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Wed, 21 Jan 2015
oral
HSE Investigations
Colm Keaveney
4. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the action being taken in response to events at Áras Attracta; if closed-circuit television, CCTV, and covert inspections will be introduced in nursing homes to monitor standards of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2648/15]
Wed, 21 Jan 2015
written
HSE Investigations
Colm Keaveney
32. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the action being taken in response to events at Áras Attracta; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2375/15]
Wed, 21 Jan 2015
written
Nursing Home Inspections
Colm Keaveney
79. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health if CCTV and covert inspections will be introduced in nursing homes to monitor standards of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2376/15]
Tue, 20 Jan 2015
written
TB Eradication Scheme
Colm Keaveney
297. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role which he and his Department have played in varying a TB herd test at a location (details supplied) in County Galway; the date on which this test was first scheduled; the reason it was re-scheduled and brought forward; the exact results of the first test; the actions taken thereafter; the reasons for and type of the second test; the results of same; if he will clarify and justify officially, scientifically and administratively, these results; his and his Department’s roles, influence and impact on all of the meetings held regarding these matters; the dates of these meetings, including conference calls; the reasons for the haste of these decisions, including those taken on 7 January 2015; if his attention has been drawn to constant conflicts of interest in this situation; the reasons for this new public/private partnership, including capital being deployed by the private partner; the total savings to his Department’s and agency’s budgets in 2015 as a result of this rapid change to the State’s farm management plan; the way in which he proposes to eliminate the conflict of interest; if he is satisfied that farmers and others will not be victims of these conflicting positions; the date on which the proposed research will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2536/15]
Tue, 20 Jan 2015
written
Services for People with Disabilities
Colm Keaveney
371. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the reason persons at a centre (details supplied) in County Roscommon continue to pay more each day towards their lunch than a similar service in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2211/15]
Tue, 20 Jan 2015
written
Community Care
Colm Keaveney
372. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form and for each Health Service Executive area and specifically for counties Galway and Roscommon, the additional community nurses that have been provided in 2014; the plans that are in place to provide additional community nurses in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2212/15]
Thu, 15 Jan 2015
written
Departmental Investigations
Colm Keaveney
39. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the result of interviews with 14 meter readers throughout Ireland by officials from the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Social Protection; the reason members of the Association of Meter Readers have received no update or result of these interviews; the reason, despite numerous requests and a High Court ruling, it has taken more than three years to respond to individual meter readers or to the Association of Meter Readers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1900/15]
Thu, 15 Jan 2015
written
Departmental Investigations
Colm Keaveney
41. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the result of interviews with 14 meter readers throughout Ireland by officials from her Department and the Revenue Commissioners; the reason members of the Association of Meter Readers have received no update or result of these interviews; the reason that despite numerous requests and a High Court ruling, it has taken more than three years to respond to individual meter readers or to the Association of Meter Readers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1899/15]
Thu, 15 Jan 2015
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Health Services
Colm Keaveney
195. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health his view on the impact of the closure of a day care centre (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2123/15]
Thu, 15 Jan 2015
written
Health Services
Colm Keaveney
196. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the plans regarding the Health Service Executive hostel in Cloonbrackna, Roscommon town; if it will continue to operate; the plans to refurbish it; if there are plans to close it; the reason a service user moved from this hostel in Cloonbrackna to a house in Athleague over the Christmas period without any consultation or notice to his or her family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2124/15]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
written
Fuel Allowance Payments
Colm Keaveney
39. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection in view of the failure of the wholesale and retail markets in home heating oil to pass on the significant decreases in crude oil prices to consumers, and the continuing hardship that many households experience in affording to heat their homes, her views on restoring the fuel allowance back to the previous payment period of 32 weeks from the current level of 26 weeks; her further views on the restoration of other cuts to fuel and energy supports in respect of elderly persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49561/14]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
written
Inflation Rate
Colm Keaveney
129. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Finance to outline the assessment he has made of the risk that deflation may pose to the economy and if he is seeking to take action to counteract it; his views on whether deflation is of benefit to consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49458/14]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
written
Fiscal Policy
Colm Keaveney
135. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Finance the way he assesses the progress, made since 2011, of the eurozone towards being an optimal currency union; the policies he is pursuing to achieve this goal; the deficiencies he believes still exist in this respect; the risks this poses to the Irish economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49513/14]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
written
Fuel Prices
Colm Keaveney
136. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Irish economy of the lag by the market in wholesale and retail markets in passing on the recent falls in crude oil prices; if this failure to pass on the full fall in crude oil prices continues at its current magnitude the effect that this will have on our GDP and GNP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49559/14]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
written
European Central Bank
Colm Keaveney
139. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Finance in view of the significant role that inappropriately low set interest rates by the ECB played in the recent economic crisis here, causing an inappropriate positive output gap in the economy and being a consequence of the deficiency of the eurozone as an optimal currency area, the way he assesses the future risk of inappropriately set interest rates to the economy; the way that these risks may be addressed; the actions he has taken in that respect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49572/14]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
written
Fuel Prices
Colm Keaveney
229. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in the context of the disconnect between the magnitude of the fall in crude oil prices and the magnitude of the fall in retail petrol, diesel and home heating oil prices, his views that perfect competition exists in the wholesale and retail market for petrol, diesel and home heating oil; if not, in what respect is the market deficient in that respect; the actions he has taken to address this issue; the actions he has taken to ensure transparency in the market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49506/14]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
written
Disability Services Provision
Colm Keaveney
543. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health the number of registered service providers that are regulated under the Health Act 2007 (Care and Support of Residents in Designated Centres for Persons (Children and Adults) with Disabilities) Regulations 2013; the number of registered providers that have ensured that a person who is not involved in the matters the subject of complaint has been nominated to deal with complaints by or on behalf of residents of the centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49557/14]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
written
Hospital Waiting Lists
Colm Keaveney
551. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a hospital appointment in view of the fact that they are over a year waiting for this procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49582/14]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
written
Hospital Waiting Lists
Colm Keaveney
656. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive essential spinal fusion surgery in view of the fact the person has been waiting since 2013 and the condition is getting worse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1288/15]
Thu, 18 Dec 2014
written
Health Services Reports
Colm Keaveney
379. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the progress made in implementing each of the 31 recommendations in the 2011 Health Service Executive report, Time to Move On from Congregated Settings; the timeframe for the full implementation of the recommendations of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48938/14]