Results 101-120 of 2,629 for speaker:Tim O'Malley

Seanad: Private Security Services Bill 2001: Committee Stage. (31 Mar 2004)

Tim O'Malley: This is a technical amendment. It updates the list of provisions in paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 that do not apply to relevant persons in order to take account of previous amendments.

Seanad: Private Security Services Bill 2001: Committee Stage. (31 Mar 2004)

Tim O'Malley: These two amendments provide that any standards laid down by the authority in relation to the provision of security services in the State shall apply also to the relevant persons. An example might be technical standards for the protection of cash in transit. These standards will have to be respected irrespective of whether the person concerned is a licensee who holds a licence from the...

Seanad: Private Security Services Bill 2001: Committee Stage. (31 Mar 2004)

Tim O'Malley: This is a technical amendment involving the deletion of a superfluous paragraph in Schedule 3.

Seanad: Smoking Ban: Motion (31 Mar 2004)

Tim O'Malley: I agree.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Tim O'Malley: We have almost as many Deputies as the party the Deputy represents.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Tim O'Malley: I support the Government's proposals on citizenship. There are really only a few simple questions which we need to answer in order to convince ourselves that the Government is following the correct course. Is the current law on citizenship satisfactory? The answer is clear: the current law on citizenship is unsatisfactory. It is noticeable that no party leader of national standing has...

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Tim O'Malley: I did not interrupt Deputy O'Keeffe when he was speaking.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Tim O'Malley: The issue we face is very simple. Should children born in Ireland get automatic citizenship even if neither parent has any real connection with Ireland or with the Irish people? The Oireachtas should have the power to determine the entitlement to Irish citizenship of children, neither of whose parents is an Irish citizen or is entitled to Irish citizenship. That is the reason I will vote...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Tim O'Malley: I am pleased to share time with the Minister, Deputy Martin. He will go down in history as one of the most courageous Ministers for Health and Children ever.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Tim O'Malley: He has proved himself already with his very courageous initiative on smoking. Many people attacked him when he proposed that ban.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Tim O'Malley: I did not interrupt the Deputy.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Tim O'Malley: The Deputy is speaking now when I am endeavouring to speak. This Government has done more than any other Government in the history of the State to reduce hospital waiting lists. It has the courage to attempt to reform the health services, unlike other coalitions who knew about the problems in the health service and did not have the guts to take on the vested interests and change the system.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Tim O'Malley: There is much guff from the Opposition. They are very successful at being loud. They have one problem which constantly manifests itself right around the country: many people working in the health service are becoming tired of the constant moaning and complaining about the alleged problems in the health service. This Government is aware of the problems. It is starting in a courageous manner to...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Tim O'Malley: That is the patients talking.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Tim O'Malley: Does the Deputy begrudge it to them?

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion. (4 May 2004)

Tim O'Malley: The Government will continue and hopefully another 13,000 patients will be treated under the national treatment purchase fund this year. Eighty per cent of patients now wait less than one year for surgical treatment. The figures for 2004 show that 20% of patients wait over 12 months and 2.5% wait over 24 months. This is very positive news for patients in that those who have been waiting...

Written Answers — Central Mental Hospital: Central Mental Hospital (4 May 2004)

Tim O'Malley: Responsibility for the provision of care and treatment of the named individual rests with the Eastern Regional Health Authority. My Department has therefore asked the regional chief executive officer to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and reply to him directly.

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (4 May 2004)

Tim O'Malley: Responsibility for the provision of funding for services to persons with intellectual disability and those with autism, including the provision of a high support activation centre in the Ballinasloe area lies, in the first instance, with the Western Health board. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive officer of the board to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and...

Written Answers — Autism Services: Autism Services (4 May 2004)

Tim O'Malley: Responsibility for the provision of services to persons with intellectual disability or autism in the Dublin region lies with the Eastern Regional Health Authority. My Department has therefore, written to the regional chief executive of the authority and asked him to investigate the matter of speech and language therapy. The other issues raised by the Deputy are a matter for the Department of...

Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (13 May 2004)

Tim O'Malley: Responsibility for the provision of services for people with an intellectual disability and those with autism in the Kildare area lies, in the first instance, with the Eastern Regional Health Authority. My Department, therefore, has asked the CEO of the authority to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and reply directly to him.