Results 1-20 of 494 for does speaker:Jim Daly

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Undocumented Children: Discussion (30 Nov 2016)

Jim Daly: ...what they mean by "undocumented"? Are we talking about children who arrive in the State with absolutely no recognition whatsoever, such as children who come over on a boat or by other such means? Does it cover people in reception centres? Where does the concept of "undocumented" begin and end?

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Jim Daly: By way of background, the specialist register was established in 2008. As I said, this cohort includes 30 or 40 consultants. This provision does not reduce standards in any way, shape or form, nor does it make it easier for anybody, but there was a cohort of consultants who did not qualify for inclusion in the specialist register during that period. They were not eligible or missed the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (13 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: ...many times before, the consistency and sincerity of Deputy Curran in his genuine efforts and endeavours to keep this issue on the political front. The reality is that the Minister unfortunately does not have the power to instruct the HSE to approve this drug tomorrow. That does not exist under the law. As a House, if we want to address that issue, it is open to any Member to table...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2014)

Jim Daly: To be clear, it is not SUSI I am interested in. I am referring to the appeals body. I appreciate that SUSI operates within clear guidelines and does so very well. I could not take from that. I am more interested in the appeals body than SUSI as such. I appreciate that SUSI has to operate within clear guidelines, and it does this very well. My difficulty is with the extent of latitude...

Topical Issues: Tracker Mortgage Data (8 Jul 2015)

Jim Daly: ...Minister's response was:The Central Bank has advised me that they do not publish the information requested by the Deputy. That suggests to me that the Central Bank possesses this information but does not publish it. I went into the Central Bank, and wrote to it, asking if it would provide me with the information which I, as a public representative, sought. Following a further letter to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Support Services for Family Law Courts: One Family (30 Nov 2016)

Jim Daly: I ask Ms Kelly when she responds to the next group of questions to clarify an issue. Separation in families does not always just happen between the parents. Sometimes children are separated from their parents because, for example, one parent is abusive and the other parent sticks by him or her. Does One Family have a role to play in circumstances where children are separated from their...

Seanad: Health Services Provision: Statements (12 Nov 2019)

Jim Daly: The Senator raised a number of issues that are separate to this matter, but one particular issue does arise here.I am referring to the lack of flexibility in the system to acknowledge increased levels of care and this is where the difficulty arises. I am acutely aware that some nursing homes and care providers go above and beyond the call of duty. They do not just provide the standard level...

Home Help Service Provision: Statements (12 Jun 2019)

Jim Daly: ...a freeze until November, as everybody is trying to suggest, there would be an unmerciful drive to try to allocate 500,000 home help hours between November and December. What the Deputy is saying does not make any sense. There are 800,000 additional hours. There is a total of 18 million hours for the entire year. A freeze between now and November would mean that there would be 15...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Strategic Plan 2016-2018: Engagement with Ombudsman for Children (20 Jul 2016)

Jim Daly: ...on education at some point. Could legislators assist the Ombudsman for Children by extending the powers or remit of the office in legislation? I am particularly interested in protocols. How does Dr. Muldoon find dealing with State agencies such as Tusla? Is this difficult? Are the State agencies helpful and co-operative? Does the office have a good understanding with these agencies...

Topical Issue Debate: Local Government Fund (10 Apr 2014)

Jim Daly: I thank the Minister for his response. There is a saying, "If one always does what one has always done, one always gets what one has always got". We cannot kick the can any further down the road. I have been raising this and other issues regarding roads for three years since I entered this House in March 2011. I have constantly been pushed from Billy to Jack, from Department to Department...

Home Help Service Provision: Statements (12 Jun 2019)

Jim Daly: ...There will be a report making its way to my desk on that very issue very shortly. One could argue the toss all day on the issue of public versus private, but the HSE will use private staff when it does not have staff. I am quite happy with it taking on a private service to provide care if it does not have the staff to provide it. The idea of having a new statutory scheme is that we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Multilingualism in an EU Context: Discussion with Department of Education and Skills (17 Apr 2013)

Jim Daly: ...an area of considerable interest to many and I welcome the opportunity to shine a light on it at the committee. There is a prevailing attitude to the teaching of French in our secondary schools. Does the Department review this approach? Why are we not teaching more German? Have we reviewed the approach to the teaching of languages from the BRICS countries and other emerging markets....

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Vote 27 - Education and Skills (Revised) (13 Jun 2013)

Jim Daly: I have a question on subhead A12, teacher education. Is that in-service education or does it include the training colleges? If it does, what impact are the private colleges having? Is there a budgetary bonus? I understand private colleges such as Hibernia College are training one-third or two-thirds of our teachers. Is that having a budgetary impact and is there a knock-on bonus as a...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Maternity Services (12 Jul 2017)

Jim Daly: ...Senator. I will also find out how far the Trinity study went with its consultations and how widespread they were. I appreciate that the answer I read out is not entirely satisfactory, although it does cover the basics, which is that there has been no change in the ratio of breastfeeding in the hospitals that had the initiative running and those that did not. Other than that, it does not...

Home Help Service Provision: Statements (12 Jun 2019)

Jim Daly: If I may answer the question. Such a letter may issue in any month of any year because there are 6,000 people waiting for home help. Its being issued does not meant that there is an embargo or freeze on home help. It is continually the case that when people no longer need home help, it is coming back into the system. Some 800,000 additional hours were added to the system this year....

Home Help Service Provision: Statements (12 Jun 2019)

Jim Daly: ...nail on the head. There can be no comparison, as has been made, between the €240 per week for home care, €1,200 per week for a nursing home and €7,000 per week for an acute hospital bed. It does not make any sense and I am surprised at some of the Deputies who have offered those figures because I thought they would have understood better. Somebody who goes into a...

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Jim Daly: ...experience of people in the field. This provision will allow them to work with the Medical Council to achieve the higher level of qualifications required for inclusion in the specialist register. It does not give anyone a shortcut or pass. I was going to say a hospital pass. It does not give anyone a break; it just allows them to reach the higher level set. They have the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Ambulance Service Provision (6 Mar 2019)

Jim Daly: ...delivery. It is important to restate the factual position in respect of this dispute. NASRA, which is affiliated with the PNA, is a group which is not recognised by the HSE and which, therefore, does not have negotiating rights. In addition, the PNA does not have negotiating rights for ambulance personnel. The legal position is very clear. The HSE and the National Ambulance Service...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (21 Jun 2011)

Jim Daly: Question 201: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the standard application form for carer's allowance does not allow for deductions such as mortgage payments, tax, PRSI and other compulsory deductions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16560/11]

Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2011)

Jim Daly: SNAs do not provide education. Deputy Boyd Barrett does not know what he is talking about.