Results 21-40 of 71 for speaker:Paula Butterly

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flood Relief Schemes (13 Feb 2025)

Paula Butterly: 267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on flood relief scheme payments for farmers affected by flooding in the Cooley Peninsula, County Louth in November 2023; when applicants can expect payments to be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5283/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Paula Butterly: 794. To ask the Minister for Health if she will respond to correspondence received (details supplied) regarding radiation therapy students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6054/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Feb 2025)

Paula Butterly: 800. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address the matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to interim funding for SOSAD Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6129/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Measures (19 Feb 2025)

Paula Butterly: 128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the amended social welfare Bill due to come into effect from 31 March 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6459/25]

Disability: Statements (25 Feb 2025)

Paula Butterly: As it is my first time speaking in the Chamber, I ask the Ceann Comhairle to indulge me a moment as I thank the people of Togher, Dunleer, Ardee, Drogheda, Dundalk, Termonfeckin, the peninsula up in the north side of the county, and of course the constituents in east Meath for the faith they have placed in me and their trust that I will represent them to the best of my ability. I would like...

Housing Commission Report: Statements (27 Feb 2025)

Paula Butterly: I wish the Minister well in his new role. I will raise two issues with him. The first is the issue of rural housing and the second is the port access northern cross route, PANCR, project in Ballymakenny, Drogheda. I live in an area that is viewed in the Louth county development plan as an area of outstanding beauty and I certainly concur with that as Togher is, in my view, one of the most...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Strategies (6 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: I ask the Minister, in respect of the women's health action plan, what are her intentions and what are the plans, particularly when it comes to endometriosis, as it affects nearly 155,000 women in this country.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Strategies (6 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: I thank the Minister for the recognition of this very important issue. As she said, it has wide-ranging effects on women. Some can live with it day to day; others live in chronic pain. We have to highlight as well that many women have to go abroad in order to get some of the surgical treatment, so I welcome the fact that we will focus on this and get the surgical treatments for these women...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Healthcare Policy (6 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: 77. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to advance the women's health action plan, specifically in respect of County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9741/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Healthcare Policy (6 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: I wish to return to the women's health action plan, in particular when it comes to young women, specifically young women in County Louth. For far too long in decades gone by, women's health in this country was neglected and ignored, partly because women tend to take care of others ahead of themselves and also because men in general and the State in decades gone by have simply ignored women's...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Healthcare Policy (6 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: I thank the Minister and welcome those updates. I turn my attention now to women in mid-life and older women in general. I have realised myself since I entered this Chamber and come down those very steep steps that my bones are tending to creak a little bit more than they were two months ago. There are programmes in the plan for bone health. This is a vital issue, especially for women in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Healthcare Policy (6 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: I also acknowledge the work being done on the cardiovascular health of women. As the Minister pointed out, the symptoms for women are not the same as those that present in men. Very often, we tend to ignore it. Through marketing, communication and just general acknowledgement these symptoms are different, we can definitely change the lives of many women across the country.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (6 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: 94. To ask the Minister for Health to address the urgent issue of funding required by an organisation (details supplied); if she will intervene with the HSE to ensure interim funding is provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9896/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (4 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: 493. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence offences (details supplied), in 2023 and 2024, broken down by Garda station in County Louth and in east Meath, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9123/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: 628. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to school-secretary pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11321/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (19 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: 701. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide any further State support to parents who wish to homeschool their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11963/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (19 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: 797. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount of Arts Council funding allocated to each county for the past two years; the groups that have had a decrease in funding, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11827/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (19 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: 823. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in light of the very welcome news that the Westgate Vision Project has been approved for Drogheda town, if he will commit to additional urban regeneration and development funding to ensure that the project is commenced as swiftly as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10747/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (19 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: 1908. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) concerning ETB personal assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11324/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (25 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: 126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the operation of the agri-tax initiatives to help farmers and farm families with succession planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13816/25]