Results 481-500 of 6,412 for speaker:Gerald Nash

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (6 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Health if he will include polycythemia vera on the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48119/12]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve (7 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Defence his future plans for the continuation of the Reserve Defence Force training facilities at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48781/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation (7 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for the years 2009 to 2012 and by region the number of clinically discharged patients who remained in acute hospital beds subsequent to their discharge; if he will provide any analysis on the reasons for remaining in hospital including the numbers awaiting home help and the number awaiting approval of fair deal schemes; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (7 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Health the average time taken to process a fair deal application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48820/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (7 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Health if any analysis has taken place regarding delays in processing fair deal applications; the measures in place to ensure an optimum processing time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48821/12]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Value for Money Reviews (8 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Defence when he will publish a value for money report he has received in relation to the Reserve Defence Forces; if he will outline his vision for the future role of the RDF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49348/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (8 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the programmes and resources available to his Department and the Health Service Executive to allow children with rare illnesses to access treatment in other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49202/12]

Credit Union Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: As a citizen, a member of my local credit union and a Member of this House, I very much welcome the opportunity to make a contribution to the debate on this extremely important legislation. It might be self-evident for all of us in the House, but it is no exaggeration to say that the provisions of the Bill impinge on the lives and economic prospects of hundreds of thousands of people right...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Relief (13 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending for a year the mortgage relief measures announced in Budget 2012 in view of the fact that we are only just starting to see the beginning of a possible recovery in the property market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49513/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (13 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if recruitment to an Garda Síochána will be opened up in 2013; if the current applicant panel will be used to recruit new applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49796/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Misappropriation of Irish Aid Funds in Uganda: Discussion with Irish Aid (13 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: I welcome the witnesses. The swiftness and efficacy of their response has probably mitigated against any potential damage that could have been done to Irish Aid and that must be acknowledged. We are all very supportive of the work of Irish Aid. We are talking here, in general terms, about officials from the OPM. Can the witnesses say with any certainty, at this stage of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Misappropriation of Irish Aid Funds in Uganda: Discussion with Irish Aid (13 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: I wish to interject. Are these officials political appointees or civil servants, as we understand the term?

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Nuclear Plants (14 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has been in contact with his counterpart in the UK in view of the British Government's National Audit Office complaints in relation to the risks to the public outlined in a recent examination of the management of 50 year old storage ponds at the British Nuclear Fuels Limited facility at Sellafield; the precise nature of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charities and Voluntary Organisations (20 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review plans to wind down the charitable lotteries scheme; his views on whether he will oblige the successful applicant for the State's lottery licence to provide resources to organisations currently supported under the charitable lotteries scheme by way of a clause in, or condition under the licence regime; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Disorder (20 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Health when he will approve a package of measures to support young persons with narcolepsy who had been vaccinated against swine flu with pandemrix; if he will engage with the representative of an organisation (details supplied) in advance of the approval of any package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50836/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme (20 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the terms of the Neary redress scheme as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50846/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Review (20 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the decision not to award a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51057/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (21 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised in 2011 from the domicile levy; the amount raised in each year since the introduction of same; the number of persons who have paid the levy each year since 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51696/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Democratic Republic of Congo: Presentation (21 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: I congratulate the collaboration between Mr. King and RTE on the series and, in particular, the recent programme. RTE often gets abused unfairly. In this instance we have a strong representation of public service broadcasting at its best. The programme raised awareness for me as a member of this committee of the complexity and extent of the problem in the Congo and the region in general....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Foreign Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: I have two or three specific points to make in respect of the Congo and Gaza. I warmly welcome the Tánaiste's comments on additional resources being made available to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, the director general of which members met recently. Deputy Durkan and I met informally with the chief field medical officer, Dr. Mohammad Maqadma, and I understand other...