Results 161-180 of 4,810 for speaker:Liam Twomey

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (10 May 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 259: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the orphan allowance is €121 per week but the foster allowance is €331 per week; if this discriminates against orphan children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14852/05]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (10 May 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 394: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding persons (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14851/05]

Hospitals Building Programme. (11 May 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 56: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the proposals she has considered for the new children's hospital in Crumlin; if she has considered a greenfield development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15624/05]

Hospitals Building Programme. (11 May 2005)

Liam Twomey: Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin is the national tertiary hospital for children and I am delighted the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children is not opposed to the idea of selecting a well-structured greenfield site for a new hospital. Fine Gael believes that a tertiary hospital for all services should be built on a greenfield site, somewhere like the west Dublin site...

Hospitals Building Programme. (11 May 2005)

Liam Twomey: Will the Tánaiste tell the House when Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children will receive an MRI scanner?

Cancer Screening Programme. (11 May 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the health screening measures which have been implemented since 1997; her proposals for the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15625/05]

Cancer Screening Programme. (11 May 2005)

Liam Twomey: It is not often I remind the Government of another initiative it introduced. Heart Watch is a secondary preventative programme that was introduced after 1997. Having been in office for eight years, the Government has only implemented two screening programmes of any sort. With all the emphasis we should be placing on primary care and the role of health promotion in preventing ill heath, only...

Cancer Screening Programme. (11 May 2005)

Liam Twomey: The Minister just admitted to the success of this approach. We should make an effort to move forward on the issue because it is a winner in overall health care. We must consider other aspects which could be tackled easily in regard to screening, including blood pressure, diabetes and obesity. As these are significant issues which are getting out of control, we should be putting huge resources...

Safe Sex Promotion. (11 May 2005)

Liam Twomey: The Minister of State is focusing on contraception but he should focus on education. It might surprise him to know that 13 and 14 year olds regularly engage in sexual activity. Three factors are involved here: many teenage girls suffer low-esteem and allow themselves to be coerced in sexual activity, there is a high rate of consumption of alcohol and drugs by teenagers and they are ignorant...

Safe Sex Promotion. (11 May 2005)

Liam Twomey: I must challenge that statement. Teenagers may know what they are doing, but they do not know how it works.

Registration of Medical Practitioners. (11 May 2005)

Liam Twomey: There is no point in rejigging the council unless it is backed up by a proper legislative position. The 1978 Act is totally inadequate today. In this House we have discussed the case of a medical practitioner who abused his position and the case of an alternative practitioner who in effect cost a person's life. Doctors and the Medical Council have called for a change to the Medical...

Registration of Medical Practitioners. (11 May 2005)

Liam Twomey: There should be a statutory registration for all people who consider themselves either acupuncturists, general practitioners or physiotherapists. Every GP must register with the Medical Council. If one does not do so, one cannot prescribe in this country. GPs pay more than €5,000 per year for insurance purposes in case they make a mistake. The alternative practitioner to whom Deputy Cowley...

Medical Cards. (11 May 2005)

Liam Twomey: The Tánaiste gave a guarantee to spend €60 million on this issue, €30 million of which was for the doctor only medical cards and €30 million for the 30,000 traditional medical cards, all of which was to commence on 1 April or thereabouts. Given the rate of progress no medical cards will be issued before the summer. How will she spend the €60 million? Will it be spent on advertising,...

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

Liam Twomey: Has the Deputy ever been in one?

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

Liam Twomey: We should ask Deputy Devins to expand on that point as he has the experience.

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

Liam Twomey: How many gardaí are there?

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

Liam Twomey: I thank Government and Opposition Deputies who contributed to the debate and even though they did not restrict themselves to the motion, they gave interesting insights on the issue. The Government amendment makes little reference to the recommendations of the national task force on alcohol. That is possibly because it is embarrassed by the fact that it has done so little on the...

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (11 May 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on recent reports from the INO that more than 150 beds in Dublin are closed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15410/05]

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (11 May 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person is entitled to have their colonoscopy under the national treatment purchase fund if the date for carrying out the procedure is greater than six months since they last saw the consultant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15247/05]

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (17 May 2005)

Liam Twomey: Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a medication (details supplied) is not available on the medical card on a named patient basis for patients who are prescribed this medication by a hospital consultant. [15961/05]