Results 17,501-17,520 of 26,148 for speaker:Kieran O'Donnell

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Mobility Policy: Department of Transport (13 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: What I am saying is that €260 million is a significant amount. If 900 schools applied but only 170 of them were successful, that is less than 20%. The bones of 730 schools that were not picked. This is about starting with young people. It ticks a significant number of boxes - it facilitates active travel and in many cases it will improve safety around schools. That is the case for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Mobility Policy: Department of Transport (13 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: No, it is 170 primary schools.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Mobility Policy: Department of Transport (13 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I think the figure of 170 relates to primary schools.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Mobility Policy: Department of Transport (13 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: In the context of the nuts and bolts of the initiative, are the 900 schools that applied all primary schools?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Mobility Policy: Department of Transport (13 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: How much was allocated to the programme for 2021?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Mobility Policy: Department of Transport (13 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: That allocation of €15 million is less than 5% of the overall budget. The point I am trying to make is a very simple one. It is about how money is spent. The benefits from this initiative are enormous for every town, village, rural area and urban area. Of the 170 schools, what is the breakdown between primary and secondary schools?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Mobility Policy: Department of Transport (13 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I ask Mr. Ebrill to send the committee a briefing paper in respect of the status of the project and what is being proposed. Collectively, the committee believes this to be a very beneficial project, as do our guests, I have no doubt. The question is whether we can give it more emphasis in terms of process and resources. Members will always judge a scheme based on the queries brought to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Mobility Policy: Department of Transport (13 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I ask Mr. Ebrill to provide a briefing paper to the committee. We will come back on that. I thank Mr. Spratt, Mr. Doocey, Mr. Mullaney and Mr. Ebrill for attending and engaging with the committee. I look forward to further engagement with them. I ask them to provide a further update, if they have one, on the e-scooter legislation that is coming through, as well as a briefing document on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (19 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Can I have one second?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (19 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: There is an average of about 48 Covid-19 patients in University Hospital Limerick at the moment. That is contributing to the number of people on trolleys in University Hospital Limerick, with more than 70 on average. Money has been put aside to reduce waiting lists in the budget, with more than €50 million available. Will the Minister look at expediting the waiting time at...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Industry (19 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Minister of State with responsibility for insurance, Deputy Fleming, for taking the debate. An ice rink operator in Limerick city, Fran O'Donnell, has gone public. He was on Newstalk earlier today. He has run an ice rink in Limerick for the past 15 years, claim-free, yet he cannot get insurance cover. That is the case with all ice rinks, which are a traditional feature of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Industry (19 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Minister of State. I note he indicated he will be meeting with the major insurance companies in the coming weeks, and I ask that this would take place with immediate effect. I also ask that he would communicate to the Central Bank that, if there are insurers from the UK, other EU jurisdictions or other European jurisdictions outside the EU, they would be fast-tracked in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Industry (19 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: What about meeting the main insurers?

Covid-19: Reframing the Challenge, Continuing our Recovery and Reconnecting: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: The number of people on trolleys in University Hospital Limerick is still very high but has decreased to 27. It is not the top Trolley Watch figure today, which is welcome news. There are 40 confirmed Covid cases in the hospital. They are putting pressure on isolation beds. Nine of these patients are in ICU. It is said that almost six in ten people ending up in hospital are unvaccinated...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: 102. To ask the Minister for Health the way the €250 million allocation in Budget 2022 for addressing waiting lists will be disbursed; his plans to assist the HSE in alleviating hospital overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50904/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: 873. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to appoint a clinical psychologist to each acute hospital diabetes multidisciplinary team (details supplied); his views on the fact that psychosocial support in diabetes care is not formally embedded as part of diabetes management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51226/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: 874. To ask the Minister for Health if a diabetes psychology resource will be provided to each community diabetes specialist team hub under the Integrated Model of Care for the Prevention and Management of Chronic Disease Implementation Guide; his views on whether access to psychosocial support in these teams should be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51227/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: 875. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to appoint a 0.5 whole-time equivalent clinical psychologist to each acute hospital diabetes paediatric diabetes team; his views on whether psychosocial support in paediatric diabetes care should be available in each team; the reason there is no access to this support outside of Dublin paediatric diabetes services; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: 876. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to appoint a clinical psychologist to the diabetes multidisciplinary team in University Hospital Limerick as soon as possible.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51229/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: No apologies have been received. Today is an engagement with the chairperson-designate of the DAA and a discussion of his strategic priorities for the role, as well as his views on the challenges facing the organisation. On behalf of the committee I welcome the chairperson designate, Mr. Basil Geoghegan, and the chief communications officer of the DAA, Mr. Kevin Cullinane. They are both...