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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bord na Móna: Discussion with Chairman Designate (20 Sep 2012)

Colm Keaveney: I welcome Mr. Horgan, whose appointment will be wonderful for Bord na Móna and the country, especially given his qualifications in the area of organisational management and leading change. His appointment comes at a time of significant challenges for the company and I wish him the best of luck in that respect. The singular message of Mr. Horgan's welcome and precise report is the need...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council Meeting: Discussion (19 Sep 2012)

Colm Keaveney: I echo the words of welcome to the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and his team to the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs. I wish him the best of luck for the General Affairs Council meeting on 24 September. I welcome the fact that the report sets out comprehensive priorities for jobs and growth. In the context of our national recovery, we can sometimes lose...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (18 Sep 2012)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect to receive a decision on their entitlement to carer's allowance. [37201/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Charges Yield (18 Sep 2012)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of commercial rates raised in 2011 in a townland (details supplied) in County Galway or within the most proximate and appropriate area division within which the town is located. [37965/12]

Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (19 Jul 2012)

Colm Keaveney: Question 328: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [35940/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Jul 2012)

Colm Keaveney: Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a pain clinic appointment in view of the chronic pain this persons suffers [34144/12]

Constitutional Convention: Motion (10 Jul 2012)

Colm Keaveney: The constitutional convention was one of the key pledges in the Labour Party manifesto prior to the general election. It is somewhat satisfying to see it being progressed. Many of the items for consideration by the convention are to be welcomed and, in particular, the call by our party leader, the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Eamon Gilmore, for the inclusion...

Written Answers — Family Income Supplement: Family Income Supplement (3 Jul 2012)

Colm Keaveney: Question 351: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for family income supplement payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [31918/12]

National Cultural Institutions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Jun 2012)

Colm Keaveney: We saw in a recent debate on "The Frontline" that some people in our society see little value in spending public money on the arts. In the context of current fiscal challenges it is not difficult to see how spending on the arts or overseas aid can be open to suggestions that we should cut funding, particularly when they are placed alongside cuts in education or health. However, the arts and...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (26 Jun 2012)

Colm Keaveney: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance in the context of preparing for the budget, if he will consider a special income levy of 1%, ring fenced for the mental health and disability services, in view of the difficulty being faced by the those in these sectors in their ability to continue to fund existing services and the need to protect persons receiving and dependent on those...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (26 Jun 2012)

Colm Keaveney: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance if a special income levy of 1% were to be applied to incomes in various brackets of €50k to €60k, €61k to €70k, €71k, to €80k, €81k to €90k, €91k to €100, and €101k+, the amount of revenue such a levy would generate in each bracket; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30281/12]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (26 Jun 2012)

Colm Keaveney: Question 405: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to implement recommendation 22 of the International Review of Waste Management Policy 2009, that is, that all households will be required to use, and pay for, the waste collection service provided by the local authority or its contractor once; and if competitive tendering is in place. [30833/12]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (26 Jun 2012)

Colm Keaveney: Question 406: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he proposes to implement that part of the Programme for Government 2011, which provides for competitive tendering for local waste collection services, the appointment of a utilities regulator and a public service obligation to provide for a waiver scheme for low income households availing of a private...

Written Answers — Hospital Transfers: Hospital Transfers (26 Jun 2012)

Colm Keaveney: Question 579: To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct University Hospital Galway to provide for the necessary funding and arrangements to be made with St Vincent's University Hospital to facilitate a referral to the pain management centre in order to provide a critical service to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if he will instruct Galway University Hospital to make...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (19 Jun 2012)

Colm Keaveney: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that in the case of early retirements, the Health Service Executive is paying lump sums and that it is not making alternative arrangements, such as paying interest on the lump sum instead of the lump sum itself; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26444/12]

Written Answers — National Gas Grid: National Gas Grid (19 Jun 2012)

Colm Keaveney: Question 421: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details in relation to An Bord Gáis plans to connect domestic and commercial supply in Tuam, County Galway, and its environs in view of the development and commercial requirement to identify alternative energy source; if he will direct An Bord Gáis to meet directly with Tuam Town Council...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (19 Jun 2012)

Colm Keaveney: Question 471: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the new sewerage treatment plant that has been sanctioned for the village of Milltown, Tuam, County Galway and also to highlight that four homes in Milltown have been informed that they have been excluded from this scheme; the reason these homes have been excluded in view of...

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Colm Keaveney: Hear, hear.

Public Sector Reform (13 Jun 2012)

Colm Keaveney: How much is Deputy Adams earning?

Public Sector Reform (13 Jun 2012)

Colm Keaveney: How many salaries is Deputy Adams in receipt of?