Results 661-680 of 1,730 for speaker:Colm Keaveney

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Scheme (20 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role which he and his Department have played in varying a TB herd test at a location (details supplied) in County Galway; the date on which this test was first scheduled; the reason it was re-scheduled and brought forward; the exact results of the first test; the actions taken thereafter; the reasons for and type of the second...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (20 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 371. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons at a centre (details supplied) in County Roscommon continue to pay more each day towards their lunch than a similar service in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2211/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (20 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 372. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form and for each Health Service Executive area and specifically for counties Galway and Roscommon, the additional community nurses that have been provided in 2014; the plans that are in place to provide additional community nurses in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2212/15]

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: One of the solutions we have proposed is that the Government should stop giving tax cuts to the wealthy and instead consider helping the most vulnerable people in our society. That it has not done so is a decision made by this Government and nobody else. In recent months we have seen senior Government Ministers celebrating the wonderful tax returns. Some of them were just short of...

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on this debate. Shortly after Christmas, I was invited by a constituent to speak with her 82 year old father, who had been languishing for 48 hours on a trolley in University Hospital Galway, UHG. Deputy Nolan from Galway aptly and bravely described it as an unacceptable public service for the people of the west. The 82 year old had...

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: He was entitled to them. Needless to say, we knew that the crisis was happening. So did SIPTU and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO. They have been highlighting the situation since September. It was no great shock that this was coming down the line like a train. However, these people's views have been ignored. This is of great concern, as we did not take the opportunity...

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: Hear, hear.

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: Exactly.

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: Too much work.

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: The Deputy is making a simplistic attack. He is attacking on one hand-----

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: That is at the cost of vulnerable people. They have been put in corridors on trolleys.

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: They are the people who are paying for it.

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: They have sucked them out of the system and put them on corridors.

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: In more ways than one.

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Investigations (15 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the result of interviews with 14 meter readers throughout Ireland by officials from the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Social Protection; the reason members of the Association of Meter Readers have received no update or result of these interviews; the reason, despite numerous requests and a High Court ruling, it...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Investigations (15 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the result of interviews with 14 meter readers throughout Ireland by officials from her Department and the Revenue Commissioners; the reason members of the Association of Meter Readers have received no update or result of these interviews; the reason that despite numerous requests and a High Court ruling, it has taken more...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 195. To ask the Minister for Health his view on the impact of the closure of a day care centre (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2123/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 196. To ask the Minister for Health the plans regarding the Health Service Executive hostel in Cloonbrackna, Roscommon town; if it will continue to operate; the plans to refurbish it; if there are plans to close it; the reason a service user moved from this hostel in Cloonbrackna to a house in Athleague over the Christmas period without any consultation or notice to their family; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (14 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 129. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the assessment he has made of the risk that deflation may pose to the economy and if he is seeking to take action to counteract it; his views on whether deflation is of benefit to consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49458/14]