Results 1,421-1,440 of 2,450 for speaker:Kevin O'Keeffe

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (30 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 401. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1116 of 16 January 2018, his views on whether the actions of the Health and Safety Authority and of the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council are unnecessarily disingenuous towards first aid response course instructors (details supplied). [4167/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (30 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 432. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who is booked in for respite care will be facilitated. [4276/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (30 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 449. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork to secure accommodation in a facility that provides living accommodation with supervision for persons with an acquired brain injury. [4450/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (25 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 149. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a request made by an organisation (details supplied). [3847/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (25 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 17 of January 2018, and in view of the announcement of the introduction of the new scheme Rebuilding Ireland home loan, his plans to amend this loan scheme to include persons that are not first time buyers but due to changed circumstances, for example, marriage, separation or...

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (24 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Am I not entitled to hold my opinion? Everybody who speaks on this issue in the Chamber is brave. However, if one reverses one's opinion we see what happened across the water with the one and only President Donald Trump, who is now very much pro-life. The liberal media appear to castigate him for his change of mind. Can the change of mind not work both ways? There is more than one...

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (24 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I am delighted to be given the opportunity to speak on the report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution. That amendment was passed by the people in 1983. I note that I speak as an individual and a Member of this Dáil. I pay tribute to those Oireachtas Members who participated and gave much of their time to deliberate and compile a report. That is as...

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (24 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: They should have taken on board requests, unless other members said "No". I do not see that recorded. It was the responsibility of the chairperson, supported by the secretariat. The job of the secretariat was to bring evidence before the committee. Several names were proposed by pro-life members and some of these were rejected, contributing further to the imbalance in the perspective...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I have been watching the proceedings. I am sure the witnesses are nearly burnt out at this stage as almost the whole country has been covered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: My patch has even been covered by Deputies from other areas. I wish to inquire about offline and online services. Given the amount of planning permission that has been given in recent years, mainly for offline services, what impact has there been on neighbouring towns? Offline services provide access to people within the catchment areas in addition to those using the motorway. Originally...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: It is ironic that An Bord Pleanála makes the call but it acts in accordance with the policy of the TII. I raise the issue in the context of farmers' sons that have been refused planning permission along a national primary route or a national secondary route because of TII policy. An Bord Pleanála can overturn a local authority's decision. Why does the TII not have the same policy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: No, it is also responsible for secondary routes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: No, what I am saying is that the TII writes regulations in this situation to restrict planning access but it cannot write the regulations and terms of reference for where we put online service stations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I would like to clarify the position because in response to questions the Minister has said it is the TII which has said there should be no planning permission granted to anyone. I am just giving the example of an application from a farmer's son or daughter. We are told the TII set the regulation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: It will. I respect Mr. Nolan's answer but the reason the numbers are going down is that the council engineers do not want to be getting egg on their faces. I have been a member of a local authority. Cases were granted by that local authority but then were appealed and refused. Later, the engineer would say to me, in my capacity as a councillor, that there was no way the planning...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Could I clarify it is Government policy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I thank Mr. Nolan. I had a few more questions on roads.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: That is very disheartening. Our Taoiseach is telling the people of Cork and Limerick about a motorway for the route. I asked my question to obtain clarification. Could I be given a guarantee that the route will be from Cork to Limerick? Otherwise this will drag on for another couple of years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I know that, but one could just change a few road signs and go down to Wexford and back across again to get to the link on a motorway.