Results 1-20 of 487 for long speaker:Pat Gallagher

Seanad: Maritime Safety Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (4 May 2005)

Pat Gallagher: This is simply a drafting amendment to the Long Title of the Bill to avoid unnecessary detail. Anyone who examines the Long Title will agree it is too long. The inclusion of "any codes of practice for vessels, to prohibit certain acts on or with vessels" is a refinement that makes much sense.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (16 Jan 2018)

Pat Gallagher: 1045. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of long-stay residential beds, long-term accommodation beds, step-down assessment beds and dementia long-stay and short-stay beds in County Donegal for each of the years 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2017; his plans to increase bed capacity in the county; his plans to increase staffing numbers to cater for the increase; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (12 Feb 2019)

Pat Gallagher: 507. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of a report (details supplied) into the future and long-term sustainability of three community hospitals in County Donegal; if he will provide a copy of other relevant documents relating to the decision to maintain the long-stay accommodation units in all three community hospitals and recent reports into the future of the long-term...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (26 Jul 2017)

Pat Gallagher: 1006. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for retaining all long-term bed capacity at Ramelton community hospital; his further plans for the long-term future of the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36111/17]

Finance Bill 2017: From the Seanad (13 Dec 2017)

Pat Gallagher: The Deputy can speak as often and for as long as he likes as long as it is about the recommendation.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Pat Gallagher: I will not accept that. I think I speak for the vast majority of Members that it is not acceptable terminology in the House. Some of us are here a long, long time. I take it for the record that Deputy Smith has withdrawn it. The Taoiseach has three minutes.

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Pat Gallagher: I will call Deputy Grealish in a moment. It is Deputy Martin Kenny's amendment. He took one minute to explain what was in the amendment. The Deputy can have as long as he likes as long as he is referring to the amendment. We are not straying into Second Stage speeches.

Other Questions: Renewable Energy Projects (21 Mar 2017)

Pat Gallagher: I remind the House that we have fewer than five minutes left. Next is a grouping of three questions. The Minister has prepared a long reply and the two Deputies concerned will be entitled to supplementary questions. I will give the Minister two minutes and he should get through his answer as fast as possible, but it is a long response and I might have to cut him short.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (16 Jan 2018)

Pat Gallagher: 1047. To ask the Minister for Health the grant level which was approved for the retention of the long-term residential accommodation capacity in Lifford, Ramelton and St. Joseph’s Community Hospitals, County Donegal in 2016 and 2017; if applications made in either 2016, 2017 or to date for the three hospitals are still awaiting funding approval by the HSE for long-term accommodation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long Stay Residential Units (5 Dec 2017)

Pat Gallagher: ...Hospital, St Joseph's Community Hospital and Lifford Community Hospital has been submitted to the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, for approval regarding the revised plans for the long-stay accommodation residential beds in all three hospitals; if the revised plan provides for retention of all long-stay accommodation residential beds in the hospitals; when the said approval...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (15 Nov 2017)

Pat Gallagher: 94. To ask the Minister for Health his strategy for the community hospitals in County Donegal and the future development of all community hospitals within the county; his plans for the long term bed accommodation of St Joseph's Hospital, Stranorlar, Lifford Community Hospital and Ramelton Community Hospital in view of the conflicting information provided by his predecessor on 26 January 2016...

Written Answers — Fishing Fleet Development: Fishing Fleet Development (5 May 2005)

Pat Gallagher: As part of the Government's commitment to set out a long-term strategy for the sustainable development of the fishing industry, as set down in the programme for Government, I recently announced that a review of fleet structure and available fishing opportunities in the whitefish sector would take place. The first part of this review will involve an independent economic assessment of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Planning (2 Oct 2019)

Pat Gallagher: .... To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 374 to 376, inclusive, of 24 September 2019, if the HSE Capital Plan 2019 to 2021 has a financial commitment to upgrade the long-stay residential unit, residential care units and dementia care of St. Joseph’s Community Hospital and Ramelton Community Hospital, County Donegal; if the funding in the plan will...

Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (1 Feb 2018)

Pat Gallagher: ...í in Donegal town; Scoil Adhamhnain in Luinnaigh, my alma matter and that of two former Deputies, the late Clement Coughlan and the late Cathal Coughlan, and Raphoe national school, as well as a long list of second level schools, including Abbey vocational school in Donegal town and St. Eunan's in Letterkenny. I will probably receive the other information later. In the meantime I...

Topical Issue Debate: Long Stay Residential Units (20 Feb 2018)

Pat Gallagher: ...not apply there. I believe the facilities there are as good as those in any other part of the country. There is also a question mark here over the future of other hospital services, apart from long-term services. This adds to the confusion. In short, we want clarity on this issue. The political decision of 2016 must be reversed, and we must have a plan which is acceptable to all....

Tributes on Retirement of Member of Staff (26 Apr 2018)

Pat Gallagher: ...I wish to recognise Marie Smith in the Gallery. Marie has worked in the Members' Restaurant for the past 40 years. On my behalf and of the Members, I wish Marie a very happy, healthy, joyful and long retirement. Marie started working in the House in 1978, following in the footsteps of her mother, Peggy Redmond, who many of us fondly remember. Peggy ran nuts' corner in the restaurant,...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Pat Gallagher: ...warning the Deputies. I have to say - I want the House to take note - that this is a recommittal. Therefore, we are on Committee Stage. Deputy Catherine Murphy can come in again and speak for as long as she wishes as long as it is not repetition. I keep pleading with the Deputy. I do not have the blacks from last night or the previous night to be able to compare. I am depending on...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Pat Gallagher: Deputy McGrath did not read his amendments out but he read the names of those who signed them. The amendments deal with penalty points. I have been in this House a long time and recommittal is something unusual. It is only the second time since I became Leas-Cheann Comhairle that we have had one, having had one on a Finance Bill at one stage. The Business Committee will have to look at...

Marine Rescue Service. (16 Nov 2005)

Pat Gallagher: Templates exist and it should not take too long to design a station house. If the process got that far, the Deputy would be reasonably satisfied.

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (23 May 2006)

Pat Gallagher: ——and as long as we are in power Irish will be on the leaving certificate curriculum.