Results 921-940 of 2,137 for speaker:Jerry Cowley

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

Jerry Cowley: They are desperate because they might see a person having a radical mastectomy because of the difficulties in obtaining an essential part of a treatment such as, for example, chemotherapy, radiotherapy or surgery. It is critical that patients receive the three modalities of treatment. As a result of the difficulty in sourcing one part of the treatment, namely, the radiotherapy, people's lives...

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

Jerry Cowley: It is very relevant.

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

Jerry Cowley: Deputy Keaveney stated that the issue is all about infrastructure. What can a person have if he or she does not have his or her life? This matter is about people.

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

Jerry Cowley: It is absolutely relevant.

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

Jerry Cowley: Having the new radiotherapy unit in Galway is certainly a help, but the difficulty is that Galway is further from the top of Donegal than Dublin.

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

Jerry Cowley: The difficulty is that surgeons have stopped working. I appeal to the Government to intervene for the people of north-west Donegal.

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

Jerry Cowley: I have raised this issue at the Joint Committee on Health and Children, as the Minister of State knows, for many years. It disappoints me greatly that no progress has been made. The case for the north west having its own radiotherapy unit is much stronger than the case for the south east having such a unit, although the latter also has a strong case. That is the reality. There are major...

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

Jerry Cowley: There are two minutes left. It is 6.58 p.m.

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

Jerry Cowley: I will do so but I am very disappointed with what is happening in Donegal. I hope the Government will take action to ensure that those people are given access to a service that will provide them with a proper chance at life. Under the Constitution, we are all supposed to be equal.

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

Jerry Cowley: People are not getting BreastCheck services in the west. Hundreds of people will have to die in the meantime because of the lack of such services.

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

Jerry Cowley: This will happen in Donegal because of the lack of a radiotherapy unit in the north west. People are suffering and they deserve better.

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

Jerry Cowley: This Bill is more of the same. The entire planning process is rotten to the core. Where is the community representation with regard to An Bord Pleanála? It is not there. People do not matter any more because this is a country of big business. That is the current situation.

Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (31 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Amendment No. 12 is in the name of the Minister. Amendment No. 13 is related and may be taken with amendment No. 12.

Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (31 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: It has already been discussed but the Deputy may make a brief contribution.

Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (31 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Amendment No. 14 is in the name of the Minister. Amendments Nos. 15 and 16 are related and therefore amendments Nos. 14 to 16, inclusive, may be discussed together.

Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (31 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: It was not raised on Committee Stage.

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

Jerry Cowley: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason older people resident in County Mayo have to wait five months for a basic eye test, while persons in Sligo and Galway have to wait only one week; her views on whether this is a disgraceful situation with terrible consequences for older people and is not acceptable; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Disabled Drivers: Disabled Drivers (30 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 268: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo did not meet the medical criteria in their claim for disabled drivers tax concession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20412/06]

Written Answers — Home Help Service: Home Help Service (25 May 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department intends to change the zero hour contracts in place for home helps; and her views on whether this is an unrealistic expectation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20118/06]