Results 3,781-3,800 of 4,810 for speaker:Liam Twomey
- Written Answers — Taxpayers' Advocate: Taxpayers' Advocate (7 Feb 2007)
Liam Twomey: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance if he supports the establishment of a tax advocate with powers to monitor fair treatment of taxpayers. [4136/07]
- Health Service Reform: Motion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)
Liam Twomey: When working as a full-time GP, I had between 12,000 and 15,000 consultations with patients every year, just like any other GP across the country. When I was on call, for example, going out at 12 midnight to see a sick child, admitting someone to hospital, ringing a local accident and emergency department or consultant, or chatting with an ambulance crew outside a patient's house, no one...
- Health Service Reform: Motion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)
Liam Twomey: I will say that it was at variance with the truth. That is what is happening, and a recent report from the Irish College of General Practitioners â and the Irish Cancer Society in case the Minister of State thinks there is a vested interest â showed that 41% of public patients wait more than 12 weeks for a colonoscopy, which is what the patient known as Rosie required. In her case, it...
- Health Service Reform: Motion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)
Liam Twomey: On the basis of the cancer strategy written by Deputy Noonan and presented to the Dáil.
- Health Service Reform: Motion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)
Liam Twomey: It was funded by the Irish people. Fianna Fáil should not fool itself into thinking it did it. The economy was built on the backs of Irish people. The Government must identify weaknesses in services and improve them. It must protect patients by whatever means necessary. Our favoured means, the way forward, is a patient safety authority rather than a commission to examine the issue....
- Health Service Reform: Motion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)
Liam Twomey: I am listening.
- Health Service Reform: Motion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)
Liam Twomey: It is wrong.
- Health Service Reform: Motion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)
Liam Twomey: It is wrong.
- Health Service Reform: Motion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)
Liam Twomey: I refer some of those patients and they are not seen within two to five months.
- Order of Business (7 Feb 2007)
Liam Twomey: Do not be upsetting the PDs.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2007)
Liam Twomey: Is it a washing machine?
- Written Answers — Sheepmeat Industry: Sheepmeat Industry (6 Feb 2007)
Liam Twomey: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she is taking to implement the recommendations of the Sheep Strategy Group report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3565/07]
- Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (6 Feb 2007)
Liam Twomey: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to evaluate the economic implications of the use of genetically modified organisms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3588/07]
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Liam Twomey: That is not correct.
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Liam Twomey: I am speaking from my experience and it is not the case. There is no way any of my patients are being seen in two to five months for procedures.
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Liam Twomey: That is false.
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Liam Twomey: It is not true. What goes on the record should be true.
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Liam Twomey: That is wrong.
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Liam Twomey: Who gave them that contract?
- Health Service Reform: Motion (6 Feb 2007)
Liam Twomey: Does the Minister foresee any problems?