Results 201-220 of 482 for speaker:Eamonn Maloney

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Feb 2014)

Eamonn Maloney: Despite the Verrimus report, I do not know whether the building was bugged. No Member can conclusively say whether it was. It is a comprehensive report and includes words such as threats and vulnerabilities. As a layperson, I am no more convinced that the place was bugged than anyone else. This is no ordinary company drafted in to carry out such work. It is not a domestic or European...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Issues (19 Feb 2014)

Eamonn Maloney: 221. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a body responsible for regulating the standards required for health care assistants to practice in the Irish health care system and if so, the name of same; the minimum qualifications required to practice as a health care assistant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8512/14]

Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2014)

Eamonn Maloney: I will need fewer than five minutes. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle can distribute my additional time. I am sure someone will avail of it.

Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2014)

Eamonn Maloney: There is no need for that. I thank the Department of Health and the relevant Ministers for bringing forward this legislation. The health issue with which it deals is extremely important. The evidence for the relationship between sunbeds and skin cancer is indisputable. Previous speakers went into great detail in describing that relationship. There is no argument which can be used in...

Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2014)

Eamonn Maloney: He saved Deputy Humphreys.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2014)

Eamonn Maloney: I will be brief. I have read the submissions by the tobacco industry and listened carefully, as others have done this morning, to their presentations. I will limit myself to three points. The message coming from the tobacco industry is an attempt to get some high ground on the issue by saying that it is not targeting children. That message has been repeated here, using different language....

Early Childhood Care and Education: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Feb 2014)

Eamonn Maloney: As many points have been made, there is no point in recycling them. I welcome this debate. Both last night and tonight, it has been a good one. Despite the discussion in the past two years or so of the great pensions issue facing this generation, this is an even greater issue. To use that awful phrase, it will not go away. We have the largest young population and the highest birth rate...

Early Childhood Care and Education: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Feb 2014)

Eamonn Maloney: The review is for all of us. One positive factor that I have acknowledged previously and that is a main focus of the Minister is the level of qualification of people working in child care. The Minister keeps referring to the FETAC level 5 award. It is important that those working in child care are adequately qualified and have a stake in the review.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Neurological Health Issues: Discussion (11 Feb 2014)

Eamonn Maloney: I shall be brief as previous speakers have covered most of the subjects and I will mention two points. Like others, this meeting is very interesting for someone like myself who had no knowledge of neurosurgery or services until the past year and half. I am disadvantaged in terms of knowledge of the subject but Professor Hardiman explained the issue very well in her final contribution. The...

Order of Business (6 Feb 2014)

Eamonn Maloney: The Ceann Comhairle will recall that last spring Members debated the Spent Convictions Bill in this Chamber. While I recognise there were some obstacles in the way of the Bill proceeding, I understand they have been overcome. Consequently, is there any prospect of having the Bill back in the House this session?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Feb 2014)

Eamonn Maloney: I thank the delegates for their strong contributions. While I have one question, I must, first, state that although I have never met Professor Clancy before, I have been around long enough to remember his convincing broadcasts with Pat Kenny during the years. Speaking as a former smoker, I used to switch him off or change the dial when he went on air. He used to broadcast twice a year or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (4 Feb 2014)

Eamonn Maloney: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consultative process related to primary school amalgamations and specifically the requirements regarding consultation with parents and school employees; if his Department has received notice of a proposed amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in Dublin 12; when and from whom such notice was received; the proposed timescale for the...

Topical Issue Debate: Community Policing (23 Jan 2014)

Eamonn Maloney: I thank the Minister for Justice and Equality and the Minister of State, Deputy Donohoe, for giving one of the most unambiguous replies I have heard from any Minister. The information provided is very helpful and clear in regard to the respective roles of the Minister for Justice and Equality and local representatives. Tallaght is a new town that has evolved over the past 40 years from a...

Topical Issue Debate: Community Policing (23 Jan 2014)

Eamonn Maloney: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue. Everyone will be familiar with the coverage in the national press today of the remarks of Judge Anthony Halpin in Tallaght District Court regarding a breakdown of social order. During the sitting, he suggested that there is a necessity for the Civil Defence to become involved in policing the area. I reject that entirely. I am one of...

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 Jan 2014)

Eamonn Maloney: I share the view expressed by Members last night and tonight that this is one of the most interesting debates we have had in the House. I have listened to most of the contributions. It will undoubtedly go down as one of the best debates with many stimulating contributions. All Members welcome the Bill and the principle of what is proposed. Ultimately, we will have an authority. As...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Tendering of Bus Services: National Transport Authority (22 Jan 2014)

Eamonn Maloney: I welcome Mr. Murphy and his colleagues and I thank them for the concise presentation. I will confine my remarks to Dublin Bus. I must declare an interest, as I am a customer. I am fortunate enough to have a very good bus service. Over the years under the guidance of Dublin Bus, the improvements, especially in the past ten years or so, have been phenomenal. I can get one of a number of...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Eamonn Maloney: I thank the Chairman. I compliment the Minister and her staff, who in a very short time have done a great deal for children in this State who are vulnerable. The Minister and her Department have brought to the fore the question of our children, their welfare and safety, etc. Historically, we do not have a very good track record, to our great shame. It has taken all of this time, and the...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Eamonn Maloney: This was not a discussion about children’s welfare. It was all about budgets and money.

Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)

Eamonn Maloney: What is the timeframe in the coming year for the Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Prison Service (10 Dec 2013)

Eamonn Maloney: 378. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date by the Irish Prison Service in targeting the problem of homelessness among women; if he will provide a list of the agencies with which the Irish Prison Service has co-operated to this end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53003/13]