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- Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (Resumed) (10 Jun 2015)
John Halligan: The bullies of the EU.
- Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (Resumed) (10 Jun 2015)
John Halligan: We should not be afraid of the EU bullies.
- Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (Resumed) (10 Jun 2015)
John Halligan: Somebody said to me during the week that the more this issue drags on the more it resembles a scene from the Mad Hatter's tea party. "We had a problem," was followed by "No, there is not a problem." "We need an inquiry," was followed by "An inquiry would be inappropriate," and then "An inquiry is exactly what we need." "The Siteserv write-down taken by IBRC was €110 million," became...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (9 Jun 2015)
John Halligan: 892. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason there is no dedicated Teachta Dála line available for urgent passport queries; his views that an Irish national applying for a passport through the embassy in Madrid should be eligible to have their passport issued within a reasonable timeframe; his further views that ten weeks is reasonable; and if he will make inquiries...
- Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: The history of privatisation in Ireland is to be feared.
- Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: What about Irish Shipping and all the jobs lost in that regard?
- Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: Why is the Government selling so?
- Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: What does "not foresee a likelihood" mean?
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: The Government is giving it away.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: The Tánaiste does not even believe it herself.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: IAG made 4,200 employees in Iberia redundant and will do the same in Aer Lingus.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: Look at what IAG did to 4,200 workers when it took over Iberia.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: It committed that to Iberia and there were 4,200 redundancies.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: In the first few months of this year only one in every six men with potential symptoms of prostate cancer were referred to the prostate clinic in Waterford. Only one in eight men nationally were seen within the recommended deadline of 20 days of referral. The clinic is supposed to provide rapid access yet delays in filling staffing shortages in Waterford University Hospital have resulted in...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: I accept that.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: I wish to make two interesting points. First, internationally, Ireland ranks among the lowest in Europe for urologists per capita. A recent European survey stated that there were only 23 urologists in Ireland representing a rate of 3.2 specialists per 100,000 males aged 40 and over. In Spain, the rate is 19 specialists per 100,000 of similarly aged males. Hospital workers told me during...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: All I can say to the Minister is that he is completely out of touch with how people feel about hospital services in Waterford.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: 3. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm for the people of County Waterford and the south east the reason access to prostate cancer services at University Hospital Waterford is significantly below the national average, with only 16.7% of attendees seen within the target of 20 working days in January 2015; if any man has been sent to a private hospital to cope with this backlog; if...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: Why is the level of access to prostate cancer services at University Hospital Waterford significantly below the national average, with only 16.7% of attendees seen within the target of 20 working days in January 2015? Has any man been sent to a private hospital to cope with the backlog? I draw the Minister's attention to the fact that 50% of new attendees at the prostate clinic in...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Data (28 May 2015)
John Halligan: 6. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the data relating to breast cancer patients at University Hospital Waterford for February 2015 was not available; if the breast cancer unit at UHW was fully staffed in the months January to April 2015; the percentage of people with symptomatic breast cancer that were seen within the two week target at UHW in January and February 2015; and if he...