Results 161-180 of 2,335 for speaker:Tom Neville

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Plan (31 Jan 2017)

Tom Neville: 425. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to the recent launch of the action plan for rural development, her plans to include the town of Rathkeale, County Limerick by way of an enhanced town and village renewal scheme, in view of the need for the provision of moneys for the rejuvenation of the town centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4360/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Tom Neville: Many of my questions have been answered already. I am drawing on my own experience, because I have worked zero hour contracts. I worked on the management side in hospitality for many years around the world and also in Ireland. I was the person who did rosters for people. I also had experience of working in new businesses, and growing a business from zero to whatever number of employees....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Tom Neville: Deputy Cullinane stated that a business has to set out the financial evidence of why the banded hours contract cannot be put in place. Has it been teased out exactly what this means? Does it have to produce a set of accounts?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Tom Neville: My reservations would be based on the difficulty to forecast the level of business month by month for the first 12 months in business. I have seen cases where one gets a big contract and the following month very little, it is peaks and troughs. I would be concerned about the administrative burden this places on the business in trying to prove whether it is financially viable or not. I ask...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Tom Neville: That is the reason I welcome the discussion we are having today.

Roads Funding: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2017)

Tom Neville: I echo the sentiments of a number of Deputies, in particular those of Deputy Healy-Rae, who mentioned Adare. Its bypass has been approved and work on the Limerick-Foynes Port route is ongoing. It has been deemed a tier 1 port in Europe. I wish again to raise the provision of a spur road at Croagh on the proposed Limerick-Foynes route. Croagh is home to 200 jobs and 11 or 12 family...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (1 Feb 2017)

Tom Neville: 250. To ask the Minister for Health the number of MRI, CT and ultrasound machines currently in University Hospital Limerick. [4734/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (1 Feb 2017)

Tom Neville: 251. To ask the Minister for Health the operating frequency of MRI, CT and ultrasound machines in University Hospital Limerick. [4735/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (1 Feb 2017)

Tom Neville: 252. To ask the Minister for Health if the MRI, CT and ultrasound machines in University Hospital Limerick have operated more frequently in the past; and if so, the reason the operating hours changed. [4736/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (1 Feb 2017)

Tom Neville: 253. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of patients having an MRI, CT or ultrasound scan that go through the accident and emergency department in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will provide a specific breakdown of each. [4737/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (1 Feb 2017)

Tom Neville: 254. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for an MRI, CT or ultrasound scan for patients admitted through the accident and emergency department in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will provide a specific breakdown of each. [4738/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (7 Feb 2017)

Tom Neville: 312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if moneys due to a person (details supplied) will issue following an appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5649/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Child Care Scheme: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

Tom Neville: In the interests of transparency I inform the committee that I am a director of a not-for-profit community child care facility. My question to the Minister is about the rural aspect of this matter. I very much welcome the scheme. It marks a shift, not only in helping parents but also in broader economic terms to facilitate those who need to find work. Is this about centralising child care...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Child Care Scheme: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

Tom Neville: If I may interject, to clarify, Ms McNally is considering ways of using the experience somebody may already have in order to reduce the number of modules they would have to complete for a qualification and this would be in conjunction with the Department of Education and Skills.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Child Care Scheme: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

Tom Neville: Is there a time when that may come on-stream?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Child Care Scheme: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

Tom Neville: Who makes the decision? Is it the college or the Department?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Child Care Scheme: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

Tom Neville: The specific college.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Child Care Scheme: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

Tom Neville: Is the criteria uniform across the colleges or is it different?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Child Care Scheme: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

Tom Neville: I have a supplementary question on the discussion on qualifying for a stay-at-home minder. What are the qualifications proposed?

Hospital Waiting Lists: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Tom Neville: Since the PPARS debacle some years ago, there seems to have been a shying away from any attempt to upgrade IT systems within the health service. Delay is no longer acceptable, however, and the challenge must be met head on. We live in an IT age, with cloud computing and so on. Ten or 12 years after PPARS, however, we still have a paper-based system. Any large organisation in the private...