Results 16,841-16,860 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (19 Oct 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 214. To ask the Minister for Health : if he will provide details of the €210,000 that was secured through Social Inclusion Ireland from dormant funds to fund a full time mental health post in Mosney, County Meath on a pilot basis for 3 years; if he will also provide the details on the date that the monies were secured and the expected timeline for commencement of the pilot programme;...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Oct 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I agree with the Minister that families need the truth. Does he agree they also need accountability and closure? The fact is 23 of these thousands of deaths in Ireland happened in a nursing home the HSE took over. Exceptional issues arose in Dealgan House that drove the HSE to move in and take it over. There was a complete collapse of the system there, including healthcare and governance....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Oct 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: If it is helpful, I am not charging the Minister personally with that at all. What I am saying is that if these were children, we would have had the inquiry because public opinion would have demanded it. However, I withdraw anything in my statement that caused any offence the Minister may have felt.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Oct 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: The budget contained important additional funding for people who need energy credits, namely, every household in the country, and it is welcome. Over a 12-month period it will amount to more than €800. I wish to raise one cohort of people, namely, full-time residents of mobile homes in my constituency, and I am sure the constituencies of other Members as well, who pay for their...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Oct 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I did already.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Oct 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: It was on 6 October.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Oct 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: They own their mobile homes.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (20 Oct 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a detailed update on the progress made with respect to the Drogheda implementation report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52170/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (20 Oct 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on when the community safety innovation fund successful projects are expected to be announced; the total number of applications received; the future plans to expand the fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52169/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Oct 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 149. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide timelines for the expected publication of a report (details supplied) and any other details, further to his acknowledgement that he received the report concerning the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52165/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Cost of Living Issues (25 Oct 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way that the allocations in Budget 2023 to his Department will help tackle the cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53084/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (25 Oct 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 111. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of his plans to target the sale and distribution of animals through illicit puppy farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53083/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Oct 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 359. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department received a request for assistance from the HSE and the Department Heath during the Covid -19 pandemic for a specific nursing home (details supplied) during the first outbreak of Covid-19; if so, the date that such request was made; the nature of the request; the response of his Department; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (25 Oct 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in respect of support of educational psychologists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53077/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cost of Living Issues (25 Oct 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide clarification on whether partial capacity recipients will be in a position to claim the €500 cost-of-living grant for disabilities; if not, the reason for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53479/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (25 Oct 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 702. To ask the Minister for Health the financial supports that were paid to individual nursing homes by his Department and the HSE, by name and location due to the effects of the Covid -19 pandemic since April 2020; if such payments have been subject to an audit; if so, if the audit has been or will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53501/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (26 Oct 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will seek best advice on whether any additional funding strands can be accessed in order to assist a local school (details supplied) in respect of developing its outdoor area for children with special educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53695/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Protected Disclosures (26 Oct 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 173. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress that has been made to date on the investigation into allegations made by a whistle-blower in April 2020 as a protected disclosure, regarding the care of patients during Covid-19 at a hospital (details supplied); the date this report will be published; the cost of the investigation to date; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 Oct 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents that tragically lost their lives to Covid during the Covid outbreak in a care centre (details supplied) in January 2021; if he will provide the details on the staffing ratio to care for residents on the ground at that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53648/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 Oct 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 175. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the communications between the HSE and nursing home (details supplied) in Stradbally, County Laois during the Covid outbreak at Easter 2020; the supports that were provided by the HSE to the home at the time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53649/22]