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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 January 2005
12 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to evaluate the economic implications of the use of genetically modified organisms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1781/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 January 2005
115 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Defence if he has had recent discussions with his European Union counterparts with regard to the formation of EU battlegroups; when he considers that such battlegroups will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1535/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2004
75 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he has taken to implement the Enterprise Strategy Group’s recommendation to ensure that persons are facilitated to manage work, learning and caring commitments throughout their working lives, for example, through a restructuring of pensions and other benefit schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33582/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2004
53 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he has taken to implement the Enterprise Strategy Group’s recommendation to support award schemes aimed at encouraging entrepreneurship in order to ensure their widespread availability, particularly at primary and secondary school level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33581/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2004
23 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will extend computer recycling programmes nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32759/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2004
6 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the recent study by Birdlife International that found that 43% of bird species in Europe are under threat; the implications for Ireland’s natural environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32760/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2004
148 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding that Beaumont Hospital receives for the neurosurgical unit and the neurology unit; the number of procedures carried out in the neurosurgical unit; and the number of inpatients and outpatients in both specialties. [31919/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2004
147 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding which St. Vincent’s Hospital receives for the liver unit; the number of procedures carried out; and the number of inpatients and outpatients attendants. [31918/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2004
146 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding which the Mater Hospital receives for the cardiac transplant and cardiothoracic bypass unit; the number of procedures carried out; and the number of inpatients and outpatients treated in this unit. [31917/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2004
145 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding which St. James’s Hospital receives to fund its plastic surgery and maxilofacial department; the funding which the Mater Hospital receives for the plastic surgery department; and the number of procedures carried out, and inpatients and outpatients seen by these departments. [31916/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2004
144 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding which Tallaght Hospital receives for its urology department; the number of procedures carried out on inpatients and day cases; and the number of outpatients seen. [31915/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2004
134 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she intends to take following a recommendation from the Joint Committee on Health and Children to include persons with post polio syndrome on the long-term illness scheme; her plans for this group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31798/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2004
133 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of geriatricians in public hospitals in each health board area or equivalent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31789/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2004
106 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she intends to advise health boards to increase preventative dental work on children’s baby teeth due to the fact that maintaining baby teeth helps to prevent future orthodontic work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31760/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2004
132 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if interpreter services are available to dentists; the way in which dentists are informed on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31763/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2004
50 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to regularise the subvention payments across the new HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31752/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2004
135 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her concerns on a report (details supplied) which revealed that Ireland has significantly higher levels than a number of EU countries of MRSA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31814/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2004
143 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the emergency cases (details supplied) which will be treated at the enlarged emergency room at Monaghan General Hospital. [31914/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2004
142 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the timescale for the major revamp of services at Monaghan General Hospital that include a CAT scanner and 24 hours a day, seven days a week medical cover; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31913/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2004
4 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the 25% increase for a private bed in a public hospital, as announced in the 2005 Estimates, will be implemented; her views on the effect this will have on the private health insurance market; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32005/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2004
1 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the new doctor only medical card is a permanent feature of the GMS; the limitations which apply to the card; the additional resources she intends putting into primary care to ensure all new medical card and doctor only card patients will be able to avail of treatment under the GMS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32003/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2004
100 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the projected level of funding that his Department will allocate for the construction of a new building for the Wexford Festival Opera; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31479/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2004
139 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on over-exploitation of salmon fishing here; if he has plans to ban drift net fishing; if his attention has been drawn to anglers’ concerns regarding the viability of salmon fishing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30944/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2004
109 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the full extent to which the television licence fund surplus for distribution between the various broadcasting networks has accumulated to date; when it is expected that these funds are likely to be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31209/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2004
13 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a national anti-bullying strategy for all schools has not been introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30480/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2004
85 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent of the embargo against trading with China between Ireland and other EU member states; the goods, services or supplies that such embargoes relate to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30053/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2004
77 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have conducted investigations into the degree of complicity of financial institutions in some of the cases of tax evasion currently being unearthed; and if any cases are pending in respect of such practices. [29922/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2004
66 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has conducted a full investigation into two consignments of contaminated beet pulp which arrived here in October 2004; if all procedures regarding importing this feed were followed; the way in which her attention has been drawn to this issue; the steps which were taken by her Department when its attention was drawn to the issue; the issues which remain to be resolved; if she has satisfied herself that none of this feed entered the food chain; the location of these two consignments now; the person who is responsible for dealing with them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29213/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2004
19 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the proposed reduction in sugar beet quotas; the persons who own the national beet quota; if, in regard to the proposed alteration to EU quota levels on sugar, the representative of 46 poor countries will ask the EU to keep quota access to present levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29212/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2004
365 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will investigate the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28874/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2004
70 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Defence the number of applicants for the Defence Forces who failed the medical entry test in the years 2002 and 2003; the reasons for failure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28758/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2004
100 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Defence the authorised number of personnel for the Defence Forces; the current strength of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28759/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2004
105 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the resources which have been provided to the respective non-governmental organisations which work to combat poverty and social exclusion in the State for 2002, 2003 and 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28122/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2004
87 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his definition of hardship with regard to his comments on rescinding the cutbacks from the Estimates for 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28123/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2004
Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the incidence of a variant CJD case in a Dublin hospital in the context of more than 100 diagnosed cases in the UK; and her views on whether the incidence of variant CJD will become a greater issue here in the future.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 November 2004
46 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has given consideration to the Chambers of Commerce of Ireland’s recent proposal on a site value tax to fund local government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27541/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 November 2004
52 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the financial assistance he can offer to local authorities in view of the recent disastrous flooding in many parts of the country. [27535/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 October 2004
108 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the two sites for radiotherapy oncology for the eastern region will be announced. [26720/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 October 2004
1 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has deferred until 2007 or 2008 making a major investment in the non-acute sector, especially the primary care sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26414/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2004
200 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the case of a person (details supplied). [26248/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 October 2004
83 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the alternative income he can offer to fishing families whose livelihoods may be in jeopardy arising from conservation regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25786/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2004
58 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to concerns that have been expressed by business and accountancy groups regarding the increasing regulatory burdens being imposed on companies as a result of new companies, competition and regulatory legislation; if he will introduce a study to assess the cost of regulation to business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23619/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 October 2004
186 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress to date in improving the alignment of structures of community and local development organisations across urban, rural and Gaeltacht areas. [22724/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 October 2004
225 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the action he intends to take following the findings of the drug misuse research division report that the incidence of treated problem opiate use has increased sharply and that this increase in the number of new problem opiate users indicates a spread of heroin use in the seven health board areas, with very high rates of treated opiate use in counties Carlow, Cavan, Louth, Meath and Westmeath. [22748/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2004
94 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Transport his views on Iarnród Éireann’s plan to replace locomotive hauled diagrams on the Dublin-Rosslare Europort route with 2,700 railcars which have a smaller capacity and may not be suitable for journeys between Wexford and Dublin. [20325/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2004
81 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Transport the steps taken to date by his Department to have legislation enacted regarding the ownership of Rosslare harbour port in County Wexford; and the other steps he intends to take to ensure the future of Rosslare Harbour Port. [19011/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2004
264 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on the future of the Great Southern Hotel group post the break-up of Aer Rianta; and the assurances that can be given to the staff at Great Southern Hotel Rosslare harbour regarding their future. [20711/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2004
38 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the policy changes by Iarnród Éireann to reduce the number of powerful locomotives which may have an adverse effect on the future of freight travel on the Irish rail system, especially the seasonal haulage of sugar beet. [20586/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2004
167 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food his views on the concerns of farmers regarding the traceability of agricultural products sold to consumers here. [20580/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2004
92 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding discussions with the United States Department of Agriculture and the US Minister for Agriculture on all agricultural products that may be subjected to tariffs and imposed by the US Government; and if progress was made by the EU-US summit. [20579/04]