Results 25,041-25,060 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (17 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 107. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fines imposed on a bank (details supplied) for breaches of money laundering rules. [20724/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Courses Provision (18 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes to the integrated pharmacy degree training programme; the details of the requirement for student pharmacists to do a four month placement in fourth year and an eight month placement in fifth year without pay; the reasons for this; when the students were informed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23769/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Courses Provision (18 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason fees for the fifth year pharmacy integrated degree course in the three pharmacy schools are being increased in view of the fact students will spend eight months on placement without pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23770/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Courses Provision (18 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the changes to the integrated pharmacy degree training programme requiring student pharmacists to do a four month placement in fourth year and an eight month placement in fifth year without pay; the reason for this; the date students were informed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23847/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Courses Provision (18 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the fifth year pharmacy integrated degree course in the three pharmacy schools is being increased in view of the fact that students will spend eight months on placement without pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23848/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (18 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 312. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that youth services in Cabra have been directed by the Department of Education and Skills of revised pay scales for youth workers as part of the Haddington Road pay restoration deal and consequently increased funding allocated must be used in the first instance to increase youth...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (18 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 313. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the directive on revised pay scales for Cabra youth services or others was issued after programmes and agreements were devised with staff; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this has put further strain on the voluntary boards of management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23733/17]

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: I raise again with the Taoiseach the growing crisis in the mental health services. This is occurring for a combination of reasons, including the cutbacks of recent years and a major issue with retention and recruitment of nursing staff, psychologists and psychiatrists. There has clearly been a lack of strategic planning on the human resources side for some time. This is having a...

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: I am surprised the Taoiseach is not aware of the Linn Dara situation because it is all over the media. Linn Dara was opened in 2015 with fanfare. It has 22 beds, 11 of which are to close on Friday, and the children are going to be sent home.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: Will the Deputy please keep quiet? Where are those children going to go? That is the question I asked the Taoiseach. No one has an answer. These are children who were admitted in an emergency and they are at high risk. Every Deputy knows this. I have a list of CAMHS cases in my office and I have no doubt other Deputies do also. These are children in severe need of assessment,...

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: What I asked the Taoiseach earlier is whether the Government will intervene to prevent the closure of the 11 beds in Linn Dara. It is next Friday we are talking about and nobody has come up with any alternative for the parents concerned other than those parents taking their children back home, which is not a solution.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: Sending them to an adult facility is not a solution either. Surely it is within the remit and capacity of the Health Service Executive and the Department of Health to intervene to make sure that service does not close on Friday.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: I am suspicious as to whether it can magically reopen in September, as per the HSE's comments to the news media this morning. That does not quite add up.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: Where are they going to go?

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: They will be.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: They are not planned. I can show the Taoiseach the email.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: No, it is not planned.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: Ar an mbóthar.

Manchester Arena Bombing: Expressions of Sympathy (23 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: Ar mo shon féin agus ar son Fhianna Fáil, ba mhaith liom comhbhrón a dhéanamh le clanna na ndaoine a fuair bás san ionsaí sceimhle uafásach a tharla i Manchester aréir. Bhí sé dochreidte. Tá sé an-deacair ar fad dúinn go léir é seo a chreidiúint. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who...

Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: The programme for Government features a commitment to improve "the lives of people with disabilities through better access, supports and independence". While this is a very admirable aim on which everyone will be in agreement, the reality is much different from the aspiration set out in the programme for Government. Many people with very serious special needs who are in need of residential...