Results 81-100 of 216 for speaker:Donna McGettigan

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (18 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he will take to alleviate the backlog of drivers awaiting their driving tests in Shannon; if there are plans to appoint a full-time tester for Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6155/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (18 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 847. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that will be taken to address the current dispute between two organisations (details supplied) to ensure one of the organisations engages with the union given that it is funded by the taxpayer through TU Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5504/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education Provision (18 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 856. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is no specific commitment to the Adult Literacy for Life strategy in the Programme for Government; the specific actions he will take to improve adult literacy and numeracy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5571/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Childcare Qualifications (18 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 857. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the BTEC Higher National Diploma Level 5 course in early childhood education and care at North West Regional College Derry, which was recognised as a Level 7 qualification, was changed to a Level 6 qualification; the reason students currently on the course were not exempted from the change; if they can now be exempted; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (18 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 863. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the intervention that can be undertaken for a person (details supplied) unable to access the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6149/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (18 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 866. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the intervention that can be undertaken for a person (details supplied) unable to access the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6206/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (18 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 864. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason technological universities have been refused permission to borrow for the construction of on campus student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6187/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (19 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the serious issues in visa applications for Ireland from South Africa, including issues with recommended steps to apply for the visa via a company (details supplied) appointed to deal with all South African visa applications; if he will investigate this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6464/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (19 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 206. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to address the acute lack of beds for anorexia patients in the mid-west region (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6466/25]

Driver Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (25 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: I thank our colleague, Deputy Pa Daly, for bringing forward this motion. While I welcome that the Minister will not oppose it and I accept that many tests have been completed, there is no denying that the waiting list is growing. Is the Minister saying he cannot step in and that this is all down to the RSA? We all know a driving licence is not a luxury; it is essential. Not being able...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (25 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and congratulate him on his position. There are no dedicated public inpatient beds for adults with anorexia or other eating disorders in the mid-west region. Nationally, only three public inpatient beds exist for these patients, all of which are located at St. Vincent’s hospital in Dublin, serving local catchment areas. The HSE introduced a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (25 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: While there has been a steady increase in the number of treatment hubs, there is still no funding for new inpatient beds. For people with eating disorders, it is usually for an extended period in an inpatient facility, which can be very difficult for the person. This treatment can be expensive and the process to get a bed can be so long that it means the person ends up needing more care. ...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: Insulin pumps are not available as a treatment option for adults with type 1 diabetes in the HSE mid-west region, even though they are available for children. Ours is the only region where this is the case. Patients who require pumps have to go on the waiting list in other regions and then travel for treatment. This is an extra burden on the host regions' overstretched services and on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (25 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 832. To ask the Minister for Health the reason adults with type 1 diabetes attending Limerick University Hospital are still not offered insulin pumps as a treatment option despite the qualified staff required to initiate pump therapy and the administration support all being in place to commence the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7164/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (25 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 874. To ask the Minister for Health the number of individuals that have been reimbursed for their insulin pump training and/or consumables through the EU treatment abroad or cross-Border healthcare scheme since 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7418/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (25 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 875. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people in Ireland that access to the omnipod tubeless insulin pump and consumables through the HSEs exceptional hardship scheme or have done so since 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7419/25]

Oideachas trí Mheán na Gaeilge: Tairiscint [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] (4 Mar 2025)

Donna McGettigan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta Ó Snodaigh for bringing forward this motion agus also buíochas le conversational Irish classes Gaeilge le Chéile i mBaile na Sionnainne so tá cúpla focal agam anois. I raise the issues of school recognition and school transport. Gaelcholáiste an Chláir in Ennis has been struggling to be recognised as a stand-alone...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (5 Mar 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 36. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason PAYE workers entitled to the flat rate expenses previously available on their tax credit certificate now must claim this credit using PAYE Services; the number of taxpayers to date that have applied to have their flat rate expenses reinstated; and if he can provide a breakdown for the numbers in each category. [9872/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (20 Mar 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm that the funds for the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund are fully allocated; when funding will be available again since the fund is part of the Project Ireland 2040 programme; if an alternative funding stream will be provided to replace the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12130/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Mar 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of tenants in Clare on the tenant-in-situ scheme; and the number that have been rejected since inception. [13042/25]