Results 901-920 of 3,519 for speaker:Michelle Mulherin

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance Provision (21 May 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: 675. To ask the Minister for Health when the universal health care system will be introduced; the progress that has been made in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24305/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (21 May 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: 678. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application to the Health Service for home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; when a decision will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24314/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Climate Change: Discussion (21 May 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: I join in the welcome to the delegation. I watched much of this meeting on my monitor, as I could not attend. To put this in context, we are constantly referring to experts to determine solutions. We can see climate change, but the cause is not uniformly agreed. I had the opportunity to attend a conference and participate in an element on peak oil. It was an interesting debate, as even...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. We have heard from all the medical professionals, including the psychiatrists, who, while they might not agree on some aspects of the heads of the Bill, agree that abortion is not a treatment for suicidal intent or a suicidal pregnant woman. My question - courtesy of Deputy Timmins - is as follows. Are we now actually legislating for abortion...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: I wish to ask about the composition of the panel. We have heard two extremes. Notwithstanding the profession of psychiatry and all the assurances we got, I am very sure right now I could name one particular type of case where there is not a mental illness involved and there is a pregnant woman who is suicidal, in which two psychiatrists would say completely opposite things where that woman...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: We had a suggestion yesterday that two psychiatrists were too many and that only one was needed. I want to know how robust it is. Mr. Brady said they would have no option but to certify.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: Can we address this through some sort of rephrasing or reframing of the legislation to address the concern that there is another option?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (23 May 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: 185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in the disadvantaged area payout for the years 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012 in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24826/13]

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: It sounds like a John Grisham novel from over here.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: As an agricultural contractor, the Deputy knows all about muck-spreading.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations Issues (28 May 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: 318. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding a ruling by a Rights Commissioner of the Labour Relations Commission in favour of a person (details supplied); if there should be further delays in bringing this matter to a conclusion, the steps that can be taken by the claimant to enforce this ruling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25152/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 May 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: 660. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo has been cancelled at Sligo General Hospital; when the operation will be re-scheduled; if it will be expedited in view of the fact that the operation has to be carried out within a short time while earlier test results are still valid; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (28 May 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: 717. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a tender to Bus Éireann for its vehicle recovery and towing service by a company (details supplied); when will a decision issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25384/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (29 May 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: 129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo and can if it will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26002/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (29 May 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: 221. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if same will be expedited as soon as possible in view of extenuating circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26000/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Funding (30 May 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: 184. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will be in a position to provide funding to Mayo County Council to enable it to provide grant aid to persons to improve their housing conditions under the special housing aid for the elderly scheme and mobility aid grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26403/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Exemptions (11 Jun 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: 167. To ask the Minister for Finance the circumstances in which the Revenue Commissioners will deem a residential property to be uninhabitable and the owner not liable for the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26900/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Application (11 Jun 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: 168. To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria the Revenue Commissioners apply when establishing whether or not two residential properties with shared services operating as one household are one unit or not for the purposes of the local property tax charge on the owner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26906/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Staff (11 Jun 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of full time and part time staff employed solely on Customs and Excise duties at ports and airports in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27824/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Programme Funding (11 Jun 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: 557. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a company (details supplied) in County Mayo had its rural development programme budget cut disproportionately than that of other local development companies operating in less disadvantaged parts of the country; the options are available to it to have this decision reviewed; and if he will make a statement on...