Results 881-900 of 1,009 for speaker:Catherine Ardagh
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: 129. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for bringing forward a new GP contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24100/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: 141. To ask the Minister for Health when the strategic review of general practice will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24099/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (13 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: 832. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families that have received newborn baby grants since the scheme commenced in February, in tabular form, on a county-by-county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24373/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (13 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: 1156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals made to CAMHS by CHO7 in the past 12 months; the number of those referrals rejected by CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20973/25]
- Assessment of Need: Statements (20 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: Families are exhausted, battling not for something extraordinary but for something fundamental, an assessment of need. It is supposed to be a gateway to support. In practice, it is a locked door. Without it, children cannot access home tuition, school places, the domiciliary care allowance or, most critical, any therapy. The message that families receive is simple: no assessment, no...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: I thank all the witnesses for attending. I understand there is an invitation. I have actually been to the site of the hospital, although I have not been inside. It is a huge building and will be a landmark building that I hope will be there for our children and the children to come. The constant change in delivery dates - 15 times at this stage - does not fill me with huge confidence....
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: I do not mean to cut in but the witness is eating into my time, unfortunately.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: I thank Ms Nugent. We know that there are 81 grade 8 staff in CHI. I presume Ms Nugent is a grade 8 staff member.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: Is Ms Nugent grade 9?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: Is that grade 10?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: There are 81 grade 8 or above staff.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: From CHI's report, I can see that there are 81 grade 8 or above staff at the hospital. When grade 8 was established across the HSE in 2005, there were only eight grade 8 staff in total. It seems like there is a huge amount of staff now. Will Ms Nugent confirm whether the former CEO is at the same grade as herself?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: On her retaining her salary at CHI, she had been on two fixed-term contracts. We know that she was then, subsequent to mediation, offered a fixed-term contract. Is that what she is on now?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: Is the former CEO on a fixed-term contract?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: Regardless of what contract she has been offered, she is probably on what we call a contract of indefinite duration, so she is now a permanent employee of the hospital. Did the Department of Health know she was going to be staying on in this new role?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: I presume that, as part of the mediation agreement, CHI had its own lawyers and was aware it was retaining her in what would turn into a full-time contract of indefinite duration with all the ancillary benefits that go with that.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: Does the Department of Health wish to comment?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: The Department of Health was kept abreast during the whole process of the mediation agreement?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Catherine Ardagh: Regarding litigation claims, we know the contractor has made claims of up to €853 million in costs. Is that correct?