Results 701-720 of 2,137 for speaker:Jerry Cowley

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (28 Sep 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action her Department is taking to provide financial assistance to enable the Irish Osteoporosis Society to continue in operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30204/06]

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (28 Sep 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the current trend of cancellation of the majority of surgical operations being cancelled at Mayo General Hospital in order to clear the trolley crisis in the accident and emergency department is going to continue; her views on whether this is a ridiculous decision by the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (28 Sep 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if subvention will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30206/06]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (28 Sep 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the National Cervical Cancer Screening Service will be instituted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30247/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Sep 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she intends to invest to a greater extent in cardiovascular health services following research which found that Ireland spends the second lowest proportion of its health care budget on heart and circulatory diseases in the enlarged EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30248/06]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (28 Sep 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that breast cancer is a terrible killer, that health care apartheid exists in this country, that 260 more women will die needlessly in the west and south before BreastCheck is up and running, and given that she has stated that it is not possible to get the Galway Clinic to carry out these essential checks, will...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Sep 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will evaluate the need for a wet hostel in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30317/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Sep 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the deed of transfer in the case of a nursing home (details supplied) in County Mayo has taken place; her views on whether this is taking an extraordinary long time to transfer in view of the fact that this site was approved for transfer from Mayo County Council to the Health Service Executive western area in March 2003; her...

Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (28 Sep 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Nigerian Government are in receipt of 60 per cent of the value of oil from the country and that a company (details supplied) are in receipt of 40 per cent of the value of the oil and the situation here where the Government get zero per cent needs review and...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (28 Sep 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 233: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will urgently address the crisis situation in Ballina, County Mayo where the unemployment rate is twice the national average and in view of the fact that this town has lost 1000 jobs in recent years; the views on whether this situation needs to be addressed; the steps that he intends to take to address this; the...

Written Answers — Groceries Order: Groceries Order (28 Sep 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 235: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the consumer here will realistically see the promised changes from the abolition of the Groceries Order; if his Department has established a group to scrutinise same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30305/06]

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (28 Sep 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 236: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if seed capital promised of several hundred million euro is to be made available to help the lack of regional development by being made available to western based companies and by being made available to the Western Development Commission and to Údaras na Gaeltachta; if so, the amount that will be made available; and if...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Sep 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 240: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will extend free travel to older Irish emigrants, at the very least to Irish pensioners living in the UK when they return here on holiday and in view of the fact that there is a common travel area between Ireland and the UK, which pre-dates the formation of the EU and that they are in receipt of an Irish pension and of the...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (28 Sep 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to provide additional funding for the extension of the Western Rail Corridor; his views on whether that, logistically, this is extremely good value, that is urgently needed in the West of Ireland; his further views on whether this is something which should be continued to completion, now that the Ennis to Athenry section has been...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (28 Sep 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 250: To ask the Minister for Transport when a special roads investigation unit will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30216/06]

Written Answers — Physical Education Facilities: Physical Education Facilities (28 Sep 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 286: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the promised funding announced for a sports hall at a college (details supplied) in County Mayo will be allocated immediately; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30187/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (28 Sep 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 297: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department intends to increase the investment in second level education here; if her attention has been drawn to the recent OECD report which shows that Ireland is almost at the bottom of the international league in terms of investment in second level education relative to the country's economic wealth; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (28 Sep 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 299: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are no community facilities available and insufficient school places for the children of the areas where there is high density of housing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30303/06]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (28 Sep 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 316: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps which are being taken by his Department to ensure a sewerage scheme is installed in the Achill Sound area of County Mayo which will service the full community and which will be affordable to the community and serve future generations; his views on whether these steps are necessary in view of the...

Nursing Homes: Motion (Resumed). (28 Sep 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Leas Cross serves as an example of the murky side of the care of the elderly but it can also serve as a very valuable lesson on how the system can and should be reconfigured to eliminate unacceptable circumstances, such as those in which older people are treated so badly. The example of Leas Cross proves conclusively, without any report, that the inspection system is not working. The rotten...