Results 7,501-7,520 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen
- Business of Dáil (4 Mar 2014)
Barry Cowen: Of course, we cannot question the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. He is bringing in water charges, about which we cannot ask questions.
- Business of Dáil (4 Mar 2014)
Barry Cowen: The Government doesn't want to be reminded of that matter.
- Business of Dáil (4 Mar 2014)
Barry Cowen: He proposed questions and answers as well.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Barry Cowen: It is not a priority.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Barry Cowen: The Government has had three years.
- Business of Dáil (4 Mar 2014)
Barry Cowen: It was railroaded through.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Barry Cowen: The June bank holiday weekend.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Collection (4 Mar 2014)
Barry Cowen: 28. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form a county breakdown of the estimated local property tax income in 2014; the total collected in 2013 combined with compliance rates to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10420/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Supports (4 Mar 2014)
Barry Cowen: 149. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Industrial Development Agency have acted to improve their commitment to the County Offaly region including the Edenderry area which can take specific advantage of their accessibility to Dublin and the eastern region with the new Edenderry/Enfield Link Road. [10904/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (4 Mar 2014)
Barry Cowen: 188. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria she will use to select private contractors to implement the JobPath plans; the amount of money proposed to be spent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10653/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Scheme Grants (4 Mar 2014)
Barry Cowen: 276. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the subsidy for private group water schemes; if he will provide in tabular form the total spent on such subsidies on a county basis in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10654/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (4 Mar 2014)
Barry Cowen: 440. To ask the Minister for Health to advise how the number of hours worked by agency nurses and level of spending on agency nursing in the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, compares to employed staff who worked the same hours at the hospital in 2013. [10665/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (4 Mar 2014)
Barry Cowen: 441. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce agency spend at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore; and how he will implement them. [10666/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (4 Mar 2014)
Barry Cowen: 442. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to replace nurses who have resigned or retired from the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore as there has been a reduction of 63 nurses since 2009 but activity has increased by between 25% and 30%. [10667/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (4 Mar 2014)
Barry Cowen: 444. To ask the Minister for Health the way he intends to maintain patient safety and deliver quality care at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore where the skill mix and nursing numbers are inadequate owing to the continuing recruitment embargo which means experienced staff with a wide range of skill sets are not replaced by similar new staff. [10669/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (4 Mar 2014)
Barry Cowen: 445. To ask the Minister for Health if management at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore is fulfilling its duty to provide a safe place of work when nursing staff are unable to take meal breaks as per health and safety legislation and the Organisation of Working Time Act. [10670/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Mar 2014)
Barry Cowen: 443. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to open the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore to full capacity to deal with demand, reduce trolley waiting times and ensure all patients are treated in the designated patient areas, as the current capacity at the hospital is 322 but only 259 beds are open. [10668/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Mar 2014)
Barry Cowen: 446. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm there are adequate experienced nursing staff on duty to train, teach and mentor junior colleagues and students at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [10671/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Mar 2014)
Barry Cowen: 447. To ask the Minister for Health the reason elective admissions are now given the same priority as patients waiting for hours on trolleys in the emergency department at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [10672/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Mar 2014)
Barry Cowen: 448. To ask the Minister for Health the way the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore defends the practice of placing extra beds in treatment rooms on a daily basis while there are beds closed in the hospital. [10673/14]