Results 121-140 of 4,810 for speaker:Liam Twomey

Hospital Services. (23 Mar 2005)

Liam Twomey: There will be a significant increase in the number of patients requiring treatment for cancer in the south. Does the Tánaiste consider it medically safe that there is only one permanent oncologist in Cork University Hospital and that there is no dedicated medical oncology ward in this hospital, which is providing cancer services in not only the second largest city in Ireland but in the whole...

Written Answers — EU Presidency: EU Presidency (23 Mar 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the work carried out by her Department before and during the EU presidency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9520/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (23 Mar 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of positions of personnel working in public hospitals here which are funded by pharmaceutical companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9523/05]

Cancer Screening Programme: Motion. (12 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: I move: That Dáil Éireann, recognises that: —there are approximately 1,700 cases of women with breast cancer each year; —approximately 640 women die each year from breast cancer; —cancer screening plays a significant role in reducing deaths from cancer; —women in the Republic of Ireland are suffering because of the failure of the Government to extend BreastCheck nationally; —the...

Cancer Screening Programme: Motion. (12 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: This motion concerns two cancers that affect women of all age groups. Breast cancer is more common in women over 50 and women with a strong family history of the disease. Cervical cancer, or cancer of the cervix, which is part of the uterus or womb, has a number of risk factors. These factors include smoking, the incidence of which is increasing among young women, and the human papilloma...

Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: Every society changes over time and this change may be evident over ten years or over half a century. This change is sometimes dictated and led by intelligent and broad-minded politicians but all too often it is the politicians who are dragged along in the wake of change with little regard to what they can do about it. The issue of disability is an issue over which politicians should be in...

Cancer Screening Programme: Motion (Resumed). (13 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: I ask the Ceann Comhairle to look at the Government amendment to our motion because it does not even address what is contained in the Fine Gael motion.

Cancer Screening Programme: Motion (Resumed). (13 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: The Fine Gael motion relates to screening for cervical and breast cancer through BreastCheck. The Government amendment only refers to services for breast cancer and cancer services generally which is not the purpose of our motion. The Tánaiste knows that one in four men and women will get cancer at some stage in their lives. In focusing on cancer which affects women and which can be screened...

Cancer Screening Programme: Motion (Resumed). (13 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: I acknowledge the Tánaiste's good wishes towards Deputy Kenny, the Fine Gael Party, and other Members and her acknowledgement that we also have a caring agenda and that caring is not the preserve of the Fianna Fáil Party.

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (13 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 80: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the new initiatives he intends to take to encourage waste minimisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11043/05]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (13 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 116: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the new initiatives he intends to take to encourage recycling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11044/05]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (13 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Question No. 135 of 22 March 2005, if she is satisfied that her Department was not involved in the development of the proposal to introduce the over 70s medical card before the decision on its introduction was announced in the Budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11323/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (13 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the details of the funding made available by her Department to the Blackrock Hospice, Blackrock, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11327/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (13 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the facilities that are in place at the Blackrock Hospice, Blackrock, County Dublin; the facilities and services that are not being utilised or made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11328/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (13 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the full potential and facilities in place at the Blackrock Hospice, Blackrock, County Dublin have not been utilised or made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11329/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (13 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to ensure that the Blackrock Hospice, Blackrock, County Dublin becomes fully operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11330/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (13 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has given consideration to the fact that, if adequate funding was made available to the Blackrock Hospice, Blackrock, County Dublin, the additional bed numbers and additional services would immediately free up beds in acute hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11331/05]

Written Answers — Press Releases: Press Releases (19 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has instructed her Department's press office to delay or withhold press releases from opposition spokespersons and their assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11681/05]

Written Answers — Third Level Education: Third Level Education (26 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the failure rates for first year science courses at universities and institutes of technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12939/05]

Written Answers — Literacy Levels: Literacy Levels (26 Apr 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of children who leave primary school with literacy difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12974/05]