Results 1,721-1,740 of 8,073 for speaker:Peter Burke

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (24 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: 407. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to review its new policy of in loco parentis and the need for a competent adult to be in the home at all times in cases in which a qualified and highly trained nurse is also present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17824/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (24 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: 419. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17916/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration Authority (24 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: 593. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will examine the delays in the land registry system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17664/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Eligibility (24 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: 603. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the next review of local authority social housing income threshold bands will take place; if the special treatment of the working family payment will be considered when calculating thresholds; if the number of children in a family will play more of a role in respect of income thresholds; his views on a particular case...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Exports to China (26 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: 15. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when trade will commence following the announcement that the Chinese beef market will open to exports from Ireland. [18276/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Exports to China (26 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: 21. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the further steps being taken to boost agrifood exports to China following the opening of the Chinese market to Irish beef. [18275/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (1 May 2018)

Peter Burke: 232. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be replaced; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18673/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (1 May 2018)

Peter Burke: 255. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to review the traffic arrangements at a site (details supplied) under its control in view of the danger it is posing to customers and residents of the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18757/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (1 May 2018)

Peter Burke: 296. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in each of the hospitals in the South/South West Hospital Group in each of the years 2009 to 2017, by category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18995/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Dormant Accounts Fund Administration (2 May 2018)

Peter Burke: 49. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures he is taking to address the issues raised in the report by Comptroller and Auditor General on the Dormant Account Fund; and if the timely disbursement of funding from the Dormant Account Fund will be ensured in order to achieve the objectives of the legislation and the disbursement scheme. [18907/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Dormant Accounts Fund Administration (2 May 2018)

Peter Burke: 61. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the dormant accounts action plan 2018; the engagement and consultation he has had in drawing up a plan; and the steps that are being taken to maximise the effectiveness of the funding available. [18906/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration Authority Administration (2 May 2018)

Peter Burke: 199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has examined the possible effects of measures in the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 which make it necessary for all rights of ways to be registered by 2021 in view of the fact that his Department now has responsibility for the PRA; the practical effects this will have on the system; the progress...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: EU Regulations (2 May 2018)

Peter Burke: 200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 262 of 7 December 2017 and 631 of 27 March 2018, when the European Union (Licensing of Large-Scale Extraction of Peat) Regulations 2016 will be commenced; the status of interactions to date between his Department, the EPA and the Office of the Attorney General in relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Recruitment (8 May 2018)

Peter Burke: 135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of assistant principal grade positions that will become available in County Westmeath in 2019 in respect of each Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19798/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Investigations (8 May 2018)

Peter Burke: 305. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to investigate a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19820/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (8 May 2018)

Peter Burke: 306. To ask the Minister for Health the turnaround time for persons applying for the fair deal scheme in counties Longford and Westmeath; if this is an average time; if there are backlogs in the system; the measures being taken to address this backlog; if the extra cost to families when they must wait for months for the application to be processed, with fees of over €1,000 per week...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Car Parks (8 May 2018)

Peter Burke: 308. To ask the Minister for Health if the dearth of parking at a primary care centre (details supplied) will be reviewed and remedied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19829/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adult Mental Health Services Funding (8 May 2018)

Peter Burke: 319. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which CAMHS is funded in counties Longford and Westmeath; the way in which the budget was spent in 2017; if there was an overrun or deficit in relation to the budget; the way in which the budget compared to previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19926/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme (8 May 2018)

Peter Burke: 437. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are grants available in relation to the establishment of community halls in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19946/18]

Topical Issue Debate: Wards of Court (9 May 2018)

Peter Burke: I thank the Minister of State for attending to take this matter. According to an article in the Irish Examinerby Caroline O'Doherty, 25,000 elderly patients may be held illegally in nursing homes or residential settings. The article also mentioned that a new State agency, the Decision Support Service, was being established to oversee the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act. When I read...