Results 161-180 of 1,227 for speaker:Derek Keating

Fishing Rights (2 Nov 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine in view of the national adult nutrition survey carried out by an Irish university and funded by him that reported that too much fat and salt were part of the staple diet of our citizens, if he will consider a radical intervention in food policy to address the crisis at the production and processing stage of food as is the...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (2 Nov 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 499: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 497 of 20 September 2011, if he will provide a breakdown per person in tabular form of the persons who received a bonus; the amount they received; the date these payments ceased and in relation to performance related awards to chief executive officers of Beaumont Hospital, the Mater hospital, St. James's...

Written Answers — Youth Homelessness: Youth Homelessness (3 Nov 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who are registered as homeless for more than three months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32334/11]

Written Answers — Youth Homelessness: Youth Homelessness (3 Nov 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children under the age of 16 years who are registered as homeless for more than seven days; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32333/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (8 Nov 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health If he will provide in tabular form the salaries of the chief executive officer, deputy chief executive officer and clinical directors of St. Francis Hospice, Raheny, Our Lady's Hospice, Harold's Cross and Blackrock and Marymount Hospice, Cork; if he will also give details of their annual leave entitlements and if they were paid bonuses between 2000...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (8 Nov 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 87: To ask the Taoiseach the retirement salary and retirement package of, and whether bonuses or other payments are being made to, the retiring Director of Public Prosecutions (details supplied); the amount of their pension on retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32731/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Appointments: Departmental Appointments (8 Nov 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 92: To ask the Taoiseach the terms - including salary, bonuses, expenses, travel and subsistence, and the length of appointment - that make up the contract of appointment for the new Director of Public Prosecutions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32736/11]

Leaders Questions (9 Nov 2011)

Derek Keating: Hands up.

Road Safety (9 Nov 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that the drivers forum who inform the National Road Safety Authority regarding the standards required for driving instructors is adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33241/11]

Road Safety (9 Nov 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the functions of the drivers forum which informs the National Road Safety Authority in relation to driving instructors and driving tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33240/11]

Written Answers — Diplomatic Representation: Diplomatic Representation (10 Nov 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 18: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the justification of expenditure to decorate the Irish Embassy in Ottawa, Canada; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the initial estimate was €3 million and that tenders were signed off for this figure and that the current cost is in excess of €9 million and is not completed after initially...

Written Answers — State Visits: State Visits (10 Nov 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 28: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to the Taoiseach's speech on 20 July 2011 following the publication of the Cloyne report, if he has been notified of any intention of the Holy Father, Benedict XVI, to make a pastoral or Head of State visit to Ireland in the coming 12 months; if he will consider inviting the Holy Father with a view to...

Health (Provision of General Practitioner Services) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2011)

Derek Keating: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. I raise the issue of medical card cover for a patient who is retired and residing in the greater Dublin area but who, for example, has family in Cork, Galway or Donegal. Such a person may decide to stay with a family member for several weeks, for example, in the case of their going on holiday to the family home in these areas. It is important...

Written Answers — Local Authority Services: Local Authority Services (22 Nov 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 358: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the plans of Dublin local authorities to undertake a systematic programme of roadside drain cleaning and removal of the mounds of autumn leaves that are clogging up the water drains and also posing a risk to older persons; if he will appeal to householders to display some...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (22 Nov 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 604: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of public moneys awarded by him or the Health Service Executive to an agency (details supplied) in the past ten years in tabular form; the criteria for such amounts being awarded; if he is satisfied with the bona fides of this organisation; if this organisation publishes accounts; if he has had audited statements from this organisation...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (22 Nov 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 616: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in Counties Clare, Galway and Limerick included on the intellectual disability database in tabular form; the disability strategy for this region; the services offered to those persons on the database; the body that provides disability services in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35759/11]

Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)

Derek Keating: Deputy Fleming's party invented cronyism.

Mental Health Services (13 Dec 2011)

Derek Keating: I am absolutely furious at the way this matter is being handled by the HSE and its treatment of these patients. I am of the view that this is possibly illegal and it is certainly immoral. It is completely unprofessional to lump five women into a unit which already caters for six patients. During the period of their incarceration they will have the use of a single toilet. Part of the...

Mental Health Services (13 Dec 2011)

Derek Keating: I acknowledge that the Minister of State's heart is in the right place and I have no doubt she will make a significant contribution to mental health services in the lifetime of the Government. Does she not have the power to direct the HSE to resolve this single sensitive and critical issue for five human beings at Christmas time?

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (13 Dec 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a State-owned bank, PTSB, is charging its standard variable rate customers 6.5% APR which may be reduced to 5.9% after the ECB rate is implemented who are being funded in large part by the European Central Bank which is currently charging them 1.25%; if he has asked the board to review the interest rate charged; if he has asked the...