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Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: The local authorities held citizens to account with respect to the delivery of critically important water services. We are being asked to support a public water forum.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: I am speaking on the amendment. I cannot do so without comparing and contrasting what we are saying goodbye to here today.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: Can I conclude?

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: I am objecting to the amendment. If I were to support the amendment, it would imply that I somehow support the overall thesis of a consumer forum.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: I am speaking on it, as I am entitled to do.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: I would like to do so without interruption.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: I am speaking on the amendment.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: The Commission for Energy Regulation is on the forum.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: That was the old system.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 152. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive treatment in view of the time they have been waiting for this procedure they have almost totally lost their vision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47557/14]

Order of Business (10 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: When I asked the Taoiseach last May about the status of the expert group review that was provided for under A Vision for Change, he said it would be presented to the House in four weeks. When I asked the same question in September, he indicated it would come before the House within two weeks. When can we expect the publication of that report, which is to provide the roadmap for...

Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (9 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: On 22 October, Fianna Fáil proposed a motion calling on the Government to recognise Palestine formally as an independent and sovereign state. The motion was passed by Seanad Éireann, having been unanimously accepted because of the careful work of colleagues in that House. I will take this opportunity to acknowledge the dedication, commitment and, above all, action of Senator Power...

Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (9 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: I welcome the Government's acceptance of the motion. It has risen above itself and political strategy. I also welcome the fact that the Government has recognised the greater good by supporting the passage of this motion. As quickly as possible, let us address the "whataboutary" that we consistently hear from those who are pro-Israeli and who lobby on and engage in this debate. I fully...

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: I have some sympathy for Government backbenchers because in the recent past, as a consequence of the ineptitude of the Cabinet, they have had to step out and defend Cabinet decisions with respect to the 11 U-turns that have taken place to date. The first was the suspension of the implementation of water charges until 1 January. The second was the introduction of the benefits package. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Best Practice Access Guidelines: Irish Wheelchair Association (4 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: It is a great honour to be asked to represent my party at this meeting and to endorse this document. It was also a great honour to be asked to launch this edition of the guidelines regionally. It is a document that has been prepared in the kind of language people like us can understand. It is not a technical document, although it is sufficiently technical to allow us to understand the raw...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: I am glad the Ceann Comhairle is in the Chair tonight because I want to publicly acknowledge his kind written words to my family with respect to the passing of my brother, Kieran. The Ceann Comhairle has had a difficult day, or at least attempts in that regard were made by some, but I want to acknowledge his commitment to being the father of this House and the good work he does behind the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (2 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when persons (details supplied) in County Galway will receive their headage payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45897/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (2 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 371. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts vacant within each operational area of child and adolescent mental health service; the average waiting time for a first appointment in each operational area; if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons waiting for their first appointment for more than three months, six months, nine months, one year in each operational area;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (2 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 378. To ask the Minister for Health within the Galway hospital group, the average waiting time for an MRI scan from first referral; if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons waiting for more than three months, six months, nine months, one year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45811/14]