Results 281-300 of 5,086 for speaker:Kathleen Funchion

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Maternity Benefit (2 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 606. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the weekly maternity benefit payment by €20 for one year based on maternity leave uptake numbers in 2016. [20497/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Garda Vetting Applications Data (2 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 1452. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of extra funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied) to shorten the backlog of Garda vetting; when that extra funding was allocated; and the number of early years practitioners that have been cleared of their Garda vetting to date as a result of that extra funding. [20638/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Capitation Grants (2 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 1453. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost to increase both lower and higher capitation rates by €9 to all registered service providers engaging in the free pre school year. [20640/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (3 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 75. To ask the Minister for Health the special steps or initiatives taken since November 2016 in response to the deteriorating overcrowding situation; the status of these initiatives or steps that were announced; the preparations which are being made for winter 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20217/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (3 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 102. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons under 65 years of age now account for one in every four strokes, yet home care packages are not tailored to the specific needs of persons that could be living with the side effects of strokes for decades; if he will create an entitlement to home care that is appropriate for stroke survivors of all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (3 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction process for a school (details supplied); the response from the design team to date; and when his Department expects the project to commence and be completed. [20919/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: City and County Child Care Committees: Discussion (3 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I have tied in with our local CCC and was on its board years ago. I was the ICTU representative about ten years in Kilkenny so I know a lot about the work done by the CCCs. My first question is about resources and might be difficult to answer. Do the witnesses feel the CCCs are adequately resourced given that there have been so many new...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: City and County Child Care Committees: Discussion (3 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: Have the child care committees been able to provide a relief panel, subject to funding?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Maternity Benefit Data (4 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full combined cost of increasing maternity benefit by €20, €30, €40 and €50 per week while extending maternity benefit by two, three, four, five and six weeks, in tabular form. [21167/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Staff (4 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 161. To ask the Minister for Health the hourly cost for ten HSE therapists employed as part of level 6 of the access and inclusion model, AIM, for children with additional needs taking part in the free pre-school year. [21163/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Staff (4 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 162. To ask the Minister for Health the duties of a HSE therapist working as part of level 6 in AIM; the number of hours a therapist spends with a child per day; and the number of days a week. [21164/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Staff (4 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 163. To ask the Minister for Health if a HSE therapist working with a child as part of AIM works consistently with the same child over a period of time or if the therapist changes every visit. [21165/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (4 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 263. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons (details supplied) with additional needs registered with early years services. [21166/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee (4 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: Deputy Brendan Smith and Senators Frances Black and Denis Landy have sent their apologies for their absence. The UK Parliament has been dissolved so there are no Northern Ireland MPs in attendance. On behalf of myself and the committee, I thank them for their work on the committee over the last year and wish anybody who is contesting the election the best of luck. As Pat Doherty MP is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Acht na Gaeilge: Engagement with Conradh na Gaeilge (4 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: Tá fáilte roimh na finnéithe go léir. I apologise that that is probably the extent of my Gaeilge. The witnesses are very welcome and we are really glad that they are here with us today. I know that we have at least one Gaeilgeoir on the committee and possibly others with better Irish than I have myself. I give a very sincere welcome to Mr. Ciarán Mac Giolla...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Acht na Gaeilge: Engagement with Conradh na Gaeilge (4 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: I will open it up to questions. I call Deputy Breathnach.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Acht na Gaeilge: Engagement with Conradh na Gaeilge (4 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: I will pass over to the witnesses, but I will first ask a question myself. I hope that the witnesses do not mind if I ask it in English. Deputy Breathnach spoke about the language diminishing here in the Twenty-six Counties, yet there seems to be a huge demand for children to go to Gaelscoileanna. In my own constituency and in my own county, there is at least double what the school can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Acht na Gaeilge: Engagement with Conradh na Gaeilge (4 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: Did Senator Ó Donnghaile wish to come back in on that, or was it on something else?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Acht na Gaeilge: Engagement with Conradh na Gaeilge (4 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: Do any other members of the committee wish to add anything?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Acht na Gaeilge: Engagement with Conradh na Gaeilge (4 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: Is the Deputy referring to the proposal?