Results 181-200 of 900 for long speaker:Seán Barrett

Charities Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Nov 2008)

Seán Barrett: ...family. These women are dropped at different locations early in the morning and picked up in the afternoon. The same people are involved in these scams and I am very pleased the Minister is at long last doing something about this. It should be a message that this society, through the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, deals with people who do not qualify for benefits, where there is...

Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (22 Oct 2008)

Seán Barrett: ...of helping to lower considerably our emission targets. The current difficulties in the financial markets have arisen because there has been a breakdown in trust between banks. Banks are no longer prepared to lend to one other because they do not trust their counterparts' ability to make repayments. This breakdown of trust is a consequence of the sheer greed which saw bankers lending...

Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (22 Oct 2008)

Seán Barrett: ...an accident and emergency department; an increase of €9 in the public hospital bed charge to €75; a 20% increase in the cost of private beds in public hospitals; and an increase of 20% in the long stay charge. One can imagine the hike in VHI charges a result of these increases. This has resulted from a failure in proper management and administration by the HSE and, lo and behold,...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed). (25 Sep 2008)

Seán Barrett: ...sure she often wonders whether she was cheated out of her seat. That should never be the case. I do not see anything wrong if it takes 24 hours to physically count the votes. We can all go in along with our tellers and all the rest of it and see the pieces of paper being opened in front of us. If there is a recount and it takes another day, so what? Let us get rid of this notion....

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Sep 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 415: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the shortage of rheumatologists which has resulted in long waiting lists in excess of two years for the treatment of arthritis and other conditions and the fact that 17% of the population are affected by some form of arthritis; her proposals to address the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29663/08]

Statements on Climate Change (3 Jul 2008)

Seán Barrett: ...are fortunate to an extent because they have Luas, a DART system and a decent bus service. Unfortunately, however, the number of buses that are available for people is insufficient and for as long as this position is maintained, people will use private cars to travel. I believe there is need for radical thinking in this regard and the Dublin transport authority, when it is up and...

Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Seán Barrett: ...naiste communicate with the authorities to find out when exactly this matter will be dealt with? I received an official response following representations on behalf of an individual with regard to long-term care, and I was told to tell the person to wait in a public hospital for a publicly funded bed in a private nursing home.

Health Service Reform. (3 Jul 2008)

Seán Barrett: Is the Minister aware that it seems to be official policy that an elderly person who is seeking accommodation in long-stay nursing home facilities is being told officially in a letter I received yesterday that one of the ways of doing so is to remain in a bed in a public hospital until a place in a public nursing home facility becomes available? In other words, we are now being told that one...

Carbon Allowances: Motion (Resumed) (5 Jun 2008)

Seán Barrett: ...has calculated that electricity is approximately 10% more expensive due to this additional charge. It is a charge the ESB does not have to carry and we are simply suggesting that this money belongs to the taxpayer. The ESB has been given a free allocation of credits and we are saying money should be returned to the taxpayer. It is outrageous that anyone could suggest this might increase...

Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2008)

Seán Barrett: ...people must walk a mile and a half to a bus or DART service, they will take their car. They might drive to the nearest point where they can get the bus or train but the problem is parking. I have long suggested that there should be a mini bus service, such as the old Imp service. That is where the private sector could get involved if the public sector is not prepared to do so. It is...

Finance Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (6 Mar 2008)

Seán Barrett: ...However, a hospice is not similar to a nursing homes or private hospital. The hospice movement allows people to spend the last days of their lives in a different atmosphere. Patients do not spend long periods in hospices, unfortunately, and they know their days are numbered. Therefore, the more local the hospice, the better. It is important that patients remain in their own...

Services for People with Disabilities. (31 Jan 2008)

Seán Barrett: ...are left impaired because of the lack of commitment by the State to co-ordinate a service essential to young people whether in schools or outside. I will continue to raise this matter for as long as God gives me the health to remain in this House. I first raised the issue 25 years ago about a particular individual whose parents were told that their child was mentally handicapped and that...

Written Answers — Parking Regulations: Parking Regulations (30 Jan 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 564: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will initiate the long promised review of the disabled person's parking permit scheme in the near future with a view to ensuring that the scheme is protected from abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2215/08]

Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Seán Barrett: My point was half answered by the Taoiseach but I want clarification. I understood that the health (long term residential care services) Bill was to be published before Christmas and that at the request of the Opposition, because of the lack of time available for debate, it was postponed. Could the Taoiseach give us a date for the publication of that Bill? Will it be in the next week or...

Defence Forces Reserve. (4 Dec 2007)

Seán Barrett: ...B company has a permanent home from which it can grow and develop? How does he intend to give evidence of this commitment and when will progress be seen to be made in the short term? What are his long-term plans for a base in the area? If 40 personnel give up their time to the Reserve Defence Force, how does the Minister value this time commitment to voluntary public service? Numerous...

Climate Change and Energy Security: Statements (22 Nov 2007)

Seán Barrett: ...the Minister indicated, 85% of gas consumed in Ireland is imported, principally from the North Sea where supplies are being depleted by 7% to 8% per annum. We are dependent on Norwegian gas for as long as it is available to us. However, Britain and Ireland have been refused entry into one of the largest gas fields in Norway located, I believe, at Troll. When gas supplies run out,...

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (20 Nov 2007)

Seán Barrett: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when payment of a claim under the public long stay repayment scheme will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason for the delay in processing this claim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29271/07]

Hospitals Building Programme. (6 Nov 2007)

Seán Barrett: ...of this hospital to proceed immediately with the upgrading and construction works. Unfortunately, the Minister is not here. It is not acceptable that these necessary works are put on the long finger and that we will have to wait a number of years before this hospital is restored to its rightful place as one of the leaders in the provision of first-class medical services. The Acting...

Hospitals Building Programme. (6 Nov 2007)

Seán Barrett: ...to go to tender in the very near future. There is talk about work commencing in October but given the current mess in the finances of this country, I am afraid that this matter will be put on the long finger. Having listed some of the matters contained in the report, everybody would agree that, in the interests of patient care and to prevent further illnesses arising from the lack of...

Pre-Budget Outlook: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)

Seán Barrett: .... These commitments are supposed to provide value for money to the public. Anybody who merged 11 health boards without a plan for a proper management structure in the private sector would not be long in business. If 11 companies were brought together under one umbrella, one would first carry out a study to make sure a proper management structure was in place. Prior to the election the...