Results 521-540 of 2,137 for speaker:Jerry Cowley

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

Jerry Cowley: Question 382: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a crisis situation developing within the ENT section in Mayo; if funding will be made available in order that the position of head and neck surgeon and otolaryngologist can be advertised and prevent an ENT clinic in Mayo General Hospital being cancelled and extending the long waiting lists; and if...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Nov 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 477: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the living alone allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not increased from €7.70 for a number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35569/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (1 Nov 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 488: To ask the Minister for Transport when persons (details supplied) in County Mayo can expect a reply from the Secretary General of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35152/06]

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (1 Nov 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 510: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the recommendations in the report linguistic study of Irish usage in the Gaeltacht which commenced in April 2004 and which was due for completion in September 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35172/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (1 Nov 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 542: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be assured that they will continue to receive the help they need in order to make progress and that there will be no cutback in these support services in their school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35168/06]

Written Answers — Public Service Charges: Public Service Charges (1 Nov 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 599: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the mounting feelings of discontent amongst farmers and their families over what some feel is discrimination, whereby local authorities are introducing water charges on farms, with these charges including installation and maintenance of the meter; his views on whether these...

Ambulance Service. (1 Nov 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will provide adequate funding for the transport needs of older and ill people requiring essential hospital investigations and treatment; her views on whether the funding required by her Department to the Health Service Executive west needs to be increased in order that the old and the ill can get to hospital for...

Ambulance Service. (1 Nov 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I thank the Minister for Health and Children for her answer but the question I asked was would she provide enough money to the HSE west to bring ill people to hospital appointments. Patients requiring leg treatment will not get transport unless their leg is falling off from trauma but not if it is falling off from gangrene. I know of an elderly lady on a pension, whose family has a strong...

Ambulance Service. (1 Nov 2006)

Jerry Cowley: It is not fair for the Minister to throw it back on the HSE. She claims it is up to the HSE to prioritise resources. On 1 July 2005, the assistant chief ambulance officer for the region, Paddy Duffy, informed me that "transport is provided on a discretionary basis on having resources to do so".

Ambulance Service. (1 Nov 2006)

Jerry Cowley: More recently, the chief ambulance officer, Ray Bonor, informed me: "I would like to see all applications for transport for the elderly supported, but the financial resources to do so are not available." The Minister should read my lips. "Demand always exceeds our ability to supply certain services; this is a common problem throughout the health service". The HSE is willing and able to...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (26 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost to his Department of the increased Garda presence at Bellanaboy Shell Refinery since 2 October 2006; the cost to date with a breakdown of the Garda ranks, the salaries paid including basic salary, overtime, transfer allowance and so on; the projected costs of this exercise; and if he will make a...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (25 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate a matter of major national and local importance, namely, the failure of Shell to even vacate the compulsory acquisition orders for the existing Corrib gas route granted and facilitated by the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Noel Dempsey, and his predecessors in the Fianna Fáil Party,...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I welcome any move that will prevent what we have seen in mines around the country where multinationals have exploited our resources and have left nothing behind except a mess. That was the case with Tina Mines and in other places. The Shell to Sea campaign is about creating an offshore terminal, something which has already happened off Kinsale and which would be very acceptable to the...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (25 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when her Department will make enhanced subvention available to the people of County Mayo; her views on whether the people of Mayo are being discriminated against as these payments are available in the east and south of the country; the reason same has happened; the further reason it has happened on a long term basis; when this service...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I also oppose this amendment because the people I represent do not trust this Minister, who, with his predecessors, has been responsible for everything that happened to the Corrib gas field, despite never visiting the area. When will he meet the people involved? A TG4 survey revealed that 61% of respondents were in favour of Shell to Sea, 66% supported the stance of the Rossport five, while...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: It is the Minister's responsibility.

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: It has everything to do with it. It is the Minister's responsibility.

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: The Minister should tell us something.

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I am listening.

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: When will the Minister visit?