Results 17,601-17,620 of 21,588 for speaker:Denis Naughten

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (6 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to put measures in place to support the refurbishment of vacant property in towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23536/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (6 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 228. To ask the Minister for Health the ECMO facilities that exist for the treatment of persons with respiratory illnesses. [23544/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (6 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 229. To ask the Minister for Health the ECMO facilities that exist for treatment of both adults and children with cardiac illnesses. [23545/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (6 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 230. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a fully funded single national cardiac and respiratory ECMO centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23546/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (6 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 233. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ECMO machines currently available within the State; the hospitals in which they are based; and the number of these operating at present. [23549/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (6 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 231. To ask the Minister for Health his views on reports that seriously ill children are being put at risk by being transported abroad for treatment on extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation machines which are already available in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23547/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (6 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 232. To ask the Minister for Health if Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin has ECMO machines available which are not used to treat respiratory illnesses due to a lack of funding from the HSE; if so, the number of machines that are available in this case; and the estimated cost in having them operational. [23548/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (6 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 234. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have received respiratory ECMO treatment abroad in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the cost involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23550/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Vacant Properties (6 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 264. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to put measures in place to support the refurbishment of vacant property in rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23537/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (11 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date on the UNCCD Great Green Wall project and Ireland’s engagement with the UNCCD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23961/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Bodies (11 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 374. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken at EU level to improve engagement with like-minded member states on European Commission files and to clearly reflect Ireland's concerns on such files at an earlier stage in the legislative process particularly in a post-Brexit era; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1431/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (11 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 375. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of funding his Department is providing to climate adaptation and mitigation activities in some of the least developed countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1434/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (11 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 376. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider the possibility of allowing national parliamentary input in recipient countries on the use of the ODA budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1435/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (12 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure that there is a leaving certificate examination in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1472/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (12 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to support teachers in delivering the required syllabus through remote learning due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1473/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (12 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 224. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting scoliosis surgery in Galway University Hospital; the corresponding figure for adults; the dates on which children on the Saolta waiting list were referred to CHI, Crumlin for treatment since September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24760/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Question Heading for question(s) 228 (12 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 228. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting scoliosis surgery in each acute hospital; the average waiting time in each hospital; the corresponding figure for adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24771/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Psychological Assessments (13 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the number of educational psychological assessments allocated to primary schools through the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24786/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Psychological Assessments (13 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: The National Principals Forum has reported that 84% of schools have seen an increase in pupils with additional educational needs in the past four years. Over the same period, only an additional 31 front-line educational psychologists have been appointed to our primary schools, which leaves a dramatic deficiency in capacity within the system.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Psychological Assessments (13 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: I do not disagree with the model that is being used. The difficulty is that, in tandem with that model of supporting schools, in order for students to access additional support, they require a psychological assessment. To have just 31 additional front-line psychologists over the last four years, when 84% of primary school are stating there has been an increase in the number of pupils...