Results 621-640 of 1,730 for speaker:Colm Keaveney

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (17 Dec 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect a decision regarding their jobseeker's appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53972/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (18 Dec 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 11. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the programme for Government commitment on ringfenced funding of €35 million for community mental health posts is not being honoured in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54108/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (18 Dec 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 21. To ask the Minister for Health the way mental health services will be developed in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54109/13]

Private Members' Business - Irish Water: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jan 2014)

Colm Keaveney: I am informed that I have two additional minutes from Deputy Ó Cuív, with your permission a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. For most of my adult life I have paid for water, so I value it as a resource. I have no objection to the principle of paying for water, but I am opposed to the Irish Water model that the Government has imposed on this country by legislation. It was rammed through...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (15 Jan 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 668. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) may expect to receive their headage payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1271/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals (15 Jan 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 670. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect a decision on their appeal for an AEOS 3 grant [1287/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (15 Jan 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 900. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of early intervention teams for children in each local health area; the total number on each team; the numbers of children in each area waiting for an appointment with a team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1691/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (16 Jan 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 335. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the regional breakdown of the community mental health positions appointed following the budget 2012 €35 million allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2078/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (16 Jan 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 336. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the regional breakdown of the community mental health positions appointed following the budget 2013 €35 million allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2079/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (16 Jan 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 337. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the proposed regional breakdown of the community mental health positions appointed following the budget 2013 €20 million allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2080/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Act Review (21 Jan 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 629. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the review of the Mental Health Act 2001, which was committed to in the 2011 programme for Government, and which has been under consideration by the expert group since August 2012; the date on which the review will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2644/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (22 Jan 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, for the purposes of allocation of special needs resources, he will examine the case for adding Down syndrome to the list of complex, low incidence disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2352/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (22 Jan 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he will take to improve the educational experience of children with Down syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2353/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (22 Jan 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 201. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect to receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2998/14]

Other Questions: Action Plan for Jobs (23 Jan 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 9. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the 2014 Action Plan for Jobs will be published; if it will contain measures to help persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2925/14]

Other Questions: Action Plan for Jobs (23 Jan 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 30. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way his Department's measures were undertaken in the 2013 Action Plan for Jobs to help persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2926/14]

Other Questions: Action Plan for Jobs (23 Jan 2014)

Colm Keaveney: The Minister will be aware that the 2013 action plan does not contain specific provisions to improve employment opportunities for people with disability.

Other Questions: Action Plan for Jobs (23 Jan 2014)

Colm Keaveney: I am sure the Minister is aware that only 603 young people between the age of 20 and 24 years who have intellectual disabilities are at work. People with disabilities have a right to work and to the dignity that work provides, and their exclusion from employment increases their dependency on the social welfare budget. As the lead Minister for job creation, can he give an assurance that he...

Other Questions: Action Plan for Jobs (23 Jan 2014)

Colm Keaveney: According to Inclusion Ireland's budget submission, only 21% of adults with disabilities who were capable of work were participating in the economy, compared to 50% of the general population. Given the measures introduced to date under the programme for Government, will the action plan for 2014 be more ambitious in securing opportunities for people with disabilities to participate actively...

Other Questions: Respite Care Grant Payments (28 Jan 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has carried out any analysis of the impact of the respite grant cut in the 2013 budget on the lives of persons with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3678/14]