Results 4,001-4,020 of 4,810 for speaker:Liam Twomey

Single Payment Scheme. (14 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: Some €160 million is paid in single farm payments every year and a number of concerns have been raised regarding delays in these payments. In the majority of cases farmers acknowledge they have made mistakes and, if this is the case, the Department of Agriculture and Food should review the form involved to see if simplification of the application is possible. If a large number of mistakes...

Health Services: Motion. (14 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: I move: That Dáil Éireann, conscious of issues which compromise patient safety such as those exposed in: the Lourdes Hospital Inquiry Report; the report on the death of Mr. Pat Joe Walsh; the case of Mr. Peter McKenna; and the Leas Cross reports; aware that the creation of one single employer, the HSE, for a majority of the staff who work in the health services, supports the case for the...

Health Services: Motion. (14 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: There is no doubt this is a very important Private Members' motion, where we will speak about a patient safety authority for our health service. I feel strongly about this issue and I am absolutely shocked at the way Ministers have responded. A reign of terror against elderly patients was benignly described as a systems failure by the HSE. On Friday, the Minister, Deputy Harney, poured out...

Health Services: Motion. (14 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: The Minister has been out a few times. There must be a few nice things going on in the HSE, according to her.

Health Services: Motion. (14 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: The Minister lets the HSE handle all the other issues. There is a sense that if politicians and the Government, delegated by the people to look after the health services, do not care, why should senior management and people further down the system? That is currently creeping into the health system.

Health Services: Motion. (14 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: We want to stop that. We wish to see control going back into the political institutions to protect patients. What good is it for the Taoiseach to talk about a referendum to protect children's rights under the Constitution when the same Government cannot protect the rights of elderly patients, which are already enshrined in the Constitution? The reason these cannot be protected is either...

Health Services: Motion. (14 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: On a point of order, I apologise for not making a submission to the Minister, but unfortunately——

Health Services: Motion. (14 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: ——-she has been keeping us too busy watching other aspects of the health service to do so.

Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: What about the former Ministers, Deputies Martin and Callely?

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (8 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Bill was de-prioritised in the Government legislative programme between 24 April and 27 September 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36927/06]

Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (7 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps being taken by gardaí to stop the recent escalation of thefts from shops in Wexford town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36362/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (7 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 314: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of acute hospital beds, both public and private, in each of the hospitals, for each of the years 1997 to 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36530/06]

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (2 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 225: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of claims made to the redress board for compensation in respect of abuse which was suffered in residential centres; the number of children placed in these centres by a court following application to it under the Children Act 1908 in respect of these numbers; the number who were placed there voluntarily; the number of the...

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: I have no difficulty giving way to my colleagues in the Labour Party and will withdraw most of my amendments if we can take the family home issue out of this. During Leaders' Questions the Taoiseach acknowledged that elderly patients will have to sell their homes because the HSE may refuse the subvention. He agreed with what we have said all along that elderly patients may have to sell...

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: I move amendment No. 15: In page 11, line 11, to delete "Executive," and substitute the following: "Executive, and (iii) except in exceptional circumstances, not sooner than 12 months after the commencement of the payment of a relevant subvention,". Every opportunity should be taken to discuss the Bill in as much detail as possible. The aim of the amendment is to enable the HSE to allow...

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: That is the purpose of the amendment which I will press because the Minister of State must explain himself to the House.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has entered into a service level agreement with the providers of the private radiotherapy facilities in Waterford; and the number of people they envisage being treated in the first year. [35519/06]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (1 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the social partners who agreed that 5% of the value of an elderly person's house is taken into account for subvention purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35503/06]

Written Answers — Computerisation Programme: Computerisation Programme (1 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the role of information technology in the health services here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35756/06]

Care of the Elderly. (1 Nov 2006)

Liam Twomey: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to ensure the publication of the Leas Cross report on deaths in Leas Cross by Professor O'Neill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35755/06]