Results 41-60 of 2,099 for speaker:Ivor Callely

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Services for People with Disabilities. (11 Jun 2003)

Ivor Callely: —and make a fair comparison with what was allocated in the previous two years and the significant and unprecedented developments will be clearly apparent. Massive additional funding of €27 million has been allocated to services for persons with disabilities and those with autism in 2003 to meet the full year costs of 2002 developments and further enhance services in the sector. This...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Services for People with Disabilities. (11 Jun 2003)

Ivor Callely: —380 new respite and around 2,000 new day places for people with an intellectual disability and those with autism. In the current year further additional funding of €13 million has been allocated to services for persons with an intellectual disability or autism to meet the full year cost of 2002 developments and further enhance health related support services. This brings total extra...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Services for People with Disabilities. (11 Jun 2003)

Ivor Callely: Despite this significant investment, I acknowledge that demographic factors are contributing to growing waiting lists for residential services, in particular, even though the numbers in receipt of services, including full-time residential services, continue to increase. The increased birth rate in the 1960s and 1970s has resulted in large numbers of adults in their late 20s and early 30s...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Services for People with Disabilities. (11 Jun 2003)

Ivor Callely: I am trying to be genuinely helpful in a meaningful way to try to assist people who have concerns. I acknowledge there are gaps in the services. I also acknowledge the benefits of rights based legislation for the disability sector.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Services for People with Disabilities. (11 Jun 2003)

Ivor Callely: When I meet such a group, they express their concerns and there is proper interaction. When I ask them if they want their child to go into residential care, I do not believe the Senator will disagree with me when I say a parent will normally say, "I have looked after my child for the past 20 to 30 years and intend to look after him or her until I die, but it is when I die I would like to have...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Services for People with Disabilities. (11 Jun 2003)

Ivor Callely: I am speaking from the experience of having been involved in the provision and delivery of health services as a member of the largest health board in the country and the only health authority, initially the EHB and latterly the ERHA and the NAHB. I have seen a tremendous change in the quality, quantity and value of the level of care we provide for people in the intellectual disability sector....

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Services for People with Disabilities. (11 Jun 2003)

Ivor Callely: I would be happy to respond but time does not permit me to do so now. I have great knowledge of this issue and would be happy to discuss it with the Senator at any time.

Seanad: Adjournment Debate. - Radiotherapy Services. (18 Jun 2003)

Ivor Callely: I thank Senators Jim Walsh and Kenneally for raising this matter and outlining what I know is heartfelt by both of them – the provision of radiotherapy services for cancer patients in the Waterford region. I take the opportunity to set out the current position on the provision of radiotherapy services nationally. As the Senators are aware, an expert review group on radiotherapy services was...

Seanad: Adjournment Debate. - Credit Unions. (18 Jun 2003)

Ivor Callely: I thank the Senator for raising this matter and agree with his remarks about the good work of the credit union movement currently and in recent years. I think I have some good news for him. I have noted the points he has raised and will relay them to the Minister for Finance, Deputy McCreevy, with whom I will discuss the matter in the next few hours. I would also like to apologise on behalf...

Seanad: Adjournment Debate. - Schools Building Projects. (18 Jun 2003)

Ivor Callely: I am glad the Senator has given me the opportunity to outline the current position of the Department of Education and Science on the proposed major building project at Brierfield national school, Ballinasloe, County Galway. The current position is that the large-scale building project for the school is listed in section 7 of the 2003 schools building programme which the Minister for Education...

Seanad: Council Regulation on Procedures for amending the Sirene Manual: Referral to Joint Committee. - Health Service Reform: Statements (Resumed). (25 Jun 2003)

Ivor Callely: That is no problem at all.

Seanad: Council Regulation on Procedures for amending the Sirene Manual: Referral to Joint Committee. - Health Service Reform: Statements (Resumed). (25 Jun 2003)

Ivor Callely: I would be happy to hear what the Senator has to say.

Seanad: Council Regulation on Procedures for amending the Sirene Manual: Referral to Joint Committee. - Health Service Reform: Statements (Resumed). (25 Jun 2003)

Ivor Callely: I thank the House on the number of speakers who have contributed to the debate. The purpose of the reforms that have been announced is to put patients first and we should not lose sight of that. We are putting patients and the public at the centre of our health policies. My colleagues in the Department of Health and Children and I are determined to deliver real improvements in the health...

Seanad: Council Regulation on Procedures for amending the Sirene Manual: Referral to Joint Committee. - Health Service Reform: Statements (Resumed). (25 Jun 2003)

Ivor Callely: Will the Senator please stop talking such nonsense? He should have a wider and better understanding of—

Seanad: Council Regulation on Procedures for amending the Sirene Manual: Referral to Joint Committee. - Health Service Reform: Statements (Resumed). (25 Jun 2003)

Ivor Callely: The Senator should read my lips. There will be no closures—

Seanad: Council Regulation on Procedures for amending the Sirene Manual: Referral to Joint Committee. - Health Service Reform: Statements (Resumed). (25 Jun 2003)

Ivor Callely: The Senator should look at what we have done with the service. There are Members present whose political parties had an opportunity to do some of what we have done in a relatively short period, but they failed to do so. A number of speakers referred to primary care. Opposition parties when in Government had an opportunity to develop primary care facilities but did not do so. We have done it....

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Community Employment Schemes. (2 Jul 2003)

Ivor Callely: I appreciate the Senator's concerns and note his comments on the position of the Irish Wheelchair Association. The association's headquarters are located in Clontarf, in my constituency of Dublin North-Central. It does a huge a amount of work. I appreciate its concerns in this matter. The primary purpose of community employment as an active labour market programme is to reintegrate long-term...

Seanad: Road Network. (2 Jul 2003)

Ivor Callely: I thank Senator Browne for raising this issue. My ministerial colleague, the Minister for Transport, Deputy Brennan, has asked me to tender his apologies. He is caught up in a meeting. I welcome the opportunity to address the Seanad on the important issue of the national roads programme and to report on progress in implementing the upgraded programme provided for in the national development plan.

Seanad: Road Network. (2 Jul 2003)

Ivor Callely: Billions of taxpayers' moneys will be saved as a result of the Minister's commitment. That should be acknowledged. Measures under consideration include the degree to which public consultation is appropriate and issues connected with compensation for land being compulsorily acquired. The preparation of a critical transport infrastructure Bill is included in the current Government legislation...

Seanad: Road Network. (2 Jul 2003)

Ivor Callely: I will be happy to ensure that full details of the projects are sent to the Senator.