Results 21-40 of 587 for speaker:James Breen

Written Answers — State Property: State Property (2 Nov 2004)

James Breen: Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the recent sale of part of Our Lady's Hospital for €5.2 million, she will conduct an inquiry into the sale of this hospital and 60 acres of land by the Mid-Western Health Board for €3.2 million; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27136/04]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (2 Nov 2004)

James Breen: Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will instruct the chief executive officer of the Mid-Western Health Board as a matter of urgency, having received correspondence from consultants of Ennis Regional Hospital to provide on-site CT scanners, appoint two consultant radiologists, an additional consultant surgeon, two additional consultant physicians,...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (23 Nov 2004)

James Breen: Question 301: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will revisit the decision taken in 1999 not to allow the NRA to build motorways between Dublin and regional cities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30190/04]

Health Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (26 Nov 2004)

James Breen: The Government got rid of health boards.

Health Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (26 Nov 2004)

James Breen: The answer is "No".

Health Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (26 Nov 2004)

James Breen: I wish to share my time with Deputy Healy.

Health Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (26 Nov 2004)

James Breen: My comment on the Health Bill is that too much emphasis is put on expenditure and financial limits. Our health system should reflect the ending of poverty and disadvantage and the promotion of greater equality among our people to ensure that the new Health Service Executive establishes a more patient related care system which is integrated and improved. Public services are experiencing...

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion. (26 Jan 2005)

James Breen: Our hospitals are slowly suffocating to death due to neglect and lack of investment, as is the case with Ennis General Hospital, where staff have been working under protest since 8 a.m. on Thursday, 20 January 2005. This protest was fuelled by the failure of senior management to respond to the issues of poor staffing levels. Ennis General Hospital is one of the busiest in the regions, with...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (26 Jan 2005)

James Breen: Question 508: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the recommendation of Mr. Finbarr Flood of 8 November 2004, that a mechanism be put in place to address situations between pensioners and former employees, has been accepted by the Government; and if it will be implemented. [34165/04]

Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (27 Jan 2005)

James Breen: My first comment on the Disability Bill is that the definition of "disability" is too constricted to cover the broad spectrum of disabilities evident in our society. In reality, this Bill leaves disability open to the interpretation of employers, service providers and those making assessments. The Bill has little chance of working if other essential elements of the disability rights strategy...

Farm Retirement Scheme. (27 Jan 2005)

James Breen: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she will take to deal with the various anomalies in the farm retirement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2130/05]

Farm Retirement Scheme. (27 Jan 2005)

James Breen: Does the Minister of State agree with the former Minister, Deputy Walsh, when he said there are serious flaws in the farm retirement scheme? Does he agree that a person who retires through ill health and who returns to farming when his circumstances change should be entitled to resume his benefits? Does the Minister of State agree that if land is leased to a family member, the family member...

Farm Retirement Scheme. (27 Jan 2005)

James Breen: That is now.

Farm Retirement Scheme. (27 Jan 2005)

James Breen: Does the Minister of State think this scheme would withstand a constitutional challenge based on people's right to inheritance and entitlement to property, as outlined in the Constitution? I do not think it would.

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (1 Feb 2005)

James Breen: Question 247: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the opinion that there are serious flaws in the farm retirement scheme; her further views on whether farmers who retire due to ill health and lease their holdings, if their circumstances changed, should be entitled to all their entitlements when they resume farming; her further views on whether a farm leased to a family...

Agri-food Sector: Motion (Resumed). (2 Feb 2005)

James Breen: Good man. Fair play to the Deputy.

Agri-food Sector: Motion (Resumed). (2 Feb 2005)

James Breen: The Minister should not interrupt.

Agri-food Sector: Motion (Resumed). (2 Feb 2005)

James Breen: My former party colleagues on the Government side of the House disappoint me. While they paid many compliments to the Minister for Agriculture and Food, Deputy Coughlan, none were given to her predecessor, Deputy Walsh for the great and solid work he did for the farming community.

Agri-food Sector: Motion (Resumed). (2 Feb 2005)

James Breen: As a member of the farming community I welcome the decoupling of single payments. Significant progress was made in the implementation of the scheme, making farmers' lives more bearable. This step will change the course of farming. The single payment will amount to a virtual farm income in many cases. The return from the marketplace must be maximised to ensure farm incomes increase. It is...

Agri-food Sector: Motion (Resumed). (2 Feb 2005)

James Breen: In recent years, thousands of cattle, calves, sheep and pigs have been exported from the Republic to the Continent. This method should continue or it will have a disastrous effect on farm incomes. The nitrates directive will also reduce production. The new European Commissioner is against live exports. I want the Minister to ensure the Commissioner has no hand, act or part in live exports...