Results 481-500 of 1,095 for speaker:Jimmy Devins
- National Monuments. (14 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue which I will take on behalf of my colleague the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley. In January 2007, Nos. 14-17 Moore Street in Dublin 1 were given strengthened statutory protection as a national monument through the placement on these buildings of a preservation order under the National Monuments Act 1930....
- Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (14 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: As part of the Multi-Annual Investment Programme 2006-2009 under the Disability Strategy, the Government provided the Health Service Executive with an additional â¬75m in both 2006 and 2007. This funding included monies to provide new and enhanced services for people with disabilities, to implement Part 2 of the Disability Act 2005, which came into effect on June 1st 2007 for the under 5's...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004 and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall vote. The Executive, therefore, is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: I propose to take Questions Nos. 102 and 103 together. The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have...
- Services for People with Disabilities. (14 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue which I will take on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. As the Deputy is aware, officials from the Department of Health and Children and myself met with representatives of Muscular Dystrophy Ireland in October of last year and discussed at some length the issue raised by the Deputy. I commend the Deputy...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (13 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: As part of the Multi-Annual Investment Programme 2006-2009 under the Disability Strategy, the Government provided the Health Service Executive with an additional â¬75m in both 2006 and 2007. This funding included moneys to provide new and enhanced services for people with disabilities, to implement Part 2 of the Disability Act 2005, which came into effect on June 1st 2007 for the under 5's...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (13 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004 and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall Vote. The Executive, therefore, is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: As part of the Multi-Annual Investment Programme 2006-2009 under the Disability Strategy, the Government provided the Health Service Executive with an additional â¬75m in both 2006 and 2007. This funding included monies to provide new and enhanced services for people with disabilities, to implement Part 2 of the Disability Act 2005, which came into effect on June 1st 2007 for the under 5's...
- Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: I wish to share time with Deputies Margaret Conlon, Peter Power, Paul Gogarty, Ãine Brady, Finian McGrath and Mary O'Rourke.
- Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: I welcome the opportunity that this debate provides for me and my colleagues in the Department of Education and Science to put on the record the efforts that have been and are being made to improve the situation of children with special needs, including those with autism. I wish to outline for the House the changes to co-ordination and strengthening of existing measures that have been put in...
- Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: It is being given. Second was the publication of the six sectoral plans that outline how Departments are to provide for the implementation of the provisions of the Disability Act. Third is the multi-annual investment programme that provides â¬900 million from 2006 to 2009, which was announced in the budget in 2005. The Act is underpinned by this multi-annual investment programme. It is...
- Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: The report goes on to say that there has been significant growth in the level of provision of services to people with an intellectual disability, which reflects the investment programme. The additional investment in the health services in recent years has resulted in an increase in the number of physiotherapists, speech and language therapists and occupational therapists, by 1,988 since 1997,...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, the Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the individual Deputy.
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (12 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004 and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall vote. The Executive, therefore, is the appropriate body to consider the particular matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the...
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: As part of the Multi-Annual Investment Programme 2006-2009 under the Disability Strategy, the Government provided the Health Service Executive with an additional â¬75 million in both 2006 and 2007. This funding included moneys to provide new and enhanced services for people with disabilities, to implement Part 2 of the Disability Act 2005, which came into effect on 1 June 2007 for those...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 Feb 2008)
Jimmy Devins: As the Deputy is aware, officials from the Department of Health and Children and I met representatives of Muscular Dystrophy Ireland in October last year and we discussed the issue raised by the Deputy. I issued a letter to the Director of Muscular Dystrophy Ireland last week outlining the Department's position in relation to funding research trials into Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in the...