Results 1,061-1,080 of 1,095 for speaker:Jimmy Devins

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Jimmy Devins: I congratulate the Minister on her achievements during her first year in office. She set out her stall quite clearly as to what she wants to achieve. I am vice-chairman of the Joint Committee on Health and Children and she attended the committee each time we asked her to do so. She has at all times been up-front and practical. One of the goals she set herself is to tackle the accident and...

Employment Permits Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 Oct 2005)

Jimmy Devins: This Bill is important and timely because of the huge changes that have occurred in Irish society during the past ten to 15 years. Ireland has moved from being a country which has experienced years of emigration to being a country which now has net immigration. Most who had to emigrate had no choice, it was down to hard economic facts. To survive people had to leave Ireland. It is amazing how...

Written Answers — Bovine Diseases: Bovine Diseases (4 Oct 2005)

Jimmy Devins: Question 174: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the incidence of brucellosis in the cattle herd in 2005 compared to recent years. [26160/05]

Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (4 Oct 2005)

Jimmy Devins: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to introduce a new farm waste management scheme. [26161/05]

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)

Jimmy Devins: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for allowing me the time to speak on this important legislation, namely, the Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004. This legislation comes to the House from the Seanad where it was passed recently. There has been much discussion both within the House and outside on health matters. The provision for the health service costs approximately €11 billion...

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)

Jimmy Devins: Despite the long hours of evidence members of the committee heard, the Opposition failed completely to achieve its narrow political aim.

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)

Jimmy Devins: To cite the Joint Committee on Health and Children as an example of groups trying to protect their own, as has been done in the House, is to miss completely the point of the hours of deliberations we undertook but all of this will emerge in due course. I commend the Bill to the House.

Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)

Jimmy Devins: I will speak.

Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)

Jimmy Devins: Go raibh maith agat.

Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)

Jimmy Devins: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on the Bill designed to establish a driver testing and standards authority. I welcome the fact that the new authority will be based in Ballina where the headquarters of the existing driver testing service is located. While Ballina is not in my constituency, it is on its border and I am sure many in Sligo-Leitrim as well as Mayo will be delighted...

Nursing Homes: Motion (Resumed). (1 Jun 2005)

Jimmy Devins: The shocking revelations contained in "Prime Time" have rightly precipitated enormous anger. The demographics of our society clearly indicate that the number of elderly people in Ireland is rising rapidly. In 2002, 11% of our population was over the age of 65 years. By 2030 that figure will have risen to almost 21%. This has important implications for the country. How the elderly will be...

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion (Resumed). (11 May 2005)

Jimmy Devins: I wish to share time with Deputies Fiona O'Malley, Keaveney, Cooper-Flynn, Sexton and Moloney. I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on this motion. There is no doubt that the work in accident and emergency units has come under intense media scrutiny in the recent past. There are a number of contributing factors for this scrutiny, but chief among them has been the unacceptable...

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion (Resumed). (11 May 2005)

Jimmy Devins: What kind of question is that?

Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (4 May 2005)

Jimmy Devins: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the main areas being targeted under the food institutional research programme. [14140/05]

Written Answers — Bovine Diseases: Bovine Diseases (4 May 2005)

Jimmy Devins: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding BSE incidence in the country to date in 2005 compared to the same period in 2002, 2003 and 2004. [14135/05]

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (27 Apr 2005)

Jimmy Devins: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important Bill as it will affect every citizen directly in the performance of the bedrock of democracy, namely, their right to vote in the election of Members to Dáil Éireann. It is important that this right to vote and how and where the vote is exercised are essential components of our democracy. Dáil Éireann has exercised its right to fix the...

Cancer Screening Programme: Motion (Resumed). (13 Apr 2005)

Jimmy Devins: I am delighted to have this opportunity to speak on this important issue, the provision of the BreastCheck screening programme on a national basis. Unfortunately, breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in Ireland. Latest statistics show that more than 600 women die from this disease every year. This is far too high a figure and it is unacceptable that so many should die from this...

Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (2 Mar 2005)

Jimmy Devins: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on progress being made under the food institutional research programme. [6871/05]

Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (2 Mar 2005)

Jimmy Devins: It was.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (2 Mar 2005)

Jimmy Devins: And we are doing it.