Results 301-320 of 394 for speaker:Donna McGettigan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Priorities (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 1277. To ask the Minister for Health if she will take measures to ensure that all individuals living with spinal muscular atrophy in Ireland, regardless of age, can access approved life-changing treatments, in line with the principle of equal access to healthcare, and thus address the currently anomaly whereby approximately twenty adults cannot access the treatments due to their age at the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 1280. To ask the Minister for Health if she will establish dedicated mental health accident and emergency departments in all hospitals here, similar to those planned in England, to get patients in distress promptly into appropriate care in a calm environment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29039/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 1527. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE still allocates a general practitioner for patients who cannot find a GP and have had three GPs decline to take them on as patients; whether this applies to medical card holders as well as doctor visit card holders; the measures the minister will undertake to alleviate the problem of patients being unable to find a GP, if the scheme is not...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 1530. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that can be taken to ensure that a person (details supplied) can be allocated a residential care home placement in the mid-west region preferably in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30034/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 1574. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant in infectious disease’s based at University Hospital Limerick in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30284/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 1575. To ask the Minister for Health the public hospitals that carry out cataract procedures, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30285/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 1576. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental nurses and dental hygienists based at Ennis primary care centre in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30286/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 1577. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the number of GP training places to 440; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30287/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 1578. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for the regional endometriosis hub based at University Hospital Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30288/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 1579. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant child psychiatrist for intellectual disability services based in Clare in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30300/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Meetings (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 1659. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he last met formally with the Dean of UCD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30291/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 1660. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the nature of capital works funded either by his Department and or the Higher Education Authority at Dublin City University in 2024 and to-date in 2025; when will each of those capital works project be completed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30292/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Services (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 1661. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding allocated to Youthreach Services in Cavan-Monaghan in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30293/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Meetings (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 1662. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he last met formally with the Dean of Trinity College Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30294/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 1666. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any available information in relation to the cancellation of intake for apprenticeship phase 2 classes at certain specific SOLAS training centres due to the lack of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30588/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (10 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 1667. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the publication of the strategic plan for student accommodation will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30589/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Schemes (12 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to broaden the criteria to allow more schools to be classified as DEIS schools; and if she will ensure that schools, such as one in County Clare (details supplied) which takes in students from three DEIS schools, are classified as DEIS as a consequence. [30557/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Schemes (12 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: I acknowledge that there was an expansion of the DEIS programme in 2022. Given that we are in a cost-of-living crisis, will the Minister consider ordering another review and expansion of the programme? Will she also order a review of the qualification criteria with a view to broadening them out so more schools can be included in the programme? Can she also confirm that the period to appeal...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Schemes (12 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: Go raibh maith agat. Some secondary schools receive pupils from DEIS primary schools but they are not classified as DEIS schools themselves. In my constituency, St. Patrick's Comprehensive School is one of those schools that receives DEIS pupils. All of a sudden, there is a cliff edge for those pupils suddenly missing out on supports they badly need. These pupils are often from households...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Schemes (12 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: I welcome that. Hopefully, the expansion of this scheme will come in, especially for those in need and those in disadvantaged areas. We have seen a dramatic rise in the number of children in child poverty in the past year. It now exceeds 100,000 children, according to the Central Statistics Office. That is certain to mean that the deprivation profile of some of the schools that did...