Results 41-60 of 4,810 for speaker:Liam Twomey

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (3 Feb 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the procedures followed in the recruitment of both permanent and temporary senior management of the Health Service Executive; if she is satisfied that all proper public sector procedures were followed; if senior public or civil servants were active participants in the selection process; and if she...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (3 Feb 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the help which will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [3232/05]

Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (8 Feb 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the fact that the recently constructed weir on the River Nore at Kilkenny was allowed to be built even though it hinders the spawning of salmon; his further views on whether this may be repeated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3669/05]

Written Answers — Mobile Telephony: Mobile Telephony (8 Feb 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has studied the contents of the Stewart report in regard to mobile telephone safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3640/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (8 Feb 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons treated as public and private patients in each acute hospital between 2002 and 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3440/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (8 Feb 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the percentage of beds in each acute hospital used for public and private patients between 2002 and 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3441/05]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (9 Feb 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 100: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the deluge of planning applications made in December 2004 in order to avail of certain tax reliefs will place an intolerable strain on local authorities which must respond within the statutory timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3997/05]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (9 Feb 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 110: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to ensure that those retailers who avail of recent changes in the planning guidelines contribute to the transport, social and recreational needs of the locality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3996/05]

Hospital Waiting Lists. (10 Feb 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 1: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the national treatment purchase fund is in a position to take responsibility for outpatients department waiting lists for individual hospitals to streamline access to secondary care for patients in primary care. [4415/05]

Hospital Waiting Lists. (10 Feb 2005)

Liam Twomey: The circumstances that obtain when trying to see a consultant are a mess. Is there any role for the NTPF in reducing the size of waiting lists? Could it take letters of referral from GPs and give patients a realistic idea as to when they will be seen by a consultant? There is a number of problems in this area. Sometimes when one refers patients to orthopaedic or ENT units in the south east,...

Hospital Waiting Lists. (10 Feb 2005)

Liam Twomey: Will the Tánaiste answer some of my questions?

Hospital Waiting Lists. (10 Feb 2005)

Liam Twomey: Is the Minister saying we can tell patients that if they have seen a consultant, they will have to wait no more than three months from that date before they can approach the NTPF?

Hospital Waiting Lists. (10 Feb 2005)

Liam Twomey: What does the Minister feel about the fact that some hospitals are asking patients to attend accident and emergency units because they know they will not be seen in a respectable time?

Nursing Home Subventions. (10 Feb 2005)

Liam Twomey: Will the Minister of State confirm that no consideration has been given to existing patients under the Tánaiste's ten point plan outlined in respect of the accident and emergency crisis? Will he also agree that the average cost of nursing homes has doubled in the past four years? Will he agree that the current rate of subvention payments he outlined are derisory for the patients involved?...

Nursing Home Subventions. (10 Feb 2005)

Liam Twomey: The Minister of State said nothing about the patients who have gone broke and have no funding. These supplementary payments have not increased since 2001, even though I pointed out all the other developments that have happened since that time. We have been waiting for a policy on the long-term care of the elderly for four years. Under the circumstances and with what is happening in acute...

Hospital Staff. (10 Feb 2005)

Liam Twomey: It is important we move on that because that time of year, especially 1 January, is an incredibly dangerous time. January sees the maximum number of patients on trolleys. It is also when doctors and nurses experience the greatest chance of being sick themselves. We should move the changeover date to 1 February, as was done in the UK. I hope the Minister succeeds in moving on that fairly...

Hospital Services. (10 Feb 2005)

Liam Twomey: A number of local and national issues arise in regard to this question. The Minister stated that so far 50 people have been treated. How many people will be treated in this private clinic next year when the public clinic is up and running? I presume the Minister is aware that the average number of patients receiving radiation within one month of diagnosis in the west is at 3% and this...

Hospital Services. (10 Feb 2005)

Liam Twomey: It seems the Minister is going against the recommendations of the Hollywood report and going with the oncologists' recommendations.

Written Answers — Health Service Executive: Health Service Executive (10 Feb 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 26: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount spent by the HSE on developing its logo; and the cost incurred by all areas under the control of the HSE for stationery and other changes demanded to implement its new logo policy. [4283/05]

Written Answers — Health Reform Programme: Health Reform Programme (10 Feb 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of the Hanly report on medical reform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4271/05]