Results 301-320 of 1,730 for speaker:Colm Keaveney

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (7 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 324. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment for a magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, scan at University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27158/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 378. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 848 of 9 June 2015, and the response from the Health Service Executive of 30 June 2015, which quoted the mean waiting time for orthopaedic surgery in Galway University Hospital as 103 days and the median waiting time as 59 days, the position in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway, if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 382. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27428/15]

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: The personal debt crisis is fraught with economic, financial and, most important, social consequences. The Government has failed to address the issue of mortgage debt. Today, it has even failed to tackle the banks on their gouging of customers with interest rates that are well above the European average. Fianna Fáil has proposed constructive and workable solutions to the issues of...

Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: There is none here either.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (2 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 178. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 557 of 16 June 2015, his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway who is verging on becoming totally blind as a result of rapidly accelerating cataracts, who is enduring extreme mental distress and anxiety as a result of swiftly deteriorating eyesight and who has been denied the comfort and...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I ask the Minister of State to look positively at the spirit of the amendment. It provides for an enhanced research approach for the Minister with respect to the national minimum wage for youth and apprenticeship categories. I ask the Minister of State to consider the amendment but we will consider any counter proposal he may have.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I will withdraw the amendment if the Minister of State would be prepared to write an invitation to that effect with the scope of that possibility.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I move amendment No. 4:In page 4, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following:“(c) research and recommend to the Minister national minimum wage rates of pay for youth and apprentice categories, (d) research and recommend to the Minister national minimum wage rates of pay for female workers.”.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: For the Chairman's information, I am substituting for Deputy Calleary.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I seek a clarification. Is PRSI considered a deduction?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I am trying to determine support for the amendment and, therefore, I seek a technical clarification.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I thank the Chairman.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: Amendment No. 14 provides an opportunity for the Minister to give technical advance notice, at an enterprise or business level, of any proposed changes, increases or decreases, of the national minimum wages. The amendment seeks a sufficient lead-in time for the enterprise or employment to provide for a planned and orderly introduction of an amendment to changes with respect to payroll,...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I move amendment No. 14:In page 6, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following:“(5) Where the Minister declares an order for any increase to the national minimum wage, a sufficient lead-in period should be made available for this new rate to be met in a planned way.”.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I move amendment No. 17:In page 8, line 16, after “persons” to insert “, one of whom shall be a person currently managing a small to medium sized enterprise,”. The objective of amendment No. 17 is to insert after “persons”, “one of whom shall be a person currently managing a small to medium sized enterprise”. The amendment speaks for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Jun 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 443. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 850 of 9 June 2015 and the Health Service Executive-Saolta response of 19 June 2015, his views that a person (details supplied) in County Galway, who has been suffering continuous severe pain for four months, should be denied the consideration and benefit of any information whatever regarding an appointment date to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Jun 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 451. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 792 of 9 June 2015, his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway who has endured severe continuous pain and discomfort for over a year and who has been denied the comfort and benefit of any information whatsoever regarding a date for an appointment for surgery at University Hospital Galway; and...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Coffey, for indicating that the Government would not oppose the Bill on Second Stage. In respect of his concerns about Part 3 of the Bill, I believe adequate provisions are made to protect the integrity and secrecy of the ballot. I am sure we will mutually see the benefits of that integrity on Second Stage. The guiding principle of the Bill is that...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Referral to Select Committee [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Sub-Committee on Environment, Community and Local Government pursuant to Standing Orders 82(A)(3)(a) and (6)(a) and 118.