Results 3,841-3,860 of 4,810 for speaker:Liam Twomey
- Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (24 Jan 2007)
Liam Twomey: The Minister is aware of what I am talking about and she should not dismiss those deaths so casually.
- Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (24 Jan 2007)
Liam Twomey: I am not scaremongering. They are serious concerns.
- Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (24 Jan 2007)
Liam Twomey: The point has been clearly made. I hope the Minister will take on board some of the facts we have highlighted. HIQA is not a patient safety protection agency. Its remit is far too broad and it will not work. The Minister must separate out the social services inspectorate and combine it with the mental health commission to set up a proper patient safety authority. Perhaps the Minister...
- Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (24 Jan 2007)
Liam Twomey: They probably do.
- Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (24 Jan 2007)
Liam Twomey: The Minister probably did not go to find out.
- Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (12 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: Question 90: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the location and expected cost of remediating existing landfills; the funding that will be provided in each case to each local authority; the views expressed by the EPA and EU Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42556/06]
- Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (12 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: Question 174: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding sought for recycling and recovery infrastructure from the Environment Fund in 2006; the amount granted in each case; the estimated cost to meet these demands in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42557/06]
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: The Government is freezing the contribution.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: Mostly private.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: The elderly cannot find them.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: They have not.
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: I apologise; it was on Tuesday night, on the Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006. The establishment of 100 primary care teams was announced in last year's budget, and this year the Government has trawled through the matter and announced it again. The Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, has announced that she will set up an extra 100 teams. To the best of my knowledge,...
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: I wish to share time with Deputy Neville.
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: We must acknowledge that there were many good points in the budget. When one considers that it is a pre-election budget, one would expect it would contain some benefits for the people. However, today's newspaper headlines should have stated the past three budgets represented a deliberate fraud visited upon the people. In 2004 the budget surplus was â¬2.1 billion, in 2005 it was â¬2.4...
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: The Minister of State can say what he likes but the hard fact remains that the Government has perpetrated a deliberate fraud in the past three years and effectively stolen â¬7 billion from taxpayers in order to buy next year's general election. I will provide a history lesson. In the 1997 budget Deputy Quinn, Minister for Finance in the then Fine Gael-Labour Party Government, returned...
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: The Minister of State must have no understanding of the economy. Everyone knows what has been happening during the past three years.
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: We were deliberately led astray by the Government. Even yesterday's showy reduction in the top rate of tax from 42% to 41% would have been laughable if it did not represent another blatant attempt to try to win votes in the next general election, although I can accept that the Government might try to pull one or two scams of that nature before the election in order to grab the attention of...
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: Time will tell, particularly when the people have had an opportunity to consider the position. The three budgets introduced by the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, represent an attempt to buy the general election.
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: We will let the people decide, once they have had an opportunity to consider the position. It is an insult to the electorate that the Government cannot get its figures right and that its calculations were out by over â¬2 billion in each of the past three years.
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Liam Twomey: As the Minister of State is interrupting, I have no choice but to respond. However, I will address my remarks through the Chair.