Results 21-40 of 1,095 for speaker:Jimmy Devins

Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (4 May 2005)

Jimmy Devins: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the main areas being targeted under the food institutional research programme. [14140/05]

Written Answers — Bovine Diseases: Bovine Diseases (4 May 2005)

Jimmy Devins: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding BSE incidence in the country to date in 2005 compared to the same period in 2002, 2003 and 2004. [14135/05]

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion (Resumed). (11 May 2005)

Jimmy Devins: I wish to share time with Deputies Fiona O'Malley, Keaveney, Cooper-Flynn, Sexton and Moloney. I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on this motion. There is no doubt that the work in accident and emergency units has come under intense media scrutiny in the recent past. There are a number of contributing factors for this scrutiny, but chief among them has been the unacceptable...

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion (Resumed). (11 May 2005)

Jimmy Devins: What kind of question is that?

Nursing Homes: Motion (Resumed). (1 Jun 2005)

Jimmy Devins: The shocking revelations contained in "Prime Time" have rightly precipitated enormous anger. The demographics of our society clearly indicate that the number of elderly people in Ireland is rising rapidly. In 2002, 11% of our population was over the age of 65 years. By 2030 that figure will have risen to almost 21%. This has important implications for the country. How the elderly will be...

Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)

Jimmy Devins: I will speak.

Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)

Jimmy Devins: Go raibh maith agat.

Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)

Jimmy Devins: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on the Bill designed to establish a driver testing and standards authority. I welcome the fact that the new authority will be based in Ballina where the headquarters of the existing driver testing service is located. While Ballina is not in my constituency, it is on its border and I am sure many in Sligo-Leitrim as well as Mayo will be delighted...

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)

Jimmy Devins: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for allowing me the time to speak on this important legislation, namely, the Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004. This legislation comes to the House from the Seanad where it was passed recently. There has been much discussion both within the House and outside on health matters. The provision for the health service costs approximately €11 billion...

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)

Jimmy Devins: Despite the long hours of evidence members of the committee heard, the Opposition failed completely to achieve its narrow political aim.

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)

Jimmy Devins: To cite the Joint Committee on Health and Children as an example of groups trying to protect their own, as has been done in the House, is to miss completely the point of the hours of deliberations we undertook but all of this will emerge in due course. I commend the Bill to the House.

Written Answers — Bovine Diseases: Bovine Diseases (4 Oct 2005)

Jimmy Devins: Question 174: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the incidence of brucellosis in the cattle herd in 2005 compared to recent years. [26160/05]

Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (4 Oct 2005)

Jimmy Devins: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to introduce a new farm waste management scheme. [26161/05]

Employment Permits Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 Oct 2005)

Jimmy Devins: This Bill is important and timely because of the huge changes that have occurred in Irish society during the past ten to 15 years. Ireland has moved from being a country which has experienced years of emigration to being a country which now has net immigration. Most who had to emigrate had no choice, it was down to hard economic facts. To survive people had to leave Ireland. It is amazing how...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Jimmy Devins: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on this Private Members' motion concerning the health services and the current Minister for Health and Children. Like the Minister, I agree with the Opposition on just one aspect, that is, to express my deepest sympathy to the family of Mr. Pat Joe Walsh on his untimely and unnecessary death at Monaghan General Hospital. As has been stated, there...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Jimmy Devins: No.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Jimmy Devins: I congratulate the Minister on her achievements during her first year in office. She set out her stall quite clearly as to what she wants to achieve. I am vice-chairman of the Joint Committee on Health and Children and she attended the committee each time we asked her to do so. She has at all times been up-front and practical. One of the goals she set herself is to tackle the accident and...

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (2 Nov 2005)

Jimmy Devins: I welcome the Minister of State's statement. As previous speakers noted, this issue was discussed ad nauseam on Committee Stage and obviously there are many strongly held views on the matter. It is most important that the public is protected. What timespan after the Bill's passage does the Minister of State envisage before the Tánaiste will be in a position to make a decision on this...

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (2 Nov 2005)

Jimmy Devins: Watch Fianna Fáil. We do it.

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Nov 2005)

Jimmy Devins: Question 281: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be called to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin for an operation. [32891/05]