Results 101-107 of 107 for sligo speaker:Pearse Doherty

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 May 2008)

Pearse Doherty: .... Will the Leader facilitate a debate, to which he agreed two weeks ago, on the issue of school secretaries and caretakers, some of whom are paid less than the minimum wage? They are in Donegal, Sligo, Limerick and other regions. Many school secretaries and caretakers are unable to avail of the benefits under the Department of Education and Science scheme. I support the call for a debate...

Seanad: Hospital Services (8 Apr 2008)

Pearse Doherty: ...tseirbhís atá san Ospidéal Ginearálta Shligigh, a bhí ann ó 2000 ar aghaidh, is é sin an tseirbhís ailse. I am here to ask the Minister for Health and Children to retain cancer services at Sligo General Hospital and to further develop those services to include radiation oncology. Last night I attended a packed meeting in Donegal town where we heard the concerns of patients and...

Seanad: Rail Network (21 Feb 2008)

Pearse Doherty: ...roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Teach. My motion on the Adjournment of the House relates to the need for the Government to progress a plan to bring rail to County Donegal, connecting the town of Sligo and the city of Derry through Donegal. This would see rail reintroduced to Donegal through the towns of Bundoran, Ballyshannon, Donegal town itself, Ballybofey, Stranorlar, Letterkenny,...

Seanad: Rail Network (21 Feb 2008)

Pearse Doherty: ...west in respect of rail links, especially a rail service to Derry. The missing piece of the jigsaw is in our jurisdiction because it is in the gift of the Government to provide a rail link from Sligo to Inishowen to the Foyle. Both Ministers must work together to provide a link across the Foyle. Does the Minister of State support the demand for a rail line between Sligo and Derry and...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (28 Nov 2007)

Pearse Doherty: ...in the west and north west, especially around the Atlantic road corridor, the status of the project and if it will be put on hold. There is also the issue of the western rail corridor, the Donegal-Sligo link and public transport in rural areas, particularly in the west and north west. Anyone who represents those areas has seen a withdrawal of services in recent months and years. In my...

Seanad: Pre-Budget Outlook: Statements (1 Nov 2007)

Pearse Doherty: ...the need for a high-speed dual carriageway from Dublin to Derry. There is also a need to reintroduce rail services in the north west, particularly with a view to closing the loop between Derry and Sligo through a full reopening of the western rail corridor. These are additional projects that should be included in the national development plan and Transport 21. There is nothing in the...

Seanad: Health Services. (27 Sep 2007)

Pearse Doherty: .... A dedicated satellite radiotherapy unit in the north west is what the cancer patients of the region need. Sinn Féin repeats its call for those patients in Derry, Donegal, Fermanagh, Tyrone, Sligo and Leitrim to have the same rights as those in the rest of Ireland. I welcome the decision announced yesterday that Letterkenny will be linked with the Sligo specialist cancer care unit....