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Job Losses. (8 Mar 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I am grateful for the opportunity to raise the matter of 40 job losses in Ballina, County Mayo. The north Mayo area is in crisis and the fault lies with a Government that has failed to address the unemployment problem. How can Ballina survive when the unemployment rate is twice the national average? Ballina has lost 1,000 manufacturing jobs, net, in north Mayo with the closure of Asahi,...

Whistleblowers Protection Bill 1999: Motion (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

Jerry Cowley: One might well ask why we need whistleblower legislation. The scandal in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital is a case in point. When it becomes evident that things have gone wrong, the State cries crocodile tears and pays lip-service to justice, equality and all the rest of it. The Tánaiste referred earlier to isolated practitioners. Rural practitioners are put out in the wide blue yonder in...

Lourdes Hospital Inquiry: Statements (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Will Deputy Lynch refrain from referring to Dr. Neary as a sociopath? That has not been proven.

Lourdes Hospital Inquiry: Statements (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Lourdes Hospital Inquiry: Statements (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I wish to share time with Deputies Sargent and Morgan.

Lourdes Hospital Inquiry: Statements (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I congratulate Judge Maureen Harding Clark on her very clear and comprehensive report, which outlined shocking and disgraceful practices. It is unacceptable that such practices were allowed to continue. The report screams for justice for these women. I agree with the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children's assertion that safety in hospitals should be as rigorous as passenger safety...

Adjournment Debate Matters. (8 Mar 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 21 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputies Cowley and Cooper-Flynn — the need to discuss the jobs crisis in County Mayo in the light of the further 40 job losses at the Oasis plant in Ballina; (2) Deputy Costello — that the Minister address the discrepancy in...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (8 Mar 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the disgraceful situation where a 77 year old man who is seriously ill in Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar, has been waiting for the past seven days to be transferred to a bed in the consultant haematology unit of University College Hospital Galway for urgent investigation and treatment of his...

Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (7 Mar 2006)

Jerry Cowley: As it is now 11 o'clock, I am required to put the following question in accordance with an order of the Dáil of this day: "That the amendments set down by the Minister for Finance and not disposed of are hereby made to the Bill, Report Stage is hereby completed and the Bill is hereby passed."

Written Answers — Aviation Safety Regulation: Aviation Safety Regulation (7 Mar 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason a person from Clare Island, County Mayo in advanced labour and a patient of Mayo General Hospital, who was airlifted by the Air Corps search and rescue team at 4.45 a.m. on 14 February 2006 did not arrive in Mayo General Hospital until 3.35 p.m. on 15 February 2006 due to current civil aviation law where a helicopter with two or more...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (7 Mar 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the parents of a 16 month old ill child (details supplied) in County Mayo had to wait for two hours for transport to arrive to bring their ill child to hospital on 13 February 2006; if the non availability of an ambulance on that date was due to the failure of Health Service Executive west region to provide a...

Written Answers — Hepatitis C Incidence: Hepatitis C Incidence (7 Mar 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will reconsider her stance on providing free health care for the estimated 100 women who are severely affected with hepatitis C but have not tested positive but have every other manifestation of the illness; and if, in view of the small number involved and the effects of hepatitis C on their bodies, she will...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (7 Mar 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 233: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children why a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, who had an enucleation of the left eye due to a tumour, is unable to get an artificial eye replacement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9217/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (7 Mar 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 251: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has to wait for an MRI scan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9247/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (7 Mar 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 358: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo cannot be allowed participate in the back to work scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9564/06]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Mar 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 446: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not had responses to recent inquiries to his Department concerning an application for renewal of residency and application to engage in business as a self employed sculptor and artist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8836/06]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (7 Mar 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 515: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether a college, details supplied, in County Mayo is well within the accordance with the published prioritisation criteria and that this project should be a priority considering the length of time the application has been submitted; when exactly this school can expect an announcement in the context of the school...

Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (7 Mar 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Deputy Burton's two minutes have expired.

Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (7 Mar 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Amendments Nos. 11, 12 and 13 will be discussed together.

Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (7 Mar 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Amendment No. 16 is related to amendment No. 15 and both may be discussed together.