Results 2,081-2,100 of 2,137 for speaker:Jerry Cowley

Health Services: Motion. (12 Oct 2004)

Jerry Cowley: It needs more than consideration.

Health Services: Motion. (12 Oct 2004)

Jerry Cowley: We need more. People are being transported like cattle all over the place. They are too sick to get to the centres.

Health Services: Motion. (12 Oct 2004)

Jerry Cowley: The only consideration we hear being given here is being given to Waterford.

Health Services: Motion. (12 Oct 2004)

Jerry Cowley: How about the alternative——

Health Services: Motion. (12 Oct 2004)

Jerry Cowley: How about all the hospitals down——

Health Services: Motion. (12 Oct 2004)

Jerry Cowley: Only in the east.

Health Services: Motion. (12 Oct 2004)

Jerry Cowley: Not in the west.

Health Services: Motion. (12 Oct 2004)

Jerry Cowley: That is great for those who get it, or those with the money for it.

Health Services: Motion. (12 Oct 2004)

Jerry Cowley: We are still waiting.

Health Services: Motion. (12 Oct 2004)

Jerry Cowley: We are still waiting. It took a long time to introduce BreastCheck. It was promised nationwide years ago.

Health Services: Motion. (12 Oct 2004)

Jerry Cowley: There is a 20% mortality rate.

Health Services: Motion. (12 Oct 2004)

Jerry Cowley: Not in Waterford, Kilkenny and Limerick.

Health Services: Motion. (12 Oct 2004)

Jerry Cowley: More investment is needed.

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (5 Oct 2004)

Jerry Cowley: As someone who has lived in rural Ireland for many years, I have first-hand experience of the wonderful people involved in rural communities. The greatest example of that is the group water scheme system, of which I have personal experience. I saw the wonderful effort made by so many people not only to set up those schemes but run them around the clock, no more than a rural general...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 Jun 2004)

Jerry Cowley: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an operation to have cataracts removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18148/04]

Regional Development. (17 Jun 2004)

Jerry Cowley: Question 3: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of the fact that west and north Mayo is the most socio-economically affected area of Ireland according to the previous census, she will take steps to rectify the situation and ensure survival of the area into the next century; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18154/04]

Regional Development. (17 Jun 2004)

Jerry Cowley: I thank the Tánaiste for her reply. When I asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Ó Cuív, about this the other day, he said it was the responsibility of another Department. It must be somebody's responsibility. At a time of unparalleled growth, north-west Mayo has lost 1,600 of its population in six years. If that area had shared in the growth that occurred...

Regional Development. (17 Jun 2004)

Jerry Cowley: I am not talking about rural areas but rather an area of Mayo which comprises half the county and is larger than many counties. I am not referring to urban centres alone but rather half of County Mayo where the population has dropped significantly. Central Statistics Office figures indicate that disposable income in the west was 7.8% below the State average. In Mayo and Roscommon the figures...

National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)

Jerry Cowley: I am glad to speak on this Bill which also deals with the consequences of breaking up Dúchas, some of whose responsibility has gone to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and to the Office of Public Works. A major change in the Bill is that it gives sweeping new and extraordinary powers to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. It is...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (17 Jun 2004)

Jerry Cowley: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate a matter of major importance, namely, the failure to utilise the 26 elderly assessment beds lying idle since 2001 in Mayo General Hospital, together with the two palliative care beds lying idle at the hospital since 2001 also, due to the failure to recruit nurses because of the recruitment ceiling while 14 elderly people...