Results 581-600 of 652 for speaker:Barry Heneghan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 782. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider introducing additional measures to reduce the out-of-pocket cost of essential medications for infants, including for common conditions such as reflux, particularly in cases where newborns may not yet have a PPS number and are not fully covered under the drugs payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31984/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 783. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 673 of 27 May 2025, if she will confirm whether the HSE intends to continue the expansion of social prescribing services, including into areas of Dublin that do not currently have access to such services, particularly in the Killester, Clontarf-Raheny area, given the importance and impact of the initiative; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (17 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 797. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the national guidance that prohibits home care workers from assisting vulnerable patients with the administration of blister-packed oral medication, including in low risk cases where patients are unable to self-administer due to severe physical conditions; if she will consider allowing greater flexibility in such cases under clinical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 842. To ask the Minister for Health the clinics that are held at a location Darndale health centre, Dublin 17; and the frequency in which each of these clinics are held, in tabular form. [32339/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (17 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 843. To ask the Minister for Health the locations within CHO9 area where HSE substance misuse teams are based; the number of WTE staff, by job title working in each of these teams, by location, in tabular form. [32340/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (17 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 844. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ENT surgeries are based at Beaumont Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [32341/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 845. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE administrative staff, by grade working at Tonlegee Road primary care centre in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [32342/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (17 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 949. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department will implement a revised funding model for graduate entry medicine students, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32053/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (17 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 950. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if new financial supports are being developed to assist graduate entry medicine students in meeting the cost of tuition, in light of the recent withdrawal of graduate medical loan products by commercial lenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32054/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (17 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 961. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of capital and current funding his Department and SOLAS provided to a service (details supplied) in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [32336/25]

Public Transport Experience: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: I welcome the Government decision not to oppose the motion. Continued investment in public transport is essential if we are to deliver on our climate obligations. We need to acknowledge, as others did recently, that there are now 1 million daily users as well as the expansion of the local network link. We need to make it easier for people to use public transport. Everyone here has...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 91. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide an update on the progress made by his Department in exploring the introduction of a targeted second-tier child benefit payment for low-income families in light of recent reports highlighting a significant rise in child poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33150/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: Will the Minister provide an update on the Department's consideration of a second-tier child benefit scheme? Research by the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, and Social Justice Ireland shows a that growing group of families are experiencing real deprivation despite being just above the income thresholds for most supports. A targeted measure like this could be transformative....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. Aontaím leis. Child benefit already plays a vital role, but recent estimates are that between 150,000 to 230,000 children are experiencing poverty and we now have clear evidence that a large number of families are still being left behind by this threshold. There is a major impact on these families. They are still working hard, but they are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: I welcome the fact that the Department is looking at that. Budget 2026 should be focused on that but a second tier payment should not replace what we already have. We need to build on it. It would target families facing higher costs while protecting the certainty and simplicity of universal child benefit. There is an opportunity to act on this evidence. The system works well for many but...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (19 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 76. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the development of the voluntary code of practice to support the hiring of workers with a disability, as committed to in the Programme for Government; to outline the expected timeline for its publication and implementation following initial stakeholder engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33157/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Strategies (19 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide details on any specific cross-departmental mechanisms in place to ensure that the lived experience of people with disabilities, as highlighted during the Social Inclusion Forum and related consultations, is reflected in the design and implementation of the next roadmap for social inclusion; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (19 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider introducing a revised licensing process to support returning Irish citizens and new residents from countries such as the United States and Canada, including the option to permanently convert valid licences subject to conditions such as passing the learner theory test, enhanced instruction hours, and verification of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (19 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review current licensing policies for drivers from non-EU Member States with no reciprocal agreements, with a view to implementing a pathway that ensures road safety while supporting mobility and economic integration, particularly for returning emigrants and skilled new residents; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (19 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 423. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure that a drug (details supplied) will be assessed and made available as quickly as possible following its recent EU approval, given how important early access is for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33451/25]