Results 901-920 of 2,137 for speaker:Jerry Cowley

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak further on this Bill. There is a major problem with the subvention system. While the Bill addresses the situation regarding subvention for nursing homes, that is only part of the equation. One cannot discuss this Bill without talking more generally about what is happening to older people in this country. We must ask whom the system is serving. When...

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2006)

Jerry Cowley: The Deputy's ten minutes have elapsed.

Order of Business (Resumed). (1 Jun 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Yesterday the Independent Deputies issued a statement asking for legislation to be enacted within 48 hours. That was because they did not want children to be in the terrible danger which they are in at present. They wanted them to be safe this weekend. While I welcome the sitting tomorrow, the difficulty is that legislation is enacted into law by the signature of the President. Has the...

Order of Business (Resumed). (1 Jun 2006)

Jerry Cowley: ——can the Tánaiste indicate that there will be an audit involving the Government, the DPP and the Attorney General because in the press other Acts were flagged, even today and yesterday, which could well be subject to challenge and would give sexual predators a loophole?

Order of Business (Resumed). (1 Jun 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Would the Tánaiste agree the terrible state of the health services is caught up in this matter, in that this girl would have to wait two years for a psychological assessment? In Mayo, people must wait two years for a child psychiatrist, which is a disgrace. Would the Tánaiste please address those matters?

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2006)

Jerry Cowley: How much time I have left?

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Further to the discussion that has already ensued, I was amazed to hear people stand up in this Chamber and try to make excuses for the lack of infrastructure in this country, particularly in north-west Donegal where people who are ill must travel repeatedly by bus to Dublin for radiotherapy services, an essential third part of the treatment necessary to give them the best possible chance of...

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (31 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: They cannot be blamed, the service in Donegal is terrible.

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (31 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: The Deputy knows that the necessary services are not in place in Donegal. There is nothing there at all.

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (31 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: It is a disgrace.

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (31 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: It is a Mickey Mouse service.

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (31 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: It is not the fault of the doctors or dedicated nursing staff.

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (31 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: The Government is ignoring Deputy Keaveney's constituency.

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (31 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I have respect for life.

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (31 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: It is not my constituency but I would be a poor public servant to ignore the situation. There are major problems in this part of Ireland and Donegal is suffering as result.

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (31 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: The service is in three parts and cannot offer full treatment.

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (31 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I cannot keep quiet in the light of what is being said. It sickens me. People are being asked to go miles for treatment.

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (31 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I wish to share time with Deputies James Breen and Ferris.

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (31 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I heard Deputy Keaveney speaking on the case of the north west. The Minister of State, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, knows the issue well because I spoke on it when he was Chairman of the Joint Committee on Health and Children. It is a disgraceful case. I raised the matter, even though it does not relate to my area. Those surgeons, nurses, etc., doing very valuable work, would not stop their work...