Results 11,041-11,060 of 26,021 for speaker:Kieran O'Donnell
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Overcrowding (17 Dec 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Daly, for coming before the House. This Commencement matter follows on from an issue I raised last week in the health committee with the Minister for Health and the HSE. It came to my notice that 15 beds in St. John's Hospital in Limerick were not in use for the past three months, which is unacceptable. I will qualify that by saying I fully understand...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Overcrowding (17 Dec 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome the fact that 15 beds are coming into use in St. John's Hospital. They need to be up and running as quickly as possible, along with the additional nursing home beds. If management and consultants in Limerick and the mid-west region feel there are areas where there is a need for additional funding and resources, they should let us know. We are here...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Overcrowding (17 Dec 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: There is a bed crisis in Limerick.
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Overcrowding (17 Dec 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: My understanding from University Limerick hospital group is that it was being arranged.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: I join my colleagues in extending sympathy to the family of Cormac Ó Braonáin, who was chairperson of Labour Youth. I also extend my sympathy to the Labour Party. It is a very difficult when it is somebody so young and particularly in those circumstances. I wish to raise two matters. The first is about insurance. I note the Central Bank's report yesterday which showed that the...
- Seanad: Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017: Second Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: I am willing to defer to Sinn Féin to allow the Bill to go straight to Committee Stage, subject to the agreement of my colleagues.
- Seanad: Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: The question is whether the Minister of State is reading out the Senator's notes or the Senator is reading out his notes.
- Seanad: Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: This is a very good Bill. I will speak on the five-year provision in due course but will begin by noting that, overall, the Bill is very practical. If the measures contained therein are implemented by the insurance industry, premiums should fall. The measures that provide an increase in transparency along with the revision of the book of quantum should result in a reduction in insurance...
- Seanad: Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: I commend everyone involved, including Deputy Pearse Doherty of Sinn Féin and the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy. A significant number of advances have been made in dealing with insurance in the past year and this Bill is a significant element. The pivotal element for me is the book of quantum. The Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy, has very much been driving this to have the book of...
- Seanad: Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: Deputy Kelly is playing politics.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: You are-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: -----with something that is hugely important.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is a relative term.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Chairman for facilitating me. I have two quick questions. I welcome the fact that the HSE is providing funding for 15 beds to be opened at St. John's hospital in Limerick. However, I have learned from my own inquiries made on Monday that those 15 beds have not been in use for the last three months. At the same time, there is continuous and severe overcrowding at University...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: They retired in February and June. The hospital had plenty of advance notice. Why were 15 beds left idle for the last three months?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is not good enough. I am sorry. We have a crisis in Limerick at all times. That answer is not sufficient for me or the people of Limerick. Fifteen beds were idle in St. John's hospital. We were in here just over a month ago highlighting the need for an MRI scanner. We were asked to do it by management and we did it willingly. At the same time, there were 15 beds idle in St....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: I asked a very simple question and I have limited time. When did Ms O'Connor first become aware that 15 of the 89 beds in St. John's hospital had not been in use for the past three months?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: The proposal only came in last Friday.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is what I am asking.