Results 101-120 of 4,810 for speaker:Liam Twomey

Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Motion. (10 Mar 2005)

Liam Twomey: When did the Minister know?

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (10 Mar 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the progress made by the renewable energy development group which is chaired by his Department; if he has received a report from the group; his intentions arising therefrom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8347/05]

Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)

Liam Twomey: That is a bridge too far.

Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (22 Mar 2005)

Liam Twomey: Some of the comments made by the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, show a certain lack of knowledge of what is happening in agriculture. I am surprised by his view on agriculture, which is a little narrow-minded. I was expecting a broader debate from the Minister of State. I grew up on a farm and over the years I learned about the contempt farmers have for people who meddle in their affairs,...

Written Answers — Legal Advice: Legal Advice (22 Mar 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of requests for legal advice made by her Department to the Attorney General in respect of each of the years 2002, 2003 and 2004; the subject matter of each of these requests; if advice was subsequently furnished; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8993/05]

Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (22 Mar 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she is responsible for the performance of the functions of her Department in accordance with section 3 of the Public Service Management Act 1997; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9338/05]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (22 Mar 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has satisfied herself that the decision to make medical cards available to all persons aged 70 and over received the analytical input commensurate with the policy and operational importance of the decisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9339/05]

Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (22 Mar 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the services available to young and disabled children, who have a long-term illness card, when they are out of hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9349/05]

Written Answers — Departmental Appointments: Departmental Appointments (22 Mar 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the roles and functions carried out by special advisers attached to her Department; if circulars or instructions have been issued within her Department concerning special advisers; if so, if she will provide a copy of any such circular; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9350/05]

Written Answers — Departmental Appointments: Departmental Appointments (22 Mar 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the special advisers attached to her Department are part of the line management system of the Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9351/05]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (22 Mar 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to move the acute psychiatric unit at St. Senan's Hospital, Enniscorthy to the general hospital at Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9533/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Equipment: Hospital Equipment (22 Mar 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason many general hospitals do not have 24/7 CAT scanner facilities; the hospitals which do not; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9534/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Mar 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 301: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a discretionary payment exists for parents with children in hospital; the circumstances under which this payment is made; if the payment is made on medical or financial grounds; the body which administers this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9348/05]

Nursing Home Charges. (23 Mar 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 2: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost of adopting a policy involving the repayment in full of all illegal charges to patients who are still alive and invoking the Statute of Limitations in regard to the estates of patients who are deceased, in relation to the illegal charging of long stay patients; if she has received legal advice that such a course of...

Nursing Home Charges. (23 Mar 2005)

Liam Twomey: Will the Government return to the Supreme Court to test the legality of invoking the Statute of Limitations? Has the Government considered doing so? The Supreme Court judgment takes into account the rights of the State's limited liabilities by reliance on the Statute of Limitations. Has the Tánaiste received definitive legal advice from the Attorney General on this matter? The Tánaiste...

Nursing Home Charges. (23 Mar 2005)

Liam Twomey: What about the legal advice?

Nursing Home Charges. (23 Mar 2005)

Liam Twomey: Why is this legal document being withheld from Members when it was widely circulated among the health boards in 2003? It is not Government legal advice but legal advice sought by a health board on an issue with which it was dealing and subsequently circulated to all health boards. The Minister tells us we cannot have this information. With regard to the Minister, Deputy Martin, and the...

Precautions against Influenza. (23 Mar 2005)

Liam Twomey: For the peace and quiet.

Accident and Emergency Services. (23 Mar 2005)

Liam Twomey: We should always aim to set high standards rather than minimum standards. Is it true that a specified minimum space of approximately 1.62 m should be kept between beds in hospital wards? There is a contradiction in requiring a fixed distance between beds on wards when patients are practically stacked on top of each other in accident and emergency departments while they wait on trolleys. We...

Hospital Services. (23 Mar 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the delivery of chemotherapy, oncology and radiation oncology at Cork University Hospital following the recent resignation of a consultant at the hospital. [9511/05]