Results 11,021-11,040 of 20,768 for speaker:Mattie McGrath

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 422. To ask the Minister for Health when diagnostic services will be extended to a medical centre (details supplied) to help alleviate pressures on South Tipperary General Hospital; if he will issue a response on this matter as promised by An Taoiseach during Leaders' Questions on 23 May 2017; the exact date of an extension of such a contract following a successful short term initiative...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 427. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary Question No. 1195 of 20 June 2017, the details of the referenced 25 UK hospitals, 200 US hospitals and those hospitals in the Middle East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32485/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Strategy (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 428. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the application for planning permission for the new national maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32495/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Strategy (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 429. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the implementation of the national maternity strategy; the composition of the steering group; the number of times it has met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32496/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 430. To ask the Minister for Health the details of plans to develop a new master plan for South Tipperary General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32497/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 494. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be approved for treatment under the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32774/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Horses (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 554. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the costs incurred by his Department over the past four years relating to the seizure of animals, specifically horses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32235/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 555. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts his Department is making to address the dangers related to slurry pits and tanks on farms; the number of deaths associated with such pits and tanks to which the attention of his Department was drawn in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32236/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mental Health Services (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 709. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the areas of responsibility for the management of child mental health issues that fall under the remit of Tusla; the areas that remain under the remit of the Health Service Executive; if she has satisfied herself that the system of interaction between Tusla and the HSE relating to child mental health is the most appropriate one; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 710. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of the signs of safety strategy for child protection that Tusla has been preparing to implement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32294/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Care Orders (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 711. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of emergency care orders under section 13(7) of the Child Care Act 1991 that have been granted in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32295/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 745. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when extra supports will be made available to the self-employed; if the self-employed will become eligible for the illness benefit in addition to the invalidity pension; the short-term benefits available to self-employed people who become ill and are unable to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32445/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Data (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 749. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount paid out by her Department under the exceptional needs payment in each of the past four years, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32533/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Data (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 750. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications made to her Department for assistance in covering the cost of a funeral in each of the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32534/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 798. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the efforts his Department has made to work with the voluntary housing sector; if he has developed a central coordination support section to work with the voluntary sector; if it has examined the establishment of a special purpose vehicle to provide long term finance for the sector as promised in the programme for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Living City Initiative (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 800. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps his Department has taken to seek planning reforms to incentivise the use of under utilised or vacant areas over ground floor premises in towns, for both residential and commercial use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32316/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Implementation (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 801. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps being taken to assist those that have been approved for the housing assistance payment and that cannot source private rented accommodation; if his attention has been drawn to the Government commitment to improve the security of tenure for HAP tenants; the options available to those that cannot even source...

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I understand that. I obey that rule. I am here all the time.

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The programme for Government specifically commits to supporting the agriculture industry. Farmers have been in Agriculture House since yesterday evening because they have not been paid the compensation they were meant to be paid following a debate in this House and a commitment made to pay them from a distressed fund. They should be at home now-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: -----preparing for their own missed harvest, as it were. The Minister would not meet them. There will be a sit-in for the whole weekend. I ask the Minister if he, the Taoiseach or the Tánaiste will direct the Minister, Deputy Creed, to meet these farmers.