Results 121-140 of 482 for speaker:Eamonn Maloney

Pensions and Retirement Lump Sums: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (7 Nov 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: When the referendum is over, I will pay my return visit to the Cooley Mountains after that contribution by the Deputy, and I might meet the man who inspired him. Like other speakers, I share the sentiment of the motion. However, as stated by Deputy McDonald sentiment is one thing and substance is another. The motion does not quantify what people want to say about those in receipt of large...

Pensions and Retirement Lump Sums: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (7 Nov 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: I doubt if they will get down the Quays to present their case because it would infuriate people. If these people want to continue to take their pensions then it is up to people like us to stand up to them.

Pensions and Retirement Lump Sums: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (7 Nov 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: I almost burst out laughing yesterday morning when I heard that the banks had written to the people concerned and asked them to consider taking a reduction in their pensions. That is akin to being in the ocean and smiling at a shark when one knows he is going to eat you. Writing to these people and asking them kindly to take a reduced pension is a farce. They are not going to do it. There...

National Children's Hospital: Motion (8 Nov 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: I have two specific questions and I will be brief. My first question relates to the development board which will oversee the construction of the hospital and the delivery of the services. Will it remain as is? There is a view among some sections of the media and politicians that we should just build this and get it over with. That was the attitude adopted towards the Mater site. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services (8 Nov 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: To ask the Minister for Health if, following civil disturbances at a concert (details supplied), the promoter has reimbursed the Connolly and Mater Hospitals, Dublin, for the costs incurred by the accident and emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48742/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Members' Remuneration (13 Nov 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his planned approach and timescale to implement the recent ruling by the Standards in Public Offices Commission that the regulations for expenses for training and conferences do not provide for claims for expenses by councillors in respect of third-level degree courses in the interim period prior to the introduction of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Bodies (13 Nov 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form, for each grade, details of the salary, allowances and purpose of allowances paid to employees of the Irish Human Rights Commission and the National Disability Authority in 2011. [50068/12]

Credit Union Bill 2012 (Resumed): Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: I share the views expressed by other speakers on the proud history of the credit union movement in this country. Many working families could not have stepped inside any of the conventional banks as they did not have sufficient money to save and because they were on low incomes they could not borrow from conventional banks. Credit unions are not banks in the understood sense. Part of my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Forthcoming Health Council: Discussion with Minister for Health (20 Nov 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: I wish to pose a question on the cost of prescribed drugs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Forthcoming Health Council: Discussion with Minister for Health (20 Nov 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: Yes, my question is relevant in that regard. I am aware that the Minister and his Department have made strides in this regard and that the saving for next year will be approximately €120 million. Is he of the view that we will be in a better position to make even greater savings in respect of prescription drugs during the six months of our Presidency?

Supreme Court Ruling in the X Case: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Nov 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: All Members of the House have, in good faith, demonstrated their sympathy and regrets about the tragic death of Savita. However, as other Members have said, it is disappointing that Sinn Féin put down this motion, given its nature. Parliamentarians must be careful, regardless of where they sit in the House. When somebody's life is ended in the way this woman's was we should be very...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Bodies (27 Nov 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 502 of 13 November 2012, if he will explain the purpose of the allowance paid to staff of the National Disability Authority at Assistant Principal level in terms of the additional work carried out or additional responsibilities held or additional services provided by the staff that receive this allowance, that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (4 Dec 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the staffing of small primary schools as set out in Circular 007/2012 from his Department, the number of teaching posts lost in the current school year in schools with four classroom teachers or less as a result of the change to the staffing formula for smaller schools as set out in this Circular; the number of appeals submitted by...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Code (4 Dec 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify the status of the Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour, that is, is it mandatory on all civil servants as it indicates it is; the persons whose duty is it to enforce the code. [53840/12]

Funding for Disability Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Dec 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: I listened to the debate this morning and yesterday and I would be right in saying that in principle all Members elected to this House would support the view that disability services should be adequately funded. There is no dispute among us in that regard. It is important that every effort possible is made to limit the level of the reduction in the budget for disability services. It is...

Financial Resolution No. 9: Income Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: What would Deputy Boyd Barrett do the second year?

Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (Resumed) (7 Dec 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for facilitating me, it is entirely my fault. Thanks are due to Mr. Justice Sean Ryan and the other 13 members of the expert group whose report we are discussing. It is a comprehensive report and, as someone with no legal and medical background, its detail and comprehension is to be admired. It is difficult to be objective given the subject matter but I found it...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Dec 2012)

Eamonn Maloney: To ask the Minister for Health when the ambulatory urgent care centre will be opened in Tallaght Dublin [57001/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Eamonn Maloney: I did not intend to ask questions at this point, but I am slightly concerned at the direction the discussion is takng. From my knowledge of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights, the reason this discussion is taking place, there is no reference in it to what the Irish Medical Council did or did not do. There is, however, a substantial reference to what politicians did not do,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (10 Jan 2013)

Eamonn Maloney: I will be brief. I have only one question. The issue of suicide by pregnant women has been a theme in our discussions over the last three days. It has been alluded to by one or two speakers this morning that we may not be happy to acknowledge the reality that in a thankfully small number of cases, a pregnant woman may feel her mental health is threatened. As legislators, we must take that...