Results 641-660 of 2,137 for speaker:Jerry Cowley

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (10 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 574: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the revised scheme and proposals for the Achill Sound sewerage scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31879/06]

Cancer Screening Programme. (10 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I am grateful for the opportunity to raise the delay of BreastCheck for the women of Mayo, a matter I raised on my first occasion speaking in Dáil Éireann. It is scandalous and unforgivable that hundreds of women have died and at least 300 more will die before BreastCheck is available to women in Mayo. The former Minister, Deputy Martin, stated that BreastCheck would be available...

Cancer Screening Programme. (10 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Of course it is not. We will have to wait another nine or ten years.

Crime Prevention: Motion. (10 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Hundreds of gardaí are in Rossport, County Mayo, trying to put through an ill-fated project, yet millions of euro worth of drugs are coming into private aerodromes, as has been pointed out. We have had a problem with alcohol for many generations, but in recent years other drugs have compounded and accelerated the situation. Heroin has devastated disadvantaged communities in Dublin....

Green Paper on Energy: Statements. (10 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: All I have to state is that as far as I can see, we do not have an energy policy. Similar to health, there is no policy and there are vested interests throughout. Local people are robbed and abused by forces of the State. This House is silent on the matter and, shamefully, other Mayo Deputies are also silent. I was in County Mayo in recent days. The local community is under attack from...

Green Paper on Energy: Statements. (10 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Deputy O'Malley's party gave away the——

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (10 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the reason that on World Mental Health Day there is only one consultant child psychiatrist covering the entire county of Mayo — the third largest county in the country — with children being obliged to wait for more than two years for an appointment, although immediate treatment is...

Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (5 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will confirm that the report carried out at the request of the Health and Safety authority into whether the authority had the remit to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a person (details supplied) was in accordance with the principles of natural justice; if it will be made available to the...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (4 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 148: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the polluter pays problem faced by the residents of Achill Sound in relation to the long awaited sewerage scheme will be resolved; if the local contribution will be revised; when this scheme will begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31081/06]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (4 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 174: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether local authorities have failed to implement the correct planning guidelines; his further views on whether planning permission for people sustaining rural areas should be introduced on a statutory basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31080/06]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (4 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 314: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will recommend that Mayo County Council should take example from Galway County Council and adopt the relaxation of stringent planning rules to those in Clár areas; his views on whether this is necessary in the future of these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31109/06]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (4 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 321: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department will revise the situation in County Mayo where the planning guidelines are failing as certain aspects are being enforced and others ignored by the planners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31115/06]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (4 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 330: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the planning guidelines in County Mayo should be amended in line with new agreed guidelines in County Galway; his further views on whether increased flexibility in relation to planning is necessary in Clár areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31125/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who was told by the Health Service Executive West orthodontic section when they were in sixth class that they did not require orthodontic treatment but now, having had a routine appointment with a dentist they have been told that they need immediate treatment; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (4 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 291: To ask the Minister for Transport the criteria which is used when classifying a national primary and a national secondary road; the regularity of the review of this decision; the process which is necessary to reclassify the status of these roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31129/06]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (4 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 322: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Irish Rural Dwellers Association should be a nominating body to An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31116/06]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (4 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 323: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether it is incorrect that membership of An Taisce is secret; his further views on whether there should be transparency in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31117/06]

Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999: Report and Final Stages (4 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Amendments Nos. 7 to 12, inclusive, 16 to 20, inclusive, and 25 will be recommitted. The amendments are related and may be discussed together.

Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999: Report and Final Stages (4 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Amendment No. 13 arises out of Committee Stage proceedings and amendments Nos. 14 and 15 are related. Amendments Nos. 13 to 15, inclusive, may be discussed together by agreement.

Order of Business (4 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: The Taoiseach spoke earlier about justice legislation. It troubles me that while hundreds of gardaí are deemed necessary to suppress the peaceful protest in north Mayo——