Results 881-900 of 2,211 for speaker:Paul Connaughton
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
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Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Paul Connaughton: I welcome the delegation. To continue on the topical matter of discretionary medical cards, the review has been halted. However, will those who lost them have them returned?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
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Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Paul Connaughton: How many have lost discretionary medical cards in the past six months?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
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Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Paul Connaughton: How many are under appeal?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
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Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Paul Connaughton: But the medical cards have still been removed.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Paul Connaughton: How many more reviews were due to take place at the time the cessation of reviews was announced?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
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Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Paul Connaughton: Yes. Where were we in the process of reviewing all discretionary medical cards?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
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Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Paul Connaughton: How many discretionary medical card reviews were taking place? What is the actual figure?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Paul Connaughton: The review date is shown on the card.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
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Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Paul Connaughton: I am sure every public representative knows of people who were given a medical card in February and which was up for review in March.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
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Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Paul Connaughton: It is ridiculous.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
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Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Paul Connaughton: In that case, the HSE had a legitimate reason to ask for a review.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
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Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Paul Connaughton: I know that; I mean in the sense that the HSE believed the guidelines and information on income from the Department of Social Protection and Revenue showed that it was right to send a letter to the people concerned.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
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Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Paul Connaughton: I understand that, but a person over 70 years receiving a letter looking for all of this information can find it extremely threatening.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Paul Connaughton: They are only asked once.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (12 Jun 2014) Paul Connaughton: The other significant concern expressed to public representatives relates to information being lost in the PCRS.
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals (11 Jun 2014)
Paul Connaughton: 116. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received their 2013 AEOS payment considering that they had two inspections and was found to be clear on both occasions yet for some reason a penalty is still showing up as outstanding on their file; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24891/14]
- Death and Burial of Children in Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2014)
Paul Connaughton: I am thankful for the opportunity to speak on this matter. I welcome the Government’s announcement today that a commission of investigation is to be set up to get to the bottom of it. As someone who represents the constituency of Galway East, I have heard an awful lot about this matter locally in recent weeks from quite a number of people. I have no doubt the same applies to the...
- Local and Community Development Programmes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Jun 2014)
Paul Connaughton: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on the motion. Putting People First, the action programme for effective local government, aims to institute a system of local government which will drive economic, social and community development, while at the same time representing value for money and representing citizens fairly. Key changes envisioned include the establishment of local...
- Topical Issue Debate: Credit Unions Regulation (28 May 2014)
Paul Connaughton: Before the Minister of State gives the rest of the reply, I will point out that quite a number of credit unions have many people who want to borrow money from them, which, thankfully, may be a sign of confidence coming back into the economy. However, many of these credit unions find that, due to the restrictions placed on them, they are unable to lend the money. I understand from the reply...
- Topical Issue Debate: Credit Unions Regulation (28 May 2014)
Paul Connaughton: I thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this topic. I mean no disrespect to the Minister of State, Deputy Perry, in saying I would have preferred it had the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, been present. I understand that is simply not possible. There is an old saying that the sins of the fathers should not be visited on the sons. This is certainly true and I...