Results 1-20 of 884 for speaker:Frank O'Rourke
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Area Plans (18 Dec 2019)
Frank O'Rourke: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive reply. In each contribution I have made on this issue I have acknowledged the role of the Minister of State, Deputy English, working with me and my colleague, Deputy Durkan, in allocating the funding to take the second bridge in Celbridge from concept through to design and tender. The tender process for consultants is under way, with a...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Area Plans (18 Dec 2019)
Frank O'Rourke: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for selecting this matter for debate.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Area Plans (18 Dec 2019)
Frank O'Rourke: Not for the first time is right, and we will come to that during the discussion. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Phelan, for coming to the House to take the debate and I acknowledge the absence of the Minister of State, Deputy English. He contacted me as he had planned to be here but there was a diary clash. He has discussed the issue with me in the past. This is the third...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Area Plans (18 Dec 2019)
Frank O'Rourke: It is 22,500 people. People want to live there. Funnily enough, according to the figures I obtained from the National Transport Authority, NTA, Hazelhatch train station has been identified as one of the least used stations in the country. This is because it is outside the town. A development such as this would be very advantageous because it would advocate for full use of public transport...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Resources (17 Dec 2019)
Frank O'Rourke: I call Deputy Durkan. My apologies for earlier.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (17 Dec 2019)
Frank O'Rourke: I am conscious of the time remaining. Four Members wish to contribute and only 23 minutes remain. I ask Members to ensure they comply with the time provided.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Resources (17 Dec 2019)
Frank O'Rourke: I apologise, Deputy Durkan. I was not notified of the grouping.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (17 Dec 2019)
Frank O'Rourke: The Deputies should allow the Minister of State to answer.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Strength (17 Dec 2019)
Frank O'Rourke: I thank the Minister of State. He will get an opportunity to come back.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Strength (17 Dec 2019)
Frank O'Rourke: I thank the Minister of State.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Strength (17 Dec 2019)
Frank O'Rourke: I thank the Minister of State. I am conscious of time. I want to get the questions in.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Strength (17 Dec 2019)
Frank O'Rourke: We have to watch the time. The Minister of State is way over time.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Strength (17 Dec 2019)
Frank O'Rourke: We have to be mindful of other Deputies who want their questions to be heard. We have allocated time and I am trying to be flexible and reasonable but it is being taken to the extreme and we cannot have that.
- Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Matters (Resumed) (17 Dec 2019)
Frank O'Rourke: I wish to advise the House of a revision. The matters raised Deputies Gino Kenny, Thomas P. Broughan, Ruth Coppinger, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy and Mattie McGrath; Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire; Deputy Robert Troy; and Deputies Declan Breathnach and Brendan Smith have been selected for discussion.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (12 Dec 2019)
Frank O'Rourke: 264. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons with multiple sclerosis here face significant delays in accessing new medicines and treatments in comparison with other European countries; if there will be engagement with the pharmaceutical industry in order to remedy the situation and to improve market access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52416/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (11 Dec 2019)
Frank O'Rourke: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the pension entitlements to the spouse of a retired teacher in cases in which a teacher has retired in advance of a divorce from a first marriage and subsequently enters a second marriage also pre-retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52024/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (11 Dec 2019)
Frank O'Rourke: 180. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that the person has been on the waiting list for over three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51913/19]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic Violence Services Funding (10 Dec 2019)
Frank O'Rourke: The Minister is out of time.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pharmaceutical Sector (10 Dec 2019)
Frank O'Rourke: The first Topical Issue is in the name of Deputy Tóibín, to ask the Minister for Health to discuss an update on negotiations with the Irish Pharmacy Union.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pharmaceutical Sector (10 Dec 2019)
Frank O'Rourke: The Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, is taking this.