Results 61-80 of 1,730 for speaker:Colm Keaveney

Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: As a bed on the street.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: From the Seanad (17 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I will try to be constructive. We have always said that the legislation was far from perfect. It has taken 145 years to get to a far from perfect situation. I do not want to be seen to be bailing out the Minister of State but I am conscious that we need to look at this matter from the point of view of the citizen. The term "independent agency" has been used here today. There is an...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: From the Seanad (17 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: The question, therefore, concerns consultation. The Minister of State states that work has to take place with the Mental Health Commission in the immediate future. This may give the Minister of State an opportunity to address the concerns around the perception that there has been no engagement with stakeholders. The Mental Health Commission is an independent body which was set up in 2002....

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: From the Seanad (17 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I take at face value that the Minister of State consulted people, as she said, yesterday morning. The object of my intervention is to see if the Minister of State can assuage fears around the consultation process. What consultation will take place with the Mental Health Commission in the immediate future in order for it to underpin the best outcomes for citizens who will be affected by the...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: From the Seanad (17 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: We have always held the view that this legislation is far from perfect. The Minister of State stated earlier that work on the transfer of the Decision Support Service, DSS, from the Courts Service to the Mental Health Commission will commence in the next couple of weeks. Perhaps she would elaborate further on that point. The Minister of State also said that the service user is to be given...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: From the Seanad (17 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: The Minister of State dealt with this point in her contribution on a previous amendment in which she spoke of the work to take place in the immediate future with the Mental Health Commission. The language she used was interesting because it gives the House an opportunity to look at her ambition for the overall role of the Mental Health Commission and to build this aspect of legislation into...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: From the Seanad (17 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: It is important that we recognise what is happening in these amendments. A great effort has been made to correct language in our legislation. The stigma associated with mental health issues is a great stealer from families and it causes great harm. I, therefore, welcome the fact that we are rooting out archaic, dark, rotten language from our legislation, which is why I broadly support it....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities (17 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 664. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress in achieving each of the nine strategic aims set out in the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011-2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46339/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities (17 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 665. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which the implementation planning group for the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011-2016 was established; the number of meetings the group has held; the number of annual progress reports the group has completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46340/15]

Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: How are the eircodes going?

Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: He is on a low loader.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (15 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions the Office of Public Works has taken following the environmental impact statement report on the Dunkellin River and Aggard Stream flood relief scheme prepared by the RPS Group and published in October 2014, the progress on these actions, the reason for the delay in implementing the recommendations, the recommendations that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (15 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 363. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists and occupational therapists employed in the Health Service Executive disability sector from 2010 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44683/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (15 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 364. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting assessment for speech and language therapy and occupational therapy, by length of time waiting, and the number of persons who having been assessed are awaiting treatment, by length of time waiting, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44687/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (15 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 365. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting assessment for speech and language therapy and for occupational therapy, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44691/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (15 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 476. To ask the Minister for Health why a person's dental treatment (details supplied) in County Galway has ceased, given that due to a medical condition the person has been able to avail of the necessary treatment under the General Medical Services Scheme for a number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45348/15]

Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I see certain people are suffering as a consequence of their Christmas dinners last night. For some, it is either the Christmas dinner or the last supper.

Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I do not think it is a laughing matter to hear Pontius Pilate washing his hands.

Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: It is no laughing matter, in light of the fact that-----

Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: Deputy Buttimer is the man who crossed the Rubicon more than once.