Results 11,081-11,100 of 15,917 for speaker:Robert Troy

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (17 Nov 2015)

Robert Troy: 367. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's annual spend on agency nursing staff; the current number of permanent nursing vacancies; if there is a current policy of non-recruitment of part-time staff and non-facilitation of full-time staff to move to a part-time position; if this is contributing to the use of agency staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40073/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 Nov 2015)

Robert Troy: 368. To ask the Minister for Health if it is Health Service Executive policy to prevent staff from returning from part-time hours to full-time hours; if it is appropriate that staff members be advised that if they were to reduce their hours to facilitate the care of a sick relative, that hours would not be restored on completion of that care; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Homeless Accommodation Provision (17 Nov 2015)

Robert Troy: 377. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made by the Health Service Executive on the co-ordination of homeless services for the homeless in the Dublin region as part of its responsibility under the action plan to address homelessness; if he will outline the in-reach services for persons in emergency homeless accommodation, and if the executive has put any statistical service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (17 Nov 2015)

Robert Troy: 378. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure adequate resources are provided to St. Vincent's Hospital in Athlone in County Westmeath, which is extremely understaffed at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40190/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pension Provisions (17 Nov 2015)

Robert Troy: 428. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who worked for 40 years at the Midland Health Board dispensary at Kilbeggan, in County Westmeath, is entitled to a pension from the Health Service Executive. [40474/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Nov 2015)

Robert Troy: 455. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria for patients to be referred to Nua Healthcare. [40577/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (17 Nov 2015)

Robert Troy: 482. To ask the Minister for Health if the promised additional nurses and midwives at Mullingar Regional Hospital in County Westmeath have been appointed; if the reconstituted embargo has had an effect on the additional positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40730/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Nov 2015)

Robert Troy: 483. To ask the Minister for Health when the service improvement team engaged to examine the future funding of a school (details supplied) in County Longford will give its report, given it is now 12 months since it commenced its work and it indicated it would report within three months; if he will make the necessary funding available to bridge the shortfall and ensure this crucial service is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Services (17 Nov 2015)

Robert Troy: 484. To ask the Minister for Health if the current level of psychological service of two days per month at a school (details supplied) in County Longford is adequate for 160 plus persons availing of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40734/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (17 Nov 2015)

Robert Troy: 524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve an application for a laptop for a child (details supplied). [40306/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (17 Nov 2015)

Robert Troy: 546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene with the special educational needs organisers to ensure a school (details supplied) in County Longford retains the two special needs assistants it is due to lose as a consequence of the loss of three children in 2014, as this decision does not reflect the fact three new students, who have more profound needs, have...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (12 Nov 2015)

Robert Troy: 146. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the person who sanctioned the withdrawal of funding from Arc Adoption services; the basis on which this decision was made; the contingency plan that has been put in place to deal with the consequences of the withdrawal of this funding on families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39795/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Nov 2015)

Robert Troy: 167. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to restore the disability car purchase scheme. [39922/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Nov 2015)

Robert Troy: 174. To ask the Minister for Health when the new mobility scheme will be open to applications. [39992/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (12 Nov 2015)

Robert Troy: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will carry out a review of the disabled parking permit; if he will consider introducing two types of bays, one for persons in a wheelchair, and a second for persons with mobility issues. [39794/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (12 Nov 2015)

Robert Troy: 208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will revisit an application for a sports capital grant (details supplied). [39887/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (12 Nov 2015)

Robert Troy: 213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he envisages he will be in a position to make the necessary funding available to Westmeath GAA for the provision of a new stand at Cusack Park in Mullingar in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39960/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (12 Nov 2015)

Robert Troy: 214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to re-open Killucan railway station in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39961/15]

Children First Bill 2015: From the Seanad (11 Nov 2015)

Robert Troy: I appreciate that but the kernel of the issue is that we can bring forward every piece of legislation we like but if it is not matched with the necessary resources, it will not be good enough. The proof of the pudding is in the statistics I have highlighted. The Taoiseach is right that we do not want to be intervening at a late stage. We must intervene and prevent problems from happening....

Children First Bill 2015: From the Seanad (11 Nov 2015)

Robert Troy: I am.