The world's political record
Person
Ireland · Official source
726 records where Liam Twomey is listed as a sponsor, author, or other actor. Search with topics and years
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
126 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. [12048/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
101 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of Ireland’s application for a derogation under the nitrates directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12049/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 March 2006
541 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if people granted exemption under the grandfather clause of section 11 ( d ) of the Building Control Bill 2005 will be made known; if a list of the people who availed of the exemption will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11933/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 March 2006
182 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will intervene to ensure that an agreement reached between unions representing home helps and the Health Service Executive in April 2005 concerning zero hour contracts is honoured; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11920/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 March 2006
26 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he will take to lower costs for businesses, which include insurance costs that are 20% higher than those in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11349/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2006
239 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has considered a second post-primary school for Gorey town; the stage planning is at; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11145/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2006
235 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will consider a fourth teacher for a school (details supplied) in County Wexford in view of the fact that it has a projected figure of 94 pupils for September 2006, which will exceed the figure to justify a fourth teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11141/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 March 2006
258 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason her Department has not published a complete health statistics report since 2002; the contact details and the person who is responsible for this exercise; if it is the Health Service Executive or her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10751/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2006
45 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if previous plans to move the acute psychiatric unit in St. Sinan’s Hospital to Wexford General Hospital are now being rejected, due to the new report of the expert group on mental health policy, A Vision For Change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8373/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2006
12 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the Mater and Children’s Hospital development plan proceeded to the point of tendering for the development when a major flaw regarding the development of tertiary children’s facilities stopped the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8356/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2006
4 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will list the 75 to 100 existing primary care teams to which she referred in her Estimates announcement in November 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8736/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2006
1 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on extending the working date for hospital consultants; if it is part of the present contract negotiations; the negotiations which have taken place to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8735/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 March 2006
84 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the terms and conditions of those who have been appointed as consultants to Professor Drumm; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8379/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 March 2006
83 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the names of the Health Service Executive delegation who went to the Vancouver conference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8378/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 March 2006
82 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if core funding for the prevention of violence against women, which remains fixed at 2003 levels of funding, will be increased in view of the incidents of domestic violence and lack of services for women and their families experiencing violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8377/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 February 2006
202 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount granted in 2004 and 2005 to each organisation and voluntary organisation from the health and children allocation of national lottery funds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8070/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 February 2006
201 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount and the voluntary organisations to which her Department or the Health Service Executive provided funding to during 2004 and 2005; the amount given to each organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8069/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 February 2006
196 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the situation in regard to the availability of an electronic health record for all people accessing health services; if such a record is in use nationally; its effect on waiting lists and clinical decision making; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8006/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 February 2006
158 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an independent security audit of all accident and emergency departments has been carried out to assess safety issues for staff and patients regarding the risk of violent attack to both staff and patient; if the Health and Safety Authority has made comments on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7668/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 February 2006
157 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive in many regions is failing to provide locum cover for planned absences, for example, annual leave and maternity leave to public health nurses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7659/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 February 2006
156 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the ratio of public health nurses to the population in many urban areas is as high as one to 4,000 when it was previously agreed that it should be one to 2,500; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7658/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 February 2006
59 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Finance his views on a consolidation of exclusions from the Freedom of Information Act 1997 as recommended by the Information Commission and to make arrangements whereby new exclusions being proposed would be brought to the notice of the commission for observation before they are enacted. [7994/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 February 2006
146 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a helpline for families of missing persons is not established on a permanent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7606/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 February 2006
124 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress that has been made in regard to the development of the voluntary humanitarian corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6827/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 February 2006
140 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the final position with regard to agreement on the future financial perspectives for the EU for the period 2007-2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6841/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2006
270 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if Comhairle na nOspidéal is still functioning as a separate body within the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6892/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2006
269 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether she is creating a management vacuum at the centre of the senior management systems in place in the health services with the establishment of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004 and where the chief executive officer operates two distinct lines of managers in two different locations, and the risks this causes good corporate management if the present chief executive officer were to leave his post for any reason with no full-time deputy chief executive officer present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6891/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2006
268 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she ascertained the period of time that a significant number of porter staff at a hospital (details supplied) in County Dublin were not on duty due to their attendance in court in January and February 2002; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6885/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2006
267 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she received reports on the case of bullying of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6884/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2006
266 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has fully investigated allegations of lack of care and abuse of elderly patients at a hospital (details supplied) in County Dublin made by a former employee; if she is satisfied that this and previous allegations have been fully investigated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6883/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2006
265 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the changes which were made to the running of a hospital (details supplied) in County Dublin as a result of a court action for bullying in 2002 and subsequent allegations made regarding the treatment of elderly patients such as taping the mouths of elderly patients, which was known by the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6882/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2006
263 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the public only contract means no private patients in public hospitals or no public only consultants in any private hospital whatever the location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6872/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2006
262 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of patients who were transferred from St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny, Wexford General Hospital and Clonmel Hospital to have an emergency CAT scan performed; the hospitals these sick patients were transferred to; the clinical indication for transfer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6870/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2006
261 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of consultant positions approved and the location of approved new posts by the Health Service Executive since it was established in January 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6869/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2006
260 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of orthopaedic surgeons who are present at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6867/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2006
259 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a dedicated transport system for cancer patients has been rejected by her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6866/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2006
258 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a reply to Question No. 167 of 11 October 2005 will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6865/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2006
196 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the organisations to which her Department or the Health Service Executive provided funding during 2005; the amount given to each organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6320/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2006
195 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if in view of the excellent radiotherapy facilities available at St. Luke’s Hospital, she will support the development of radiotherapy services in other regions first; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6319/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2006
194 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans for St. Luke’s Hospital in Dublin if she follows through on closing the hospital and moving radiotherapy services to two other hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6318/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2006
193 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if consultants in public hospital must pay private medical insurance to look after private patients in public hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6317/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2006
192 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 231 of 31 January 2006, the cap on the extent of professional indemnity cover that is provided to consultants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6316/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2006
191 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of capital spending by month and the current spend in each health board area of the Health Service Executive for 2005. [6315/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2006
190 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 201 of 31 January 2006, if she will confirm that the recommendations referred to in this question are Government policy; and if the Health Service Executive has been instructed to implement same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6314/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2006
189 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive or former health boards had direct involvement in the management of hospitals that were penalised for failing to reach targets under the case mix system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6313/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2006
188 Dr. Twomey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 304 of 31 January 2006, if retired nurses should receive payment of deducted pensions during the period 1 May 2005 to 20 October 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6312/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2006
120 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to extend availability of radio and television transmissions outside this jurisdiction on a free to air basis or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6652/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2006
97 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the nature of discussions which have taken place between his Department, the ESB or other energy providers with particular reference to the ESB’s role in the generation and transmission of electricity in the future; if it is intended to publish the Deloitte and Touche report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6653/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 February 2006
34 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of Ireland’s application for a derogation under the nitrates directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5635/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 February 2006
17 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. [5634/06]