Results 141-160 of 1,730 for speaker:Colm Keaveney

Written Answers — Department of Health: Counselling Services (12 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 163. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the counselling service in the primary care service, including the numbers referred to, seen by and on waiting lists for community health-care organisations in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39893/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Applications (11 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when urgently needed funding will be made available by the Office of Public Works for the drainage of swallow holes and the cleaning of the channel from Grannagh to Blackrock in Peterswell in County Galway, funds which were applied for in August 2015 for critically necessary works which aim at alleviating and resolving the severe...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Acquired Infections (11 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 132. To ask the Minister for Health for a report on the outbreak of Clostridium difficile at Portiuncula Hospital in County Galway; and the action being taken to deal with it. [39771/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (11 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway who despite being deemed eligible to apply for a grant for the support of survivors of institutional abuse by Caranua on 11 March 2014, and to whom Caranua confirmed in writing on 10 April 2014 that all documents had been received to process this grant; that despite...

Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion [Private Members] (10 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: Guff.

Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion [Private Members] (10 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for this speaking time. I acknowledge the dedication, commitment and, above all, actions of Deputy Kelleher in proposing such a comprehensive motion on emergency departments. Eventually, one gets used to the Government's style of counter-motions that are tabled week after week. Tonight's is a half-hearted, sly acknowledgement of a problem, yet it is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (10 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 429. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway, who is in considerable continuous pain and who was referred several weeks ago, will be scheduled for an appointment to see a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Merlin Park hospital in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39393/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Disability Services Provision (5 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 15. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the resources his Department will provide in 2016 to move persons out of congregated settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38222/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Disability Services Provision (5 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 21. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on housing records released by his Department under the Freedom of Information Act, which show that just 90 persons out of a target of 300 persons have been transferred from congregated settings over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38221/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Wage Subsidy Scheme (5 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer in 2016 of extending the wage subsidy scheme to those in receipt of partial capacity benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38705/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (5 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of sections of the Disability Act 2005 that still have to be commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38856/15]

Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: During the general election campaign of 2011 there was much debate about where cuts would have to be made and which sections of society would have to take the greater burden of the adjustments. One of the key questions asked in several debates and interviews with party leaders was: "What group will you prioritise for protection from cuts?" The Taoiseach and the former Tánaiste, now an...

Order of Business (4 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: It is a merry-go-round in here today.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: The Taoiseach is responsible.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (4 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the 2016 Action Plan for Jobs will be published; if it will contain measures to help persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37945/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 140. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 146 and 156 of 8 October 2015 regarding average orthopaedic procedure waiting times in University Hospital Galway, and the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway, the way he can reconcile the two supplied replies, one of which states the average waiting times were 118 days in 2014 and 109 days in 2015,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (3 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 229. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will consider a change to local community employment schemes to permit persons to continue participating in the schemes beyond 60 years of age, until they reach retirement age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37976/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (3 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost in 2016 of increasing the disability allowance; the blind pension; the invalidity pension; and the carer's allowance, by €5, €10 and €15 per week. [38061/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Expenditure (3 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 347. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to the Office of Public Works of private security, pest control, and other services relating to the securing or maintenance of the 139 Garda stations that have been closed since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37957/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (3 Nov 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 582. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the savings to date generated by the closure of 139 Garda Síochána stations since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37958/15]