Results 2,201-2,220 of 3,931 for speaker:Dan Neville
- Schools Building Projects. (5 Mar 2008)
Dan Neville: When?
- Schools Building Projects. (5 Mar 2008)
Dan Neville: I know that.
- Schools Building Projects. (5 Mar 2008)
Dan Neville: Will it be announced at Easter? It was promised last year.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Mar 2008)
Dan Neville: Question 267: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a swipe card will be introduced for old age contributory and non-contributory pensions in 2008; and the date of same. [9525/08]
- Anti-Social Behaviour: Motion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2008)
Dan Neville: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion and congratulate Deputy Charles Flanagan on tabling it. Anti-social behaviour must be tackled as a matter of urgency. It is destroying many communities and this is very evident in many towns and villages. I am regularly approached about it in my constituency. People in Newcastle West almost feel under siege at certain times of the weekend....
- Mental Health Services. (5 Mar 2008)
Dan Neville: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way she will ensure that the allocation of â¬25 million in 2006 and â¬25 million in 2007 for the introduction of the recommendations contained in A Vision for Change is allocated for this purpose in view of the fact that â¬23 million of the â¬50 million has been spent in other areas; and if she will reconsider her decision not...
- Mental Health Services. (5 Mar 2008)
Dan Neville: That is a most creative piece of presentation to cover up a lack of spending and an abandonment of the recommendations in A Vision for Change. Was the Minister of State consulted over the decision of the HSE to reallocate â¬23 million from 2006 and 2007 to something other than what the Government and the Minister designated it for? The Minister stated that up to early December, â¬51...
- Mental Health Services. (5 Mar 2008)
Dan Neville: Two years later.
- Mental Health Services. (5 Mar 2008)
Dan Neville: It is two years since A Vision for Change was published. In those two years, the Government and the Minister regularly paraded the commitment to, and implementation of, A Vision for Change. We have now been informed the plan was only sanctioned on 14 February of this year. How can we believe anything the Minister of State says if that is the case? In early December, the Minister expressly...
- Mental Health Facilities. (5 Mar 2008)
Dan Neville: The Minister of State has experience as a physician. Does he not agree with the advice that was offered by a number of experts â including some from Australia and New Zealand â in recent times in respect of this matter to the effect that locating a therapeutic hospital beside a custodial establishment is the wrong way to proceed? The experts to whom I refer also referred to the...
- Mental Health Facilities. (5 Mar 2008)
Dan Neville: That is a completely different situation. We are discussing a forensic hospital.
- Health Services. (5 Mar 2008)
Dan Neville: Bearing in mind that an inadequate â¬44.3 million is allocated to the Road Safety Authority and 338 people died in road accidents last year, how can the Minister justify the allocation of just â¬3.5 million to the National Office for Suicide Prevention when 500 people die by suicide? How can she justify not increasing the level of funding this year?
- Mental Health Services. (5 Mar 2008)
Dan Neville: "Yes" is the answer.
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (4 Mar 2008)
Dan Neville: Question 185: To ask the Taoiseach the reason an application for an Access, Skills and Content Initiative 2007 made by groups (details supplied) in County Limerick was unsuccessful in an application made in 2007. [8913/08]
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (4 Mar 2008)
Dan Neville: Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on a matter (details supplied). [8889/08]
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (4 Mar 2008)
Dan Neville: Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will make a statement regarding the Energy Tax Directive 2004; and the position regarding fuel rebate for school services. [8920/08]
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (4 Mar 2008)
Dan Neville: Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people with learning disabilities sent abroad for rehabilitation; the reason individuals are sent abroad for treatment; the cost of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8817/08]
- Written Answers — Infrastructure Projects: Infrastructure Projects (4 Mar 2008)
Dan Neville: Question 331: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will issue a statement outlining his policy towards the mid west region; if he will provide the extra moneys which will deliver vital infrastructural projects such as key road and rail upgrades; and when he will meet chambers of commerce (details supplied). [8899/08]
- Job Creation. (28 Feb 2008)
Dan Neville: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the net gain in Industrial Development Authority generated jobs over the past five years; if he is satisfied with the net return to the State; his forecasts for IDA job creation in the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8487/08]
- Written Answers — Departmental Appointments: Departmental Appointments (27 Feb 2008)
Dan Neville: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of appointments made to the position of agriculture inspector general in 2007. [8234/08]