Results 861-880 of 11,470 for speaker:Mary Butler

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 Jun 2017)

Mary Butler: 214. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can have access to a DAFNE carbohydrate counting course at University Hospital Waterford; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29207/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (21 Jun 2017)

Mary Butler: 230. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the significant regional disparity in the provision of home care packages. [27916/17]

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Jun 2017)

Mary Butler: Fianna Fáil will support the Bill, which makes minor technical amendments to the relevant Act and will facilitate the implementation of the decision to protect the title, physical therapist. This decision was taken following a consultation process and was welcomed by the professional bodies involved. The Bill will amend provisions of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (22 Jun 2017)

Mary Butler: 130. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment to meet a consultant at UHW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29273/17]

Local Government (Establishment of Town Councils Commission) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jun 2017)

Mary Butler: The Local Government (Establishment Of Town Councils Commission) Bill is being introduced to help strengthen local democracy across the country. The Bill aims to legislate for a key part of the Fianna Fáil general election manifesto commitment to re-establish town councils across Ireland on a fair and equitable basis. The Bill establishes a commission under the Local Government Act to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (27 Jun 2017)

Mary Butler: 334. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the reason occupational therapy services were withdrawn from a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29513/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (27 Jun 2017)

Mary Butler: 406. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting for their registration with an organisation (details supplied) to be completed; the length of time the process takes; the reason the person has to wait until September 2017 for a further decision to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30031/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Butler: 232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the allocation of funds under the sports capital programme for a club (details supplied) will be determined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30209/17]

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

Mary Butler: While Fianna Fáil fully believes in the need to reform the judicial appointment process, the Government's Bill is deeply flawed. Fianna Fáil has proposed legislation on establishing a judicial appointments commission that would be independent of Government and make recommendations to same based on an assessment of the merits of applicants for judicial office. We must ensure that...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

Mary Butler: -----"No". When I asked what I had been contacted about, they told me: housing, homelessness, waiting lists, home help hours and the main story of the past two weeks in Waterford and a matter on which I have been campaigning for the past two years, the lack of 24-7 cardiology cover. I have discussed this issue several times in the Chamber. From 5 o'clock this evening, the cath lab in the...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

Mary Butler: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Initiatives (29 Jun 2017)

Mary Butler: 49. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to tackle the nine unemployment black spots in County Waterford as highlighted by the census summary results due to the fact that unemployment in County Waterford remains above the national average by at least 3%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30219/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Data (29 Jun 2017)

Mary Butler: 289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the names of the local authorities that have undertaken adaptations and extensions to their existing social housing network in each of the years 2010 to 2016; the number of adaptations and extensions that were actually undertaken; and the value of those works for each local authority applicable, in tabular form....

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)

Mary Butler: A man has died, Taoiseach.

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)

Mary Butler: It is a regional issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 Jul 2017)

Mary Butler: I ask members, visitors and those in the Public Gallery to ensure their mobile telephones are switched off or are on flight mode for the duration of the meeting as they interfere with the broadcasting equipment, even when on silent mode. Under schedule B we have COM (2017) 137, COM (2017) 162, COM (2017) 182, COM (2017) 244 and COM (2017) 245. It is proposed that the proposals listed do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (4 Jul 2017)

Mary Butler: Before we commence, I would like to apologise for the lack of nameplates today. For some reason, only Senator Davitt's is working. None of the rest of us seems to have a nameplate. When members are speaking, I ask them to identify themselves. I remind members, visitors and those in the Gallery to ensure that their mobile phones are either switched off or placed in flight mode for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (4 Jul 2017)

Mary Butler: I thank Ms McGinley and Ms Ryan. I now ask Mr. Fleming to begin his presentation to the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (4 Jul 2017)

Mary Butler: Mr. Fleming is 15 minutes into his contribution and we have to allow members to ask questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (4 Jul 2017)

Mary Butler: For clarity, it transcends five different Departments. Those are the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, which this committee shadows. The Marine Survey Office comes under the remit of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. The issue also comes under the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and under the Department of Justice and Equality regarding Irish...