Results 61-80 of 482 for speaker:Eamonn Maloney

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: I so not support this motion and I will vote against it. It is a motion calling for a default. A section of parliamentarians elected to this House talk about burning bondholders etc., and withholding the money but in the 11 months that I have been here, I have not seen a single person who takes this line who has the courage to put down a motion calling for Ireland to default. They couch...

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: May I continue?

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: Thank you. The motion is couched in a particular language because of the fear of putting down or of being identified with a motion to default. Anybody wishing to talk about the language of default in Ireland should speak to the labour congress in Iceland or some of the shop stewards in Iceland about the tone of default and I am sure this would result in a very different attitude. I suggest...

Community Development (26 Jan 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: There are two projects in my constituency, one each side of the N81. There is one in the Fettercairn estate and the other is in Killinarden. They are unique as their origins are from within the community; the people who organise and work within the projects live in the community. The activities just mentioned are carried out within these projects, and there is a wide variety of...

Community Development (26 Jan 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: I would be in the Guinness World Records if I could work within that. I thank the Minister of State for her reply and note from her contribution that she is acting proactively. I know the Minister of State is only in office a wet day and I am not here to criticise her efforts. I compliment the Minister of State's efforts. She is going in the right direction. If anyone can solve the...

Written Answers — Fire Stations: Fire Stations (1 Feb 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: Question 124: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a timeframe has been established for the new fire station for Tallaght, Dublin. [5741/12]

Health Service Plan 2012: Statements (Resumed) (2 Feb 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: I concur with other speakers on the need for a broad review of medical services in Ireland. I commend the Minister of State, Deputy Shortall, and her colleagues and wish them well in bringing about at least some of the changes outlined in this review. The health service is more often than not the subject of criticism by the media and others. In defence of the vast majority of hard working...

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: The earlier Bill was enacted in 2005 and I am in favour of it in principle. Difficult as it sometimes is for people on this side of the House to credit the other side, the dormant accounts fund was one of the previous Government's better initiatives. Since examples of the large amount of valuable work it has done have been cited by other Deputies, I will not repeat them. As someone who...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (28 Feb 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will set out the figures, in respect of the most recently available full year, for the number of days leave of absence taken by teachers at primary and at post-primary level, and to break down this leave as illness leave, maternity leave, or other leave. [10744/12]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (28 Feb 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average number of days certified illness leave taken annually by teachers at primary and post-primary level, based on the most up to date information available; the number of teachers in each sector who at the end of the relevant year had accumulated in excess of two months, four months, six months, ten months and twelve months...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (28 Feb 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he notifies teachers at specific intervals of the expiry of significant periods of illness leave; and the number of teachers to whom such notifications were sent at primary and post primary levels, for the most recent year where figures are available. [10814/12]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (29 Feb 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the decision to refuse planning permission for the national paediatric hospital, will the site available at Tallaght hospital, Dublin, now be considered. [11799/12]

Written Answers — Health Service Expenditure: Health Service Expenditure (29 Feb 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the Exchequer of drugs purchased for the years 2011 and 2012. [11790/12]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (29 Feb 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health if the concept of allowing private hospitals to be built on the grounds of public hospitals is no longer permitted. [11800/12]

Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Mar 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: Like others, I acknowledge the announcement on the long-sought abolition of prefabricated classrooms. There has been significant discussion on this in the House - long before I was here - and promises upon promises were made, but it took this Government and Minister to deliver. They said less than a year ago that there would be a move on this and I commend the Minister on the level of the...

Departmental Expenditure (1 Mar 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: In case we are at odds, the Minister should note that the focus of the media and public at present is very much on the retirement of public service personnel. This is a separate issue from the one on which I want to focus, namely, bad expenditure practices in the public service that affect the taxpayer. Most members of the public refer to abuses of taxpayers' money in Departments, local...

Departmental Expenditure (1 Mar 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: I thank the Minister for his comments and congratulate him on his Department's website. Of the people who brought about five cases to my attention in the past 12 months, four of them have taken up the Minister's offer which is very good. For example, a mid-ranking manager in a large Dublin hospital handed me a piece of paper and - almost shamefully, as an ordinary conscientious taxpayer -...

Departmental Expenditure (1 Mar 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: Only four years left.

Departmental Expenditure (1 Mar 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: Or not.

Departmental Expenditure (1 Mar 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: We sometimes forget it, but I meant to say that we should be included in this subject matter. By the way, I drafted this Topical Issue before the cartridge-gate saga, although I do not want to go down this road. Without a doubt, that is a typical example of how the public perceive the Minister, myself and everyone else in this House. It is up to all of us to bring a halt to all those...