Results 81-100 of 3,895 for speaker:John Halligan
- Topical Issue Debate (14 Sep 2011)
John Halligan: Only last week the Minister told the workers he would look after them. The Department of Social Protection and FÃS-----
- Topical Issue Debate (14 Sep 2011)
John Halligan: Many of the people in FÃS-----
- Topical Issue Debate (14 Sep 2011)
John Halligan: -----got jobs from all the money being put into the organisation. I am here to represent the people of Waterford and speak about all the jobs that have been lost in Waterford.
- Topical Issue Debate (14 Sep 2011)
John Halligan: Waterford city and county has been abandoned. The Deputy should stand up and speak.
- Topical Issue Debate (14 Sep 2011)
John Halligan: The Deputy would speak for one minute and ten seconds. Is that her contribution to what has happened in Waterford? Over the past few years some 3,000 people have lost their jobs. Changes are being allowed in the Dáil procedure to benefit all Deputies on an issue of national importance and Waterford has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. We are being allowed a minute...
- Topical Issue Debate (14 Sep 2011)
John Halligan: There will be 45 seconds to sum up after the Minister speaks.
- Topical Issue Debate (14 Sep 2011)
John Halligan: I am standing here to speak up for the people of Waterford who elected me and know I am speaking today. I want a debate on what has happened in Waterford over the past three years, as the city has been abandoned by successive Governments.
- Topical Issue Debate (14 Sep 2011)
John Halligan: Will the debate be allowed? It is an insult to be allowed to speak only for one minute and ten seconds, with 45 seconds to sum up. I refuse to do it.
- Suspension of Member (14 Sep 2011)
John Halligan: I thought you intended to make the Dáil more relevant.
- Suspension of Member (14 Sep 2011)
John Halligan: All you have to do is bring the Minister to the House to deal with the questions-----
- Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (14 Sep 2011)
John Halligan: Question 265: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will make a statement in relation to the recent announcement by a company (details supplied) that it is to move 130 jobs, currently engaged in providing customer care services, to off-shore locations within the company group to Egypt and India; his views on allowing this company to relocate these jobs out of Ireland...
- Written Answers — Legal Aid Service: Legal Aid Service (14 Sep 2011)
John Halligan: Question 608: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the waiting period for persons applying for free legal aid; if his further attention has been drawn to some instances people are waiting between four to five months to be provided with public representation; his plans to rectify this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22679/11]
- Written Answers — Drugs Payment Scheme: Drugs Payment Scheme (14 Sep 2011)
John Halligan: Question 853: To ask the Minister for Health if he will stand by the promise that he has made in relation to prescription levies being removed; when these levies will be removed. [22889/11]
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (14 Sep 2011)
John Halligan: Question 854: To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute hospital beds in Waterford Regional Hospital; if any of these aforementioned acute hospital beds are closed at present and unavailable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22890/11]
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (14 Sep 2011)
John Halligan: Question 855: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in Waterford at present there are approximately 100 children and adolescents living with type 1 diabetes some of whom are receiving care in the local Waterford Regional Hospital but many of whom have the added disadvantage of having to travel to Dublin for treatment due to the lack of sufficient...
- Employment and National Internship Scheme: Motion (27 Sep 2011)
John Halligan: I move: That Dáil Ãireann: recognises: â the unacceptable fact that the current rate of unemployment is 14.5%; â the crushing toll that persistent job losses, mounting unemployment and heightening emigration levels are having on ordinary Irish people and the desperate need for honesty when addressing this crisis and those affected by it; and â the particularly devastating impact of...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Sep 2011)
John Halligan: Question 236: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no notice given where jobseeker's benefit is finishing and job seeker's allowance needs to be applied for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25729/11]
- Cancer Screening Programme (28 Sep 2011)
John Halligan: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for a national screening programme for prostate cancer involving a simple examination and a PSA blood test which a prostate cancer charity recently described as the first line of defence against the disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26436/11]
- Cancer Screening Programme (28 Sep 2011)
John Halligan: I am disappointed, to a degree, by the Minister's answer. The statistics show that well over 2,500 men in Ireland are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year, with deaths reaching well over 550 per year. Prostate cancer has become the most common male cancer in Irish men, one in 12 of whom will develop it. There is extensive publicity about breast cancer, but incredibly, the risk of a...
- Cancer Screening Programme (28 Sep 2011)
John Halligan: I accept the six fast-track clinics that have been chosen but those are for people who have already been diagnosed with prostate cancer who can be fast-tracked for treatment. Surely when we are talking about saving money, all the international evidence shows that early intervention saves lives and reduces costs. To go for a simple PSA test without a medical examination costs â¬20. I have...