Results 21-40 of 52 for sligo speaker:Paddy Burke

Seanad: Business of Seanad (13 May 2014)

Paddy Burke: ...Adjournment of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Education and Skills to reconsider his refusal to allow Gaelscoil Chnoc na Ré, Ballydoogan, Sligo, to expand from a one-stream school to a two-stream school.I have also received notice from Senator Mary Moran of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Education and...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (18 Apr 2013)

Paddy Burke: ...for Health to confirm the existence of a special group chaired by a person (details supplied) to address the anomaly of the lack of a cardiac catheterisation laboratory, with a view to confirming Sligo Regional Hospital as the logical site to locate a laboratory and enhanced cardiology facilities.I have also received notice from Senator Jillian van Turnhout of the following matter:To ask...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (12 Jul 2012)

Paddy Burke: ...have also received notice from Senator Susan O'Keeffe of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to ensure continued funding for the early years health promotion project based in Sligo-Leitrim which provides low-cost, well-targeted education and support for healthy eating among children and their families, at a time when obesity among young children is now a national...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (24 Apr 2012)

Paddy Burke: ...in Meath and Limerick. I have also received notice from Senator Michael Comiskey of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to allocate emergency funding to Cregg House in Sligo which provides care, education and support for 214 people from the north-western region, given that efforts to resolve funding issues have been unsuccessful. I have also received notice from...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (23 Feb 2012)

Paddy Burke: ..., Food and Marine to give a commitment that the Teagasc office in Manorhamilton, County Leitrim, will remain open in view of the fact that it provides an essential service for farmers in north Sligo and north Leitrim. I have also received notice from Senator Jimmy Harte of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to discuss the proposed closure of Lifford Community...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (18 Jan 2012)

Paddy Burke: ...notice from Senator Marc MacSharry of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Finance to allocate emergency funding to address the coastal erosion disaster at Strandhill, County Sligo, which is posing a major threat to the integrity of the coastline. I have also received notice from Senator Paul Bradford of the following matter: The need for the Minister for the Environment,...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (14 Dec 2011)

Paddy Burke: .... I have notice from Senator Susan O'Keeffe of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to clarify if funding has been made available for a women's ward in St. John's Hospital, Sligo that was closed in October 2011. I have notice from Senator Mary Anne O'Brien of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to give an assurance that adequate home care of a...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (7 Dec 2011)

Paddy Burke: ...also received notice from Senator Susan O'Keeffe of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the status of the plan at St. Angela's College, Sligo, to complete the long awaited work to ensure access for the disabled across the entire campus. I have also received notice from Senator Thomas Byrne of the following matter: The need for...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2011)

Paddy Burke: I welcome Councillor Joe Leonard from County Sligo to the Gallery.

Seanad: Business of Seanad. (19 Oct 2011)

Paddy Burke: ...matter: The need for the Minister of Education and Skills to address the issues faced due to increased pupil numbers and the lack of teaching posts at Gaelscoil Chnoc na Ré, Ballydoogan, County Sligo. I have also received notice from Senator Michael D'Arcy of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Education and Skills to review the deplorable conditions at Scoil Ghormán...

Seanad: Business of Seanad. (20 Sep 2011)

Paddy Burke: ...MacSharry of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to clarify the situation regarding the upgrade of the N4, between Castledaldwin and Collooney, County Sligo, to a dual carriageway status, in line with the previously stated commitments of the Government. I regard the matters raised by Senators Clune and Ó Clochartaigh as suitable for discussion...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (16 Jun 2011)

Paddy Burke: ...at their Council meeting next week. I have also received notice from Senator Susan O'Keeffe of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to restore the mammogram service to Sligo General Hospital so that anyone requiring a mammogram does not have to travel to Galway to have the mammogram, often at great cost and inconvenience. I regard the matters raised by Senators...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (8 Jun 2011)

Paddy Burke: ...west area and throughout the country. I have also received notice from Senator Imelda Henry of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to provide an update on the situation at Sligo General Hospital with a view to reinstating the mammography services there. I have also received notice from Senator Kathryn Reilly of the following matter: The need for the Minister for...

Seanad: Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010: Second Stage (28 Jan 2010)

Paddy Burke: ...Broadhaven and County Mayo. There was a great welcome for that in Mayo because it allowed the pipeline to come right through the county and all the way into Galway. It has also opened up to Sligo and the north west. A pipeline was planned from Dundalk via Longford and Athlone to Galway and the Corrib Basin, which would have seen the north west without gas. The fact that it was brought...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2009)

Paddy Burke: ...article discusses each county in great detail. It states my county has done enough planning for more than 7,000 extra houses. There are plans for 92,000 additional houses in Donegal, 10,500 in Sligo and 20,000 in Waterford. If that type of zoning exists, surely it is not a great priority unless the Minister makes provision for putting some of the land back into agricultural use. I do...

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (2 Jul 2009)

Paddy Burke: ...? I am led to believe there are still complications and issues of funding and people travelling long distances to and from the various designated centres. I refer also to the ongoing problem with Sligo where people want to hold onto the cancer services being provided there and where the hospital is achieving good results. There should be an open debate on this issue. The Bill provides...

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

Paddy Burke: ...be done. With regard to fishing, we have the greatest lakes and rivers in the west and we are lacking in our promotion of those areas. Senator O'Toole mentioned the rail link from Limerick to Sligo, and this line should surely be extended to Sligo and up to Donegal and Derry so we can have a rail link around the country. Spain is economically similar to us and since 1992, it has had...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (2 Jul 2008)

Paddy Burke: ...a satellite unit at Letterkenny General Hospital and under the responsibility of the Galway Centre of Excellence; retain existing safe, high quality cancer services as at Mayo General Hospital and Sligo General Hospital as satellite units under the responsibility of the Galway Centre of Excellence; ensure that all Centres of Excellence and satellite units are the subject of an annual HIQA...

Seanad: Transport 21: Motion (21 May 2008)

Paddy Burke: ..., Baxter Healthcare and Coca-Cola, would use freight transport going to Dublin Port if it were possible, but it is not. No major roads project is under way in counties Mayo, Roscommon, Leitrim, Sligo, Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan and there will be none in the next couple of years. A number of major projects under Transport 21 have been pushed back. When will those projects begin?...

Seanad: Cancer Treatment Services (7 May 2008)

Paddy Burke: ...Children? I want also to know what is the Minister's definition of a centre of excellence. Is Castlebar a centre of excellence in its own right as a satellite of Galway? What is the position with Sligo? The Minister of State is in a hurry but I want to put on the record those issues and the deep dissatisfaction felt in Mayo General Hospital with how the Minister has put figures into the...