Results 1,041-1,060 of 1,730 for speaker:Colm Keaveney

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Council for Civil Liberties Report (27 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 28. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he agrees with the assertion in a recent Irish Council for Civil Liberties study (details supplied) that persons with disabilities who are victims of crime remain largely invisible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9727/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (25 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that children with dyslexia are receiving the help they require in school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8969/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Participation (25 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take to ensure a greater participation by persons with disabilities in third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8968/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (25 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 633. To ask the Minister for Health the aspects of the Disability Act 2005 that are yet to be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9494/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (25 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 694. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway is likely to receive their medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9488/14]

Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: The Deputy is not sorry.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (18 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions that are being made to provide a special needs assistant for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who is due to start primary school in September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7511/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: There are fewer staff under the current Government.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: What about the €3.1 million in St. Luke's?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 4. To ask the Minister for Health the way he will address the deficit of early intervention teams for children in many parts of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7187/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: The object of the question is to elicit a response with respect to the waiting lists nationally for the early implementation teams. I would be grateful if the Minister would give us a response to that effect.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: I thank the Minister of State for her response. I draw her attention to the comments made in response to the previous question with respect to cuts in disability. While I acknowledge a transformation is taking place within the sector, the object of the question concerns the issue of the 15,000 people on waiting lists for speech and language therapy. In Dublin alone there are 10,000...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: The figures for the past 12, 24 or 36 months are not too far from the original figures I had confirmed. I am concerned the Minister of State's language around this issue does not engender confidence in families who are gravely concerned that they must wait a significant length of time with respect to children who are nearly in mainstream education at this stage, with no diagnosis. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: -----to shut down facilities in St. Brigid's Hospital in Ballinasloe and transfer them to UCHG where part of the roof was ripped off in the storm yesterday evening? That was her robust plan.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 56. To ask the Minister for Health the way he will address the absence of early intervention teams for children in many areas of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6927/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (13 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 64. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding has been withdrawn from the National Service Users Executive in 2014; if this action is compatible with the implementation of A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6928/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications (13 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 156. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans, either now or in the future, to compensate a person (details supplied) in County Galway under the cessation of the turf cutting compensation scheme as this person was awarded compensation at the beginning of the scheme and has now been told that they no longer qualify; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7371/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: I observed with great interest the Minister of State's caution around language when it comes to the issue of mental health. I also noticed the absence of a wholesome response to the substantive questions that have been raised here. To focus again on the evaluation that facilitated the political decision to accelerate this type of reform, could the Minister of State share with the House if...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: Does Deputy Naughten's observations - that one of the consultants was minuted - not concern the Minister of State?

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Colm Keaveney: They were sent to another institution that the Mental Health Commission has said is inappropriate.