Results 20,001-20,020 of 21,588 for speaker:Denis Naughten

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (18 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: 1660. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant speech and language therapy roles in children's primary care services by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17627/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (18 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: 1661. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant physiotherapy roles in children's primary care services by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17629/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: 1802. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff within his Department who are based and working with the European Union in Brussels; their present roles and responsibilities; the posts and responsibilities presently vacant; the corresponding figures on 23 June 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16561/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pensions (18 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: 1815. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 22 March 2023, if the business case document has been completed; if not, the proposed timeframe for completion; if the business case has been submitted to the Department of Finance for review; if not, when this is expected to happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16820/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: 1839. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of staff within her Department who are based and working with the European Union in Brussels; their present roles and responsibilities; the posts and responsibilities presently vacant; the corresponding figures on 23 June 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16566/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: 138. To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to publish an evaluation of the national cardiovascular health strategy which expired in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18410/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: 141. To ask the Minister for Health the plans, if any, he has to introduce a national screening programme for familial hypercholesterolaemia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18423/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: Apologies have been received from Deputy Kerrane. I congratulate my constituency colleague, who is now a former member of the committee. We have not yet received formal notification but I thank her for her work and the very active role she played on the committee through the past two years. She is going on to the greener fields of the agriculture portfolio. I wish her well in that role. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: I thank Mr. Hession.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: Yes, we would appreciate that. It just does not seem to stack up. There would also be a cost arising from those people under the means threshold who would end up getting the jobseeker's allowance as well. It seems to be an astronomical number to extend it for a further three months and it runs contrary to the evidence Mr. Hession gave to the committee earlier. If he could provide us with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: That would not make sense because it would misrepresent the strawman if that was the case. It would undermine the purpose of a strawman if that was the basis for it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: I am sure that is not the basis for it but we will get the mathematics on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: I have a question related to that for Mr. Hession. Has the Department examined the impact on the back to education allowance and the impact of the change from 12 to nine months on the uptake of that allowance at the time? As he rightly said, we want people to get back into paid employment, but at their capacity level. For people who fall out of employment, getting access to education or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: Is Deputy Collins happy with that? Was anything missed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: A related question to this is the income banding threshold for the various rates of payment. When was the last time they were increased? Has the Department looked at increasing these bandings, either line with the average industrial wage or in line with the minimum wage? What impact would this have on the bandings? I know the rates of payment are different but I am asking about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: The discussion is still ongoing with the Department of Health officials -----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: ----- on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: Yes, and that is the emerging medical evidence in relation to this condition.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: Is the Department looking at that in the context of the straw man or is it being examined in the short term? The hope is that, eventually, the vast majority of people experiencing the symptoms of long Covid can return to the workforce. Introducing something in three or fours years’ time is of little use to the tens of thousands of people who could face this problem at the moment....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: I thank the officials before us, Mr. Hession and his team, for engaging with us on this. We have had a useful engagement and I hope the witnesses take the points raised in the context of their evaluation of the straw man, which we all believe is a good mechanism to encourage engagement. It is a tool the Department now uses more frequently to stimulate engagement. We welcome that. I thank...