Results 81-100 of 143 for sligo speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the withdrawal of special needs assistant services from a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11995/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (22 Mar 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans to restore breast cancer services to Sligo General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4873/11]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (18 Jan 2011)

Pearse Doherty: ...public patients in Letterkenny Hospital, Donegal; if she will replace the orthodontist who recently left; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that patients are now being asked to travel to Sligo to receive treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2451/11]

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: ...term of the four year plan. The Government wants to take out €746 million next year. The health system is already in crisis, with services being cut across the State. I have seen first-hand in Sligo and Letterkenny hospitals the destruction that successive budgets have done to our health service. One has only to consider the distance that many patients are forced to travel to access...

Seanad: Restructuring of Vocational Education Committees: Statements (19 Oct 2010)

Pearse Doherty: ...of Dublin VEC, County Dublin VEC, Dun Laoghaire VEC, Galway VEC, Kildare VEC, Kilkenny VEC, Leitrim VEC, Limerick VEC, Longford VEC, Louth VEC, Meath VEC, Monaghan VEC, Offaly VEC, Roscommon VEC, Sligo VEC, Tipperary North VEC, Tipperary South VEC, City of Waterford VEC, County Waterford VEC, Westmeath VEC and Wicklow VEC had not issued a single grant payment. It is in absolutely chaos....

Seanad: Innovation and Job Creation: Statements (22 Jun 2010)

Pearse Doherty: ...in counties such as mine? In Border counties it is very easy for people to get an education in the Six Counties and the proposed graduation tax will place third level institutions in Letterkenny, Sligo and Dundalk at risk. We need to look at the solutions being brought forward by other parties. I have helped to draft policies to tackle youth unemployment which Fianna Fáil supported and...

Seanad: Smarter Travel Initiative: Motion (28 Apr 2010)

Pearse Doherty: ...and to plan them. How can we deliver rail transport to those counties that do not have it? Should we connect the fourth largest city with the capital via a rail link? Should we connect Derry and Sligo by rail? With the re-opening of the western rail corridor, one can get on a train from Sligo and travel right around the country until one comes to Derry, but then one must get a taxi back...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Pearse Doherty: ...a review of its strategy and in its first term will launch its 2020 vision, that it will include a policy whereby 50% of all newly created jobs by the IDA will be located in counties Donegal, Sligo, Limerick and Waterford, it is an important initiative. In my report, West Awake, I called for targets to be set for job creation in the western region and sub-regions. I am glad the Minister...

Seanad: Cancer Awareness: Statements (17 Feb 2010)

Pearse Doherty: ...centres and groups in the community, thus enabling a continuous system of care and patient progress. It is important to recognise the society's achievements and the work it is doing. I refer to Sligo General Hospital which provided cancer services until late last year when they were moved to a centre in Galway. I raise a minor but very important point, namely, the two commitments entered...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2009)

Pearse Doherty: The Leader should inform the House of his response to a request made yesterday by Senator MacSharry concerning Sligo General Hospital.

Seanad: Night-time Rural Transport: Statements (23 Jun 2009)

Pearse Doherty: If the Minister can say that evening services will continue in counties like Donegal, Sligo and Cork——

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Statements (25 Mar 2009)

Pearse Doherty: ..., a large part of which addressed the issue of tourism. The north-west region has experienced a 30% decline in overseas visitors since 1999. In 2006, counties Clare, Mayo, Roscommon, Leitrim, Sligo and Donegal generated only 9% of overall revenue in tourism. Counties Leitrim and Roscommon generated only 0.3% and 0.6%, respectively, whereas County Galway contributed 9.3% of the overall...

Seanad: Development of the West: Statements (24 Feb 2009)

Pearse Doherty: ...and sub-regions and we must have targets for job creation figures for those regions. We see that 8.1% of IDA companies and jobs went to the majority of the western counties such as Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon, Mayo, Clare and Limerick. That is not acceptable. We must increase our graduate placements and support our universities and institutes of technology in respect of research...

Seanad: Cancer Screening Programme (15 Oct 2008)

Pearse Doherty: ...to be hated in Donegal because we hear it in terms of cancer services and all the rest. There is no excuse for not having a service in Donegal. What is being suggested is that patients transfer to Sligo General Hospital. If patients live in my area, that will require a four-hour round trip. If they live where Senator Cecelia Keaveney lives, the journey will be 240 km. If we are to have...

Seanad: Cancer Screening Programme (15 Oct 2008)

Pearse Doherty: ...continue to provide colposcopy services to women already attending or awaiting colposcopy". Can he clarify whether new referrals of patients for colposcopy as a result of a smear test will be to Sligo or to Letterkenny? Are those on the waiting list and those already attending at Letterkenny the only ones who will be accommodated there?

Seanad: Hospital Services (10 Jul 2008)

Pearse Doherty: ...of people in Donegal on a wide variety of health issues, including the failure to roll out BreastCheck, the fact that there is no centre of excellence in the north west, and the downgrading of Sligo General Hospital. Today we hear from IMPACT that there are to be 250 job losses in hospitals in the west and north west as a result of the Government's penny-pinching and cutbacks. The...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (2 Jul 2008)

Pearse Doherty: ...Ministers and colleagues. They are trying to induce a guilt trip in public representatives and local communities when they suggest we are irresponsible in seeking the retention of services at Sligo and Mayo. In the motion we are calling for safe facilities and services and satellite units linked to the Galway centre. However, this is nothing new from the Minister and this Government....

Seanad: Transport 21: Motion (21 May 2008)

Pearse Doherty: ...the State, this is disgraceful and demonstrates the neglect of the west. A major element missing from Transport 21 is the creation of an all-Ireland rail loop. We should be able to get a train in Sligo and travel all the way to Derry, but the connection does not exist. I raised the need to progress this matter with the Minister in the Chamber a few months ago. I am glad to say that...

Seanad: Oncology Services.. (13 May 2008)

Pearse Doherty: ...services for the north west. Has the attitude of the Minister changed? I do not support what is said in the cancer control strategy — there are major questions relating to cancer services for Sligo and other regions. However, I am focusing my argument on whether the Minister, the Department and the Government agree that their stated position remains the same. Or is it now safe to buy...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 May 2008)

Pearse Doherty: .... Will the Leader facilitate a debate, to which he agreed two weeks ago, on the issue of school secretaries and caretakers, some of whom are paid less than the minimum wage? They are in Donegal, Sligo, Limerick and other regions. Many school secretaries and caretakers are unable to avail of the benefits under the Department of Education and Science scheme. I support the call for a debate...