Results 1,021-1,040 of 1,730 for speaker:Colm Keaveney

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services Provision (12 Mar 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 198. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide further detail on the criteria used to assign priority status to children with disabilities in relation to psychology, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12265/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services Provision (12 Mar 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 197. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the number of children aged under 18 years who are on the waiting list for psychology services, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy for between one and two years, two and three years, three and four years and over four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services Provision (12 Mar 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 199. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children discharged from the HSE's books each week in relation to psychology, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language supports; the number of children assigned an inactive status due to inadequate resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12266/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services Provision (12 Mar 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 200. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, and by therapy, the total budget to provide the speech and language, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and psychology services in each of the four Health Service Executive areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12267/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Mar 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the funding for a school (details supplied) in County Galway will be released; the details of the location of the school; the start and completion dates for the construction of the school; any factors that may be causing a delay in the commencement of construction of the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11921/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Data (11 Mar 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 268. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the numbers of persons on the live register, on any job activation scheme, or on a disability or invalidity payment, in January of 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12038/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (6 Mar 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will release funding, through the National Roads Authority or otherwise, to Galway County Council to put in place a footpath leading to St. Michael’s Cemetery on Tynagh Road, Portumna and to widen the road for parking and to allow emergency vehicles get through while funerals are taking place; and if he will make a...

Order of Business (5 Mar 2014)

Colm Keaveney: What is the current policy?

Order of Business (5 Mar 2014)

Colm Keaveney: How many families will be forced to stay in Dublin hotels tonight?

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Colm Keaveney: Stop the blather.

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Colm Keaveney: Correct.

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Colm Keaveney: Relatively.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (5 Mar 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the confusion that has arisen between various wholesalers and which has now become a point of concern for consumers if he will clarify the VAT treatment of herbal or fruit-based teas, in particular where such teas do not contain tea leaves derived from tea plants; if such herbal and fruit-based teas are liable for VAT over 0%, if he will consider...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (4 Mar 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will enact in full the provisions of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10982/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Applications (4 Mar 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reasons that the Office of Public Works has not taken immediate action to alleviate regular flooding at a location (details supplied) in County Galway; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his Department has full knowledge of this situation for the last decade; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that up to six...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (4 Mar 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 493. To ask the Minister for Health his response to the latest Children's Rights Alliance report card which for a second year running downgrade the Government's performance on mental health and is now awarding an E grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10967/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (4 Mar 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 494. To ask the Minister for Health if an investigation has been held into the circumstances leading to the admission of 68 children into adult psychiatric wards in 2013; if those circumstances have been addressed and in what manner; if this practice will finally be discontinued in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10970/14]

Other Questions: Rights of People with Disabilities (27 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 9. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the plans to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9493/14]

Other Questions: Rights of People with Disabilities (27 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: The object of the question is to establish when the Minister will proceed with the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Will the Minister indicate when he plans to proceed with its ratification? Will the Minister share with the House some of the obstacles that he envisages with respect to its current delay in ratification?

Other Questions: Rights of People with Disabilities (27 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: I thank the Minister of State for her response. Thankfully, we are addressing the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill. However, I believe the Bill contains some problematic features, not least in that the convention is clear that persons with disabilities must enjoy legal capacity on an equal basis with others in aspects of life. Elements of the Bill are problematic and in this regard...