Results 41-60 of 551 for cork speaker:Alan Kelly

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2021)

Alan Kelly: ...good friend, Vicky Phelan, all the best given the news she gave us over the weekend. I am sure everybody in the House is thinking of her; I know I am. Obviously, there was fanfare yesterday in Cork. It was a great local occasion for the Minister, the Taoiseach and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. I have been around when a number of these plans have been announced. I...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Alan Kelly: .... She lives in fear. Her son spent four and a half months in jail because, as a State, we could not find a place for him in a secure mental health unit. They would not take him in Dundrum or in Cork so he spent four and a half months in jail. In the last 24 hours he has been sent to Ennis, from where he absconded before. People are worried about this young man because of his situation...

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jun 2021)

Alan Kelly: ...advise them to stay on board. It is not my business. This is going nowhere in scale. Obviously we need multiannual funding, which still has not happened. Regarding the issues outlined by HIQA, only Cork, Cavan, Drogheda and Wexford meet the requirements. The other 15 maternity units need significant upgrading and refurbishment. Local maternity services to me are in Limerick, where my...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 May 2021)

Alan Kelly: ...from partners. Who is in charge? I often hear the Taoiseach say that clinical decisions override everything else, and I say it myself at times, but this is barbaric and wrong. Linda Kelly from Cork said that after she gave birth it was like "being released from prison". She did not say that to be dramatic, because I know her. Last week, I raised the case of Gary Toohey, who stood in a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (31 Mar 2021)

Alan Kelly: 961. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time paediatric endocrinologists at Cork University Hospital; and if this number will be further increased. [16671/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (24 Mar 2021)

Alan Kelly: 319. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vacancies that have occurred on the board of the Port of Cork since 1 January 2020; the number of vacancies that have been filled by reappointment of outgoing members; the number filled following applications received via an appointments process; the reason some vacancies have been filled by reappointments and others not;...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (24 Mar 2021)

Alan Kelly: ...Sport if he or his advisers received communications, verbally or in writing from other Ministers or their advisers, regarding the appointment or reappointment of members of the board of the Port of Cork; if so, if he will publish the details of such communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14967/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (10 Mar 2021)

Alan Kelly: ...getting pushed back but now they are going happen in June. He said that in the past half hour. As regards mandatory quarantine, I note that people can be flying in, for instance, through Schiphol to Cork. Where will people who come in from Brazil, through Schiphol, to Cork be quarantined?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Dec 2020)

Alan Kelly: ...50, in comparison to 34 in 2019 and 35 in 2018. Will the Taoiseach tell the House why we do not have national figures? As the Taoiseach will now, concerns have been expressed in his own city of Cork and in other areas. Why do we not have national figures? Any death is obviously a tragedy, no matter where it happens, but this sudden and sharp rise is really worrying. Some people...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2020)

Alan Kelly: ...and is having a huge consequence for the rest of us on this island. The infection rate in Northern Ireland is now four times the rate in the South. The difference in infection rates is alarming. Cork and Kerry have 14-day incidence rates of 25 per 100,000 and 30 per 100,000, respectively. In Northern Ireland, the local government districts of Antrim and Newtownabbey, Mid and East...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Kelly: I am not sure if the Taoiseach is aware that a number of section 39 workers represented by SIPTU and Fórsa are demonstrating outside his constituency office in Cork at the moment. They have submitted a claim for pay restoration which the Labour Party supports. These workers have done Trojan work throughout the pandemic and are most valuable members of our community. I sat beside the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Kelly: ...not in any way about politics, and I mean that sincerely. My party believes we must up our game here. The Taoiseach will be aware of the adage, "Fail to prepare, prepare to fail", from his fellow Cork man. We cannot have that. We must get it right. I fully support the Taoiseach in this regard. However, with regard to the information he provided to the House, I believe information...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (17 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: 767. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the high rate of neonatal brain injury for two years running in Cork University Maternity Hospital; his views on whether this is an outlier when it comes to other maternity hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36569/20]

Ceisteanna – Questions: National Economic and Social Council (20 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: ...some help in educational settings, whether third-level education or in schools. While it has not come through the regulatory validation process, the Taoiseach is aware that a secondary school in Cork city is using rapid testing all of the time. What is his opinion on that given that it is outside the regulatory setting? I understand the reason it is happening. It is because people are...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: It has been a very difficult 24 hours for the nation but it has been an even more difficult last few hours for Cork city, as I am sure the Taoiseach will agree. The businesses based in the lower mall, Oliver Plunkett Street and around that area, which the Taoiseach is aware is an area I know very well, face into devastation from flooding. I read the his statement in which he said...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: ...would support with regard to business opportunities and supports for businesses. I previously worked in Fáilte Ireland. I appreciate that industry and how difficult it is. The €10 million for Cork Airport and Shannon Airport is a pittance, considering that Shannon Airport is losing €1.3 million a week in revenue, but I support the measures in general. However, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (1 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: 304. To ask the Minister for Health the average patient experience time in the emergency department in Mercy University Hospital, Cork, during the period September 2019 to February 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27869/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (1 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: 334. To ask the Minister for Health the average patient experience time in the emergency department in Mercy University Hospital, Cork, during the period June to August 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27901/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (1 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: 355. To ask the Minister for Health if more pedestrian access Covid-19 testing facilities will be made available in Dublin, Cork, Waterford, Galway and Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27923/20]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: ...Will the Minister break down where those beds are going? We need to know where the concentration of beds will be. We know we have extraordinary issues in the acute sector in the mid-west and in Cork University Hospital as well. We know where the problems are. We know wards in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin are closed because of Covid-19 outbreaks. There is a difference between what is...