Results 501-520 of 12,629 for speaker:Willie O'Dea

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 May 2023)

Willie O'Dea: The unacceptable situation at University Hospital Limerick continues unabated, with unacceptable delays, excessive use of trolleys and so on. The situation is now being compounded by the fact that ICU nurses are on a work-to-rule because of the conditions under which they have to work. At the beginning of this year the Minister for Health committed to providing a surgical hub in the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (16 May 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 445. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to increase the levels of disability payments and allowances to reflect the very different costs of disability by severity and type of disability as outlined in 'The Cost of Disability in Ireland' report which was published by her Department last year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22455/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 May 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 656. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE in the midwest will provide physiotherapy for children diagnosed with primary lymphoedema; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22702/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (10 May 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and location of Revenue Commissioners offices with over-the-counter services open; how this number compares with the number of over-the-counter services available before 2020; the number of offices that provide telephone services; the opening hours of each; if there are plans to increase the hours of operation of the Revenue telephone services...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (10 May 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 170. To ask the Minister for Health when a full-time paediatric neurologist will be appointed at UHL; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21914/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 May 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 175. To ask the Minister for Health if there are proposals to increase the illnesses covered on the long-term illness schemes in view of the fact that many illnesses requiring expensive medication are not covered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21936/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (9 May 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the second three-month assessment of the temporary business energy support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21489/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 May 2023)

Willie O'Dea: While I agree with the principle of the residential zoned land tax, is the Government aware that as currently constituted, that tax could have profound implications for many farmers. I am talking about genuine farmers many of whose families have farmed the land for generations. They are not interested in availing of the uplift in financial terms caused by rezoning. In fact, they have not...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (9 May 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate for corporation tax receipts in 2023; the proportion of tax revenues that corporation tax receipts will comprise in 2023; the proportion of corporation tax receipts he estimates as windfall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21490/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sporting Rights (9 May 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 315. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on whether it is appropriate for an organisation (details supplied) to have many high-profile games exclusively available on a paid for subscription service; her further views on whether as a non-professional sporting organisation in receipt of significant Government funding, the organisation should provide all its...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (9 May 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is still the Government's intention that the State pension will be equal to 34% of gross average industrial earnings; if he is aware that the present rate of the State pension falls considerably short of that commitment; when this objective will be attained; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21638/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices (3 May 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the compensation he will provide to owners of vehicles incompatible with the newly mandated €10 petrol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20258/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (27 Apr 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his most recent engagement with EU Commission Vice President; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19690/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (27 Apr 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the timeframe for the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19691/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Emergency Planning (27 Apr 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the progress of the public warning system. [19900/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (26 Apr 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all public service pensioners have had their pensions restored under the provisions of the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017, which provides for the full unwinding of the public service pension reduction; if not, the number of pensioners that remain affected; the reason for this; and when these pensioners can expect to see...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Willie O'Dea: My question is for the Minister for Health. A year and a half has elapsed since the Government announced the payment of a €1,000 pandemic bonus to front-line workers. As late as last January, according to the Irish Examiner, more than half the non-HSE staff among that cohort had not been paid. Remarkably, not everybody has been paid yet, even though the value of the payment has been...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (25 Apr 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to use legislation to protect tenants of purpose-built retirement villages to ensure they cannot be evicted, unless a tenant breaches the tenancy agreement; if he will ensure that purpose-built retirement villages remain retirement villages under planning law; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 356. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason invalidity pension reviews are taking so long to process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19058/23]