Results 21-40 of 457 for long speaker:Willie O'Dea

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Feb 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 143. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the extremely long waiting times persons are enduring in order to receive assistance from the EU Digital COVID Certificate helpline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6901/22]

Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2021)

Willie O'Dea: ...the power to restrict directors is being extended, which is welcome. The qualifications of directors and liquidators are being addressed in this Bill. I am surprised this issue was not dealt with long ago, but it is nevertheless welcome even if it is late. There are some basic provisions, such as the requirement in certain circumstances for directors and liquidators to produce their PPS...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Jul 2021)

Willie O'Dea: ...the dramatic reduction in personal injury awards over the past two months by as much as 50%. He will also be aware that that reduction is a result of actions taken by the Government, which took a long time and encountered ferocious opposition. However, insurance premiums have not reduced commensurately. The idea behind bringing down personal awards was that premiums would be reduced and...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2021)

Willie O'Dea: ...time around. Several deficiencies emerged which are being effectively dealt with by the Minister of State in today's legislation, which I welcome. I am slightly concerned that it has taken so long. I remember the fourth last Minister of State in that Department actually speaking about this particular reform. Since then we have had three different Ministers of State and now Deputy...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 May 2021)

Willie O'Dea: ...to provide capital and extra housing, instead of swooping in and purchasing housing already completed. A number of cases have been brought to my attention in which further swoops are imminent. How long will it take the Government to come up with a solution to this problem? The activities we are talking about are not in the public interest. Is there anything the Government can do,...

Banking Sector: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Willie O'Dea: ...prevented its inmates from escaping. It was supposed to have had three dog's heads, snakes growing from its body and a serpent's tail. The vulture funds, including the latter-day Cerberus, have a long and distinguished record of consigning people to a living hell from which they can never hope to escape. I have been listening to the Minister telling us for the past few days what...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Feb 2021)

Willie O'Dea: ...754 are now waiting more than 18 months at the hospital, an increase from 2,191 at the end of 2019; if he will extend the successful Sligo scheme in the north west to UHL in view of these extremely long waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5245/21]

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Willie O'Dea: ...unfortunately my time is limited to three and a half minutes. Despite all the guff and fake indignation we have heard on the floor of the House about the Government being allocated extra time, the longest I have ever been allowed to speak here since the Government took office is four minutes. There has been a huge increase in the social welfare budget, necessitated by the Covid-19...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised Estimate) (28 May 2020)

Willie O'Dea: ...payments, which I welcome, but without any information whatsoever as to the future of this payment. I have been inundated with questions from people asking when the payment is going to end, for how long is it going to continue, is it going to be tapered or modulated, etc. I simply cannot answer those people. The answer I gave was that the Dáil will debate this expenditure on...

Covid-19 (Employment Affairs and Social Protection): Statements (20 May 2020)

Willie O'Dea: ...question now, she might respond in writing. What is the Government's intention in respect of the €350 per week Covid-19 payment? Is it due to be extended beyond 15 June and, if so, for how long? If and when the Government decides to terminate the payment, will it do so in a tapered manner or will it let people fall off the cliff, immediately back to their pre-existing rates of...

Environmental Impact of Quarries and Incinerators: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2019)

Willie O'Dea: ...the development of the circular economy; and — ensure that plans for residual waste, left over after recycling or re-use, are prepared on the basis that the levels of such will be progressively reduced. There was a time when incineration was seen as the perfect antidote or alternative to landfill when it came to the disposal of toxic waste. However, those days are long since...

Social Welfare (Payment Order) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Nov 2019)

Willie O'Dea: ...the Minister is because she did this and a section 2 outlining how she is marvellous because she did that. This is an insult to lone parents and the representative organisations that have long been advocating for the change set out in these provisions. We are being told that the Government proposes to do something in six months' time because there is a judge-led group examining the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (26 Nov 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 294. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the long waiting list for children who wear orthotics; if there is a problem with funding for same in mid-western areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48700/19]

Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (12 Nov 2019)

Willie O'Dea: ...recently passed a motion in the House, tabled by Deputy Brady, to the effect that there should be an agency to pursue the putative parent rather than have people traipsing through the District Court, with all that it entails. We have been talking about this for quite a long time and there is no sign of any action. We congratulated ourselves after the last change of Government, saying...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (15 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 137. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to assist persons who are endeavouring to ensure their properties against loss and damage in view of the fact that there are a number of houses of long standing in Limerick city and its environs in areas that have now been designated as a flood plain as a result of which the owners cannot obtain house insurance; and if he will make a statement on...

State Ex Gratia Scheme: Statements (10 Jul 2019)

Willie O'Dea: ...under the ex gratiascheme is €84,000, which is a fairly pitiable amount of money in the context of the destruction that has been done. How does one compensate people who have died during the long wait for justice? How does one compensate people who have taken their own lives? It is not a question of compensation but of a tangible recognition and acknowledgement by the State that...

National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Jun 2019)

Willie O'Dea: ...of their income, which will now come to light if the Government at last is forced to do the right thing? It is a spurious, threadbare argument. I will give the Minister one bit of advice as a long-standing Member of this House. We are more than three years into the lifetime of a minority Government. The future is very uncertain. The prospect of a general election looms ever closer,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Pensions Reform (30 May 2019)

Willie O'Dea: ...a simple reversal of the 2012 changes. When we are getting something, we do not look a gift horse in the mouth. The Government had two options - to reverse the 2012 changes, or to introduce this long and rather complex system to try to compensate people. The option it chose is not working for half, or possibly over half, of the people who are affected. Two pensioners in exactly the...

Housing (Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 May 2019)

Willie O'Dea: ...In 2018, for example, 206,000 hospital bed days were lost due to delayed discharges. This has created much anxiety, distress and worry for families who did not know if they would get the grant, how long it will take to get it and how much it would amount to in order for them to plan ahead. We propose, along the lines suggested by the national disability strategy document, to remove...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (4 Apr 2019)

Willie O'Dea: ...social aspect. The Minister has informed us that she has set up an interdepartmental committee to consider how that should be done. I am trying to ascertain if this committee has met yet. How long will it be before we can expect proposals from the committee? For how long will the recommendations be considered? When the recommendations are ready will they be discussed with stakeholders...