist, nobody applied for the position.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Brendan Daly: It is. I understand there are only approximately 100 radiologists in the country, with some having come from abroad. The situation is unsatisfactory. In the view of many, it is a necessity to deal urgently with this. They look to the executive to make some inroads into the shortages of speech therapists, occupational therapists, radiologists and other specialists that cause difficulties and...

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Brendan Daly: It is much stronger.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Brendan Daly: All the flunkeys are in here.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Brendan Daly: As far as I can see, amendment No. 6 proposes to amend the wrong section. If Senator Browne had wished to strengthen the rules governing the replies to parliamentary questions, he should have proposed to amend section 79. People want to know about the new arrangements under this section. Will there be agreements between the executive and the public bodies? This section deals with the new...

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Brendan Daly: Will the Minister of State clarify whether the Minister considered that if the health service executive was not dealing effectively with a regional or local issue he or she would have the power to give directions to the executive to deal with it? For example, if the people in my constituency felt that the executive was not dealing effectively with the provision of health services at Ennis...

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Brendan Daly: ——could the Minister direct the executive to take into account the geographic and physical situation in that constituency to make an investment to ensure that services were provided at the hospital?

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Brendan Daly: If the Minister saw a glaring omission in the service plan in that it did not take into account the particular physical or health issues in a constituency such as mine, could the Minister give directions that those factors be taken into account and investment be made in the hospital?

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (15 Dec 2004)

Brendan Daly: I propose to share time with Senator Ormonde.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (15 Dec 2004)

Brendan Daly: I congratulate the Minister on his appointment and wish him well in office. His Department has a highly-skilled and professional staff, some of whom have been working on the complex and varied issues relevant to the Department's work for many years. These are issues that impact significantly on communities. I spent a short time in the Department and am aware of the competence and...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2004)

Brendan Daly: I missed the Minister of State's opening speech. I ask him to clarify the position of private nursing homes and institutions. Pensions have been taken into account during the amalgamation of finances which has been needed to fund the care of elderly people in private nursing homes. The cost of accommodation in such nursing homes, which can be quite expensive, has been met by a combination of...

Seanad: Tsunami Disaster: Statements. (2 Feb 2005)

Brendan Daly: I wish to share my time with Senator Feeney, by agreement.

Seanad: Tsunami Disaster: Statements. (2 Feb 2005)

Brendan Daly: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Conor Lenihan, and compliment him and the Minister, Deputy Dermot Ahern, on their work in regard to the disaster. Since taking up office, the Minister of State has had a baptism of water if not fire. This disaster sent a wake-up call throughout the international community. There is a necessity to deal effectively with many of the issues raised in this...

Seanad: Development of BMW Region: Statements. (16 Feb 2005)

Brendan Daly: I thank Senator Leyden for sharing time with me. What concerns me is that the plan is drawing to a close and will be finished in approximately a year's time. I was surprised to learn from the Minister today that no decision has been made by the Government to have another national development plan. It is critical that we have a further national development plan. If my contribution can be...

Seanad: Development of BMW Region: Statements. (16 Feb 2005)

Brendan Daly: I will curtail my contribution to facilitate Senator Ulick Burke even though he would not do the same for me.

Seanad: Development of BMW Region: Statements. (16 Feb 2005)

Brendan Daly: I emphasise the necessity to put a new national development plan in place and to commence it now to deal with the shortcomings in the existing arrangement. It is unreal that substantial available funding has not been spent. How can we go back to the EU seeking additional funding if we have not spent what is earmarked? There is an urgency to expedite these plans and the provision of sewerage...

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Mar 2005)

Brendan Daly: The Minister for Health and Children and the Minister for Finance have been discussing the acute hospital budget and the development plans for acute hospitals that will be put into operation this year. Will the Leader persuade the Minister for Health and Children to as soon as possible provide the House with an outline what has been agreed and the projects that will proceed this year? I am...