Results 30,261-30,280 of 40,897 for speaker:Simon Coveney
- Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)
Simon Coveney: The probation service Bill will be published next year. There is no date as yet for the publication of criminal justice (victims rights) Bill but I will ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to reply to the Deputy directly on that matter.
- Regulation of Moneylenders Bill 2013: First Stage (18 Jun 2013)
Simon Coveney: No.
- Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)
Simon Coveney: The Health (Amendment) Bill is on Second Stage in the Seanad and will come to this House when it is concluded in the Seanad. The process is under way. The second issue relates to an integrated care agency and I will get the Minister to revert to the Deputy.
- Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)
Simon Coveney: There is a series of commitments in the programme for Government but the Deputy is this afternoon asking about the Health (Amendment) Bill. We are only half way through our term in Government.
- Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)
Simon Coveney: The commitments on the care of the elderly will need to be judged at the end of our term and we are not resiling from any of them.
- Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)
Simon Coveney: We should be judged at the end of the term.
- Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)
Simon Coveney: My understanding is that the heads of the national paediatric hospital Bill are being worked on and it will be published later this year. The heads of the gender recognition Bill are currently being drafted and although I cannot give an exact date for the legislation, I expect we will see it this year. There is no Bill listed relating to pensions but my understanding is that the Minister,...
- Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)
Simon Coveney: I agree with the Deputy on the need for radical reform of how our democracy operates and this Government is determined to carry that out. We have already done a number of things, including ending corporate donations, introducing gender quotas and a proposal to abolish the Seanad and change the function of the Dáil to make it more efficient and downsize it. We have significantly reduced...
- Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)
Simon Coveney: I understand we will see the foreshore and marine Bill this summer and we will see offshore renewable energy legislation before the end of the year.
- Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)
Simon Coveney: I will not rise to the bait and this Government has the utmost respect for the Garda and its work.
- Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)
Simon Coveney: The legislation will be seen before the end of the year.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Dáil Reform (18 Jun 2013)
Simon Coveney: Tá an athrú ag teacht.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Dáil Reform (18 Jun 2013)
Simon Coveney: That is not true.
- Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)
Simon Coveney: It is proposed to take No. 9, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; No. 10, motion re withdrawal of the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2013, which, I understand, is Deputy Michael McGrath's Bill; No. 11, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the development of a prison in the townland of Rathmore and city of Cork...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2013)
Simon Coveney: This is a serious issue which deserves a serious and detailed response. I am limited in what I can say owing to my knowledge in this area. However, if the University of London has produced a report that exposes weaknesses in the screening system for prostate cancer in Ireland, that is a serious issue and of course we need to look into it. I give the Deputy a commitment that I will speak to...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2013)
Simon Coveney: I give the commitment to raise it this week with the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, and we will get a detailed response to the Deputy as quickly as is feasible.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2013)
Simon Coveney: I agree with almost all the points the Deputy raises. Mental health provision in the health service has been grossly underfunded in the past. I spent three years on the former Southern Health Board's mental services committee, as it was known at the time. Until recently, there was a significant deficit in terms of funding and expenditure in this area. The programme for Government included...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2013)
Simon Coveney: Absolutely. That is the reason the Government prioritised this area in contrast to the previous Government by introducing new initiatives and increasing expenditure on mental health services despite facing difficult budgetary challenges. We must continue to prioritise this area. Developments over the past four or five years have placed extreme pressure on many families and young people,...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2013)
Simon Coveney: I thank Deputy Martin for raising this issue because I have spent considerable time during the Irish Presidency on brokering a deal with the European Parliament, the Commission and other member states which would radically reform the way in which Europe's fishing fleet fishes, link science in a real way with the calculation of quotas and total allowable catches each year and ensure we are...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2013)
Simon Coveney: I suggest the Deputy should examine the detail of the reform. I would always like more consultation with the fishing industry. It is true that it has been a while since I toured many of the fisheries harbours and I will do so again over the summer months. It is untrue to say that I do not have ongoing contact with fisheries organisations, whether from the south and west, Killybegs, the...