Results 13,341-13,360 of 14,706 for speaker:Phil Hogan

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 Jun 2007)

Phil Hogan: Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when public radiotherapy services at Waterford Regional Hospital will be available to patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16592/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Jun 2007)

Phil Hogan: Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a cataract operation will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in Waterford Regional Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16593/07]

Written Answers — Skills Strategy: Skills Strategy (26 Apr 2007)

Phil Hogan: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way he proposes to meet his targets in relation to the upskilling of the labour force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15711/07]

Departmental Staff. (26 Apr 2007)

Phil Hogan: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the role played by civil servants in his Department in the preparation of the document entitled Keeping Ireland Working: The Next Steps Forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15709/07]

Departmental Staff. (26 Apr 2007)

Phil Hogan: Clear evidence exists with regard to these matters which was brought to the attention of the Minister and the Taoiseach by the leader of Fine Gael in recent days. It is clearly marked on the document released last week that the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment was involved in some way in drawing it up. It is for this reason and because the Minister engaged civil servants in...

Departmental Staff. (26 Apr 2007)

Phil Hogan: I do not know that.

Departmental Staff. (26 Apr 2007)

Phil Hogan: I do not have a notion of withdrawing what the evidence suggests, which is that the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment was involved in some way in drawing up documentation for political purposes which led to the launch of the document last week. An unprecedented full meeting of the Minister's parliamentary party——

Departmental Staff. (26 Apr 2007)

Phil Hogan: I know the Minister sees nothing wrong with this. For the past hour and a half we listened to two Cabinet Ministers, the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy McDowell, and the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, seeking the approval of the Oireachtas for commission of investigation inquiries. I applaud them for doing so. Nobody seems to take...

Departmental Staff. (26 Apr 2007)

Phil Hogan: I wish to make a comment. I did not want to bring this unsavoury matter to the attention of the House. However, it happened before. Will the Minister undertake that during the next three weeks he will observe the type of political demarkation standards we expect to see whereby the political head of a Department and the Civil Service will be able to do their business at arm's length?

Departmental Staff. (26 Apr 2007)

Phil Hogan: It happened before.

Departmental Staff. (26 Apr 2007)

Phil Hogan: I have no intention of doing so.

Departmental Staff. (26 Apr 2007)

Phil Hogan: Do not get into that.

Departmental Staff. (26 Apr 2007)

Phil Hogan: We are properly briefed.

Consumer Protection. (26 Apr 2007)

Phil Hogan: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of price surveys conducted by the National Consumer Agency, NCA; the number of prosecutions taken against rogue traders on foot of the work of the NCA to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15710/07]

Consumer Protection. (26 Apr 2007)

Phil Hogan: The Minister established the National Consumer Agency on an interim basis. What has it been doing in the past two years on an interim basis if the Office of the Director of Consumer Affairs is still doing the work outlined in the Minister's response?

Consumer Protection. (26 Apr 2007)

Phil Hogan: I agree that it was time for it to be established. It took a long time for it to happen. The Government voted down a Bill three years ago in the Dáil relating to this. It could have happened much sooner. Will the Minister be more specific in telling me what the agency has done on an interim basis since it was established?

Consumer Protection. (26 Apr 2007)

Phil Hogan: I am sure they were doing something on an interim basis.

Consumer Protection. (26 Apr 2007)

Phil Hogan: I did not observe much.

Consumer Protection. (26 Apr 2007)

Phil Hogan: Give me an example.

Business Regulation Forum. (26 Apr 2007)

Phil Hogan: I thank the Minister for his reply. This is a serious problem for businesses, as the Minister is aware. I am sure he has received many representations on it over the years. When the Taoiseach launched a Government document, Better Regulation, in 2001, it was claimed that proportionality and necessity would be provided for and regulatory impact assessments would be carried out on all the...