Results 1,241-1,260 of 5,018 for speaker:Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tanks (13 Jun 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 777. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the infrastructure fees waiver that has been announced includes septic tanks. [28282/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cost of Living Issues (13 Jun 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 840. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 23 May 2023, the reason those on non-contributory pensions were omitted from the Spring bonus cost-of-living supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28366/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (13 Jun 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 929. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans being put in place by her Department to address serious backlogs in atypical visa processing (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28374/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (13 Jun 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 930. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to ensure adequate staff are available to service the nursing home care sector (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28375/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Jun 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 983. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any plans to introduce a scheme for private homeowners living in the countryside in addition to the €9 million in support to landowners with ash dieback infected plantations by removing and replanting their sites with alternative species to avoid an endemic spread of the disease to rural gardens; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (13 Jun 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 999. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline on delivery of funding for a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28262/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jun 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 1105. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken regarding the recognition of Covid/long-Covid as having an occupational connection in social or health care and certain other settings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27064/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Jun 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 1147. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to add an illness to the long-term illness scheme, medical card or drugs payment scheme for medications for an illness (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27377/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Jun 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 1149. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to add an illness to the long- term illness scheme under the terms of mental illness, medical card or drugs payment scheme for medications for an illness (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27380/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (13 Jun 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 1308. To ask the Minister for Health what engagement his Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to pay for services provided, and where its payments had been reduced in 2009 and have been frozen ever since; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28450/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (13 Jun 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 1300. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetics and Genomics Medicine in Ireland; the status of the development of the promised National Testing Directory for genetics and genomics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28413/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Reform (13 Jun 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 1347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the integration into the higher education framework in a region of an institution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27375/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disabled People's Organisations and the Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (1 Jun 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am a bit hoarse today, so excuse me. I welcome all the witnesses. All of us are learning, and it is so important that we all play our role. First, will the witnesses discuss the level of discrimination that people with disabilities in Ireland still face as well as any international best practice in tackling discrimination? Will they discuss further how discrimination can be removed to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Jun 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 22. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the injury clinic unit for Carlow town and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26700/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Jun 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the distribution of the devolved capital grant; the amount that has been allocated to the Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26699/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (1 Jun 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 356. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an occupational therapy appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26955/23]

Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 May 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State. Like previous speakers, I was one of the first to welcome the Bill to outlaw the grooming of children into crime in 2021. "Fagin's law", as we called it, was a key piece of legislation for Fianna Fáil when we were in opposition, of which I was fully supportive then. Diverting young people from involvement in criminal activity is a key priority for me....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Student Accommodation (30 May 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State. That is very welcome information, in particular that a dedicated student accommodation unit has been established to develop and implement the policy along with the Higher Education Authority. I very much welcome that. The bigger issue for me is that the Minister of State outlined there is a need for 700 accommodation units for Carlow and 700 units for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Student Accommodation (30 May 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State.