Results 41-60 of 8,357 for speaker:Jack Chambers

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (6 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 590. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients at Waterford Regional Hospital who are well enough to be discharged but are awaiting an appropriate care package to be put in place; the average waiting time for patients who are ready for discharge at Waterford Regional Hospital but require care packages; the reason such a delay exists and if it relates to funding cuts for home care...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (6 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 591. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, who is waiting to be discharged; the reason for the delay in discharging this person; the reason nursing home funding for this person has been withdrawn; the number of such persons who are awaiting discharge at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (6 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 592. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 and whether the case will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6203/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (6 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 593. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on hospital trolleys, by month, for the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6204/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (6 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 594. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to relocate the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin 1 to Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6205/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (6 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 595. To ask the Minister for Health the progress he is making in ensuring hospitals are complying with the working time directive for junior doctors; the number of hospitals he has sanctioned for breaching the directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6206/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Remuneration (6 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 596. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the cutting of pay levels for graduate nurses; the number of nurses who took up places on the Health Service Executive's nursing in Ireland scheme, which was aimed at bringing Irish nurses who had emigrated back to work here; the stage the scheme is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6207/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (6 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 597. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies and the number of agency staff employed, by position, by hospital. [6208/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (6 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 598. To ask the Minister for Health his progress in reducing the reliance on agency staff as pledged in the 2015 service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6209/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (6 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 729. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to restore equal pay scales for new teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6222/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (6 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 725. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to reverse her plans to proceed with changes to the way children with special educational needs in schools are assessed, as outlined in the Delivery for Pupils with Special Educational Needs document; if learning resource requirements will not be assessed based on socio-demographic characteristics of a school’s catchment area and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Staff (6 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 726. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the employment status of home tutors who are paid through the home tuition grant which she administers with the Revenue Commissioners; if home tutors paid under this grant are self-employed or PAYE workers; if they are self-employed, whether they are able to claim expenses before PRSI, USC or income tax are deducted; if they are PAYE workers,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 727. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Council for Special Education will recognise the global development delay condition as a disability that requires the provision of special needs assistance and resource hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6220/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (6 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 728. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 is enrolled in a special school for children with autism, given that the school changed its admissions policy to prioritise geography over need; if she instructs schools to cease using geographic criteria in enrolment policies; if she will ensure an autism school is established in the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (6 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 778. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of children in primary school who are officially recorded as homeless or residing in emergency accommodation; if he is aware of the impact and disruption homelessness has on school-going children’s studies; his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6225/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (6 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 779. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the planned pay-by-weight refuse collection programme due to commence on 1 July 2016, including the level of engagement from refuse collection companies; if data will be supplied to support his statement that the new system will result in savings for 90% of households; the supply costings involved,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (6 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 780. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social housing units built, by each local authority, in each of the past five years; the number of these now occupied; the number of social housing units which will be built in each of the years 2016 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6227/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (6 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 781. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for capping the refurbishment grant on boarded up houses, given the housing and homelessness crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6228/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (6 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 799. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the availability of broadband in the Dublin 15 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6186/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electric Vehicles (6 Apr 2016)

Jack Chambers: 800. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the pricing strategy operated by Electricity Supply Board cars relating to the use of electric vehicles is compatible with European Union Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure in Article 4, section 9; his views on...