Results 2,421-2,440 of 11,470 for speaker:Mary Butler

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (11 Jun 2019)

Mary Butler: 887. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the living alone allowance by €3 per week to current recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23640/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (11 Jun 2019)

Mary Butler: 888. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the over 80s allowance by €2 per week to current recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23641/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (11 Jun 2019)

Mary Butler: 890. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of restoring the fuel allowance to 32 weeks, up from 27 weeks, to those eligible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23643/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Bereavement Grant (11 Jun 2019)

Mary Butler: 889. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of restoring the bereavement grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23642/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Expenditure (11 Jun 2019)

Mary Butler: 891. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of removing income barriers to older persons getting online by creating a digital support allowance of €5 per week for all persons in receipt of the State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23644/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: River Basin Management Plans (11 Jun 2019)

Mary Butler: 943. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the surveys being carried out under the water framework directive in the south east of the country; the expected timeframe for surveys to be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23203/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (11 Jun 2019)

Mary Butler: 948. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of restoring the housing aid for older people scheme budget to 2010 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23645/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (11 Jun 2019)

Mary Butler: 949. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of reversing the changes to criteria introduced to the housing aid scheme in January 2014 to ensure better access to grants for disadvantaged older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23646/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (11 Jun 2019)

Mary Butler: 991. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications made in 2018, by county for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; the number of applications approved; the value of applications versus funds approved in tabular form; his plans for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24106/19]

Home Help Service Provision: Statements (12 Jun 2019)

Mary Butler: The home help crisis is hitting the most vulnerable the hardest. After listening to the Minister of State, I do not believe that we are on the same page. However, I acknowledge his statement that the Government fully accepts that the service needs to be improved further to meet the changing needs of our citizens better. It is cruel that so many people are waiting for home help hours to...

Home Help Service Provision: Statements (12 Jun 2019)

Mary Butler: As the Minister of State will be aware, the home support workers have signed a new contract meaning they will be on a five-over-seven-day rotation to provide home care support. I welcome this and have always supported it. However, issues have already arisen as the HSE does not seem to have an IT system to allow the different CHOs to deal with rostering. Is the Minister of State aware of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Waiting Lists (12 Jun 2019)

Mary Butler: 197. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an urgent dental assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24506/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2019)

Mary Butler: During the week we heard the welcome news that the Government had approved €5 million in capital funding to extend and widen the runway at Waterford Airport. The total cost is €12 million, with the balance being met by three local authorities and private investment. However, support from the Government is subject to a number of conditions, including a demonstration that the...

Health and Safety (Funfair) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jun 2019)

Mary Butler: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Fianna Fáil is bringing forward the Bill to strengthen current health and safety legislation for recreational users of funfairs and fairground equipment provided in Ireland. The Bill will give statutory effect to the Health and Safety Authority, HSA, to ensure the compliance of funfair operators with health and safety provisions. ...

Health and Safety (Funfair) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jun 2019)

Mary Butler: I apologise for stepping out during the debate but the national broadcaster is interested in this Bill and I had to nip out to be interviewed on it. I welcome the fact that the Government is not opposing this Bill. The Minister of State said that the Department is carrying out a review of safety at funfairs which is expected to be finalised and a report produced within the next few months,...

National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Jun 2019)

Mary Butler: Fianna Fáil is in favour of increased transparency for workers and consumers in terms of how tips and gratuities are treated and to make it clear to consumers that tips and gratuities are voluntary. We recognise that many employers act in a fair and reputable manner and that many businesses have their own individual arrangements in place regarding the distribution of tips. Moreover,...

National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Jun 2019)

Mary Butler: The Minister of State is missing the point.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Private Security Authority (18 Jun 2019)

Mary Butler: 243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); the date from which it is a requirement for businesses that change locks in private properties to obtain a licence from the Private Security Authority; his views on whether the licence regime is disproportionate in its impact with respect to the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (18 Jun 2019)

Mary Butler: 541. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the allocations for applications for funding under the specific improvement grants scheme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24861/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Jun 2019)

Mary Butler: My question is directed to the Minister for Health. I raise the health support workers strike planned for tomorrow from a different angle. What contingencies have been put in place in the event that the strike goes ahead? We hear about the fantastic work these health workers do on a daily basis. They are the cogs that turn the wheels in the HSE day in and day out. Understandably,...