Results 18,221-18,240 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd

Waste Management. (25 Oct 2005)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister is a bad salesman.

Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)

Fergus O'Dowd: They will not be given homes.

Avian Influenza. (25 Oct 2005)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the Minister for his reply. This is an important issue facing the entire country. I welcome the intention of the Minister but what timetable does he envisage? We need more than consideration of these issues. We need a decision from the Minister to proceed with the steps he outlined and if it means banning hunting and closing national parks, so be it. It is essential that we act. The...

Avian Influenza. (25 Oct 2005)

Fergus O'Dowd: Does the Minister of State require extra resources to continue increased monitoring and, if so, have those been made available to him?

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Oct 2005)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an operation for a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29587/05]

Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

Fergus O'Dowd: When will legislation promised by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to establish a special division of the High Court to fast-track dealings on planning problems be introduced?

Written Answers — Fluoridation of Water: Fluoridation of Water (18 Oct 2005)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on a recent American study on the addition of fluoride to tap water which found that exposure to fluoride increased the risk of bone cancer in boys; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22316/05]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (18 Oct 2005)

Fergus O'Dowd: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of urgent importance, namely, the need for legislation to give new powers to the Environmental Protection Agency to prosecute local authorities that provide a chronically contaminated public water supply.

Written Answers — Housing Aid: Housing Aid (13 Oct 2005)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the schemes which operate in her Department for providing housing for persons with disabilities, people leaving sheltered accommodation or hospitals either through grants, loans or direct provision; the persons eligible to apply for such schemes; the funding which is available annually for such schemes; and if she will...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (13 Oct 2005)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 183: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the schemes which operate in his Department for providing housing for persons with disabilities and those leaving sheltered accommodation or hospitals through grants, loans or direct provision; the persons eligible to apply for such schemes; the funding which is available annually for such schemes; and if he...

Order of Business. (13 Oct 2005)

Fergus O'Dowd: Earlier this year, the Tánaiste gave a commitment to review nursing home legislation, which was to come before us in this session.

Order of Business. (13 Oct 2005)

Fergus O'Dowd: I have not asked this question yet, but I am asking it now. Will the Tánaiste examine deaths in nursing homes where coroners have not been informed?

Order of Business. (13 Oct 2005)

Fergus O'Dowd: In one particular case, two people were buried without the coroner being informed, and no death certificates were issued or sent to the health board.

Order of Business. (13 Oct 2005)

Fergus O'Dowd: It was five months later before the death certificate was issued in one case. The Tánaiste should examine the issue as a matter of extreme urgency.

Order of Business. (13 Oct 2005)

Fergus O'Dowd: May I have an answer please?

Order of Business. (13 Oct 2005)

Fergus O'Dowd: I have asked a question.

Order of Business. (13 Oct 2005)

Fergus O'Dowd: This relates to a promise for legislation which the Tánaiste did not keep. I am bringing it to her attention that people have died in nursing homes——

Order of Business. (13 Oct 2005)

Fergus O'Dowd: ——where the rules have not been obeyed and coroners have not been informed of deaths.

Order of Business. (13 Oct 2005)

Fergus O'Dowd: Could I ask——

Order of Business. (13 Oct 2005)

Fergus O'Dowd: I do not wish to be disorderly. I will resume my seat, but——