Results 841-860 of 955 for speaker:Barry Heneghan

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 2430. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of new residential disability places that have been created since the publication of the disability capacity review to 2032, in tabular form by year;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42675/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Oireachtas Committees (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 2431. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of times the Cabinet Committee on Children, Education and Disability has met since the formation of the current Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42676/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 2432. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in view of the recent announcement by a service provider (details supplied) if she is willing to release emergency funding to address the crisis now facing hundreds of aging parents who care for their adult children with an intellectual disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42677/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Children in Care (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 2494. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider the recommendations put forward by an organisation (details supplied) in its pre-budget submission 2026, including the need to expand access to therapeutic supports for children in care, review the aftercare allowance, improve financial recognition for foster carers; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Children in Care (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 2495. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will examine the possibility of extending the back to school clothing and footwear allowance to all children in State care by removing the means testing requirement for foster families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43817/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 2496. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider supporting the introduction of a 10% candidate quota for people with disabilities on party ballots, in line with the Programme for Government’s commitments to improve equality and political participation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43818/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 2513. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department is taking to move from an emergency-based approach to a planned, rights-based model of disability support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44192/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 2514. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions her Department is taking to reduce the backlog of over 14,000 overdue assessments of need for children with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44193/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 2517. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department is working with the HSE to develop a long-term plan to ensure timely access to assessments, therapies and supports for children with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44196/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Funding (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 2515. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline any new funding or staffing measures being put in place to clear the assessment of need backlog, particularly in high-pressure areas such as CHO9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44194/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 2516. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeframe within which she expects the current backlog in disability assessments and supports for children to be resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44195/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Pay (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 2554. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 828 of 25 February 2025, when and by whom the decision was taken to exclude medical scientists who retired before 1 January 2024 from receiving the pay parity increases recommended by the Labour Court; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40826/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Pay (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 2555. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 828 of 25 February 2025, if excluding retired medical scientists from the Labour Court-recommended pay adjustments is consistent with past practice on pension parity for public servants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40827/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Pay (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 2556. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 828 of 25 February 2025, if she will review the implementation of the Labour Court’s recommendation on pay parity for medical scientists to ensure that those who retired before 1 January 2024, including those who returned to support the health service during Covid-19 and the cyberattack, are treated fairly; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Regulations (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 2603. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of instances in which free nicotine pouches have been distributed by retailers and at music festivals throughout Dublin bay north and elsewhere, including to individuals who may be under the age of 18; if she will outline the current enforcement measures in place to regulate this practice; if new legislative or regulatory steps are being...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Regulations (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 2604. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the growing availability and use of high-THC products, particularly among young people aged 12 to 17; if she will outline the current regulatory mechanisms in place to address the sale and distribution of these substances; if she will provide an update on measures being taken to respond to the health risks associated with high-potency...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 2605. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young people aged under 18 who have been referred to mental health services in each of the past five years where the primary or a contributing factor was the use of THC or cannabis-related substances; if she will provide this data, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41091/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 2633. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to fund and implement the hereditary cancer model of care in Ireland, with particular reference to improving genetic testing and surveillance for those at risk of inherited cancers like pancreatic cancer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41153/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 2634. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer who were referred for genetic testing following diagnosis, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41154/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 2635. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated proportion of pancreatic cancer patients with inherited genetic mutations who are currently receiving access to genetic testing, counselling, and tailored treatment plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41155/25]