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- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Issues (8 May 2013)
Robert Dowds: 145. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the plans, if any, he has to tackle the problem of dioxins from waste which are seeping into our atmosphere, if on land, in the air or in the water. [21700/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Issues (8 May 2013)
Robert Dowds: 146. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the plans there are, at European Union level, to tackle the problem of dioxins from waste which are escaping into the atmosphere, if on land, in the air or in the water. [21701/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Statistics (8 May 2013)
Robert Dowds: 162. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the criteria for recording of burglary offences for purposes of national crime statistics has been altered in the past four years; if so, in what way have they been altered and the rationale for the alteration. [21703/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (8 May 2013)
Robert Dowds: 163. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the 22% reduction in the number of Garda summonses in the first three months of 2013 compared to the first three months of 2012. [21704/13]
- Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 May 2013)
Robert Dowds: I fully support the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, in her work to achieve harmonisation of local authority rents across geographical areas. I also support her determination to continue the system, whereby rent is determined as a proportion of a tenant's income. It is good that local democracy will, in this small way, be strengthened if county councils have the power to set rent...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2013)
Robert Dowds: Have him treated for amnesia.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Robert Dowds: That is what I mean.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Robert Dowds: Above the counter a particular jar costs €20, but in an underhand sale it would be only €14.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Robert Dowds: It strikes me that there is a real need for the HSE to get at this because of the obvious savings which would accrue. Mr. O'Brien seems to be suggesting the changes anticipated will help to eliminate this. Am I correct in stating this? If I am, on what basis does Mr. O'Brien believe the anticipated changes will help to deal with the issue?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Robert Dowds: It all points to something which has been a general problem in this country and not only in the area of health. If a private operator has been screwing as much money out of the State as possible, traditionally we have been too compliant because we do not see ourselves as being the State. I hope we can make progress in this regard because it would be so much more beneficial for all of us and...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Robert Dowds: A total of 140 HSE properties have been lying idle for more than ten years. Costs are involved in securing these properties. Any building lying idle is a waste because it is not being used and it incurs security and maintenance costs. Are these properties owned by the HSE or does it have a long lease on them? I ask for further information on this area.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Robert Dowds: What types of properties are these? To what extent are they owned by the HSE?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Robert Dowds: It is an important one and not only for the health service. The State is paying for too many buildings which are not being fully utilised. I ask the Chairman to return to this issue.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Robert Dowds: Why has there been a tendency to prescribe the most expensive drug?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Robert Dowds: Is that on the part of doctors?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Robert Dowds: Who has benefited from the prescribing of the most expensive brands? Is it simply the pharmaceutical companies or does it go wider than that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Robert Dowds: Would it be in the interests of the pharmacists or the intermediaries between the companies and the pharmacists to-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Robert Dowds: To what extent are there signs of better practice coming into play in terms of GPs prescribing expensive drugs?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Robert Dowds: Is Mr. O'Brien saying the doctors are responding positively?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013) Robert Dowds: That obviously is very useful. With the high costs for drugs in the past, are the pharmaceutical companies, in a sense, forcing us to pay a high price as a quid pro quo for keeping their operations here? Is there any evidence of that?