Results 17,861-17,880 of 18,593 for speaker:Michael Creed

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (19 Jan 2022)

Michael Creed: 858. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have registered for the leaving certificate in 2022; the number of these students who sat their junior certificate in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2523/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (19 Jan 2022)

Michael Creed: 1653. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the requirement to renew prescriptions for long-term medical conditions every six months under the medical card and drug refund scheme; if he will consider extending this period for lifelong conditions such as asthma; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1220/22]

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

Michael Creed: 1672. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department, its medical advisors or NPHET have given consideration to T cell immunity in the context of Covid-19; the tests available for measuring the level of individual T cell immunity; the way in which this might assist with dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1300/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Qualifications Recognition (19 Jan 2022)

Michael Creed: 1673. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding recognition and registration of UK qualifications by CORU; if he is satisfied that CORU has the required resources to complete these processes in a timely fashion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1301/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (19 Jan 2022)

Michael Creed: 1971. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the initiatives he plans to assist the pig production sector given the collapse in prices and the significant increase in input costs; the discussions he has had with the sector in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1221/22]

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

Michael Creed: 166. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to issue in hard copy format the Covid-19 booster certificate to persons (details supplied) in County Cork. [3716/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (27 Jan 2022)

Michael Creed: 155. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will clarify the situation regarding the availability of visas and work permits for persons in the construction industry; the policy approach by his Department in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4117/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 Jan 2022)

Michael Creed: 277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans by her Department for the introduction of minimum education standards and qualifications for appointment as special needs assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4119/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (27 Jan 2022)

Michael Creed: 280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for additional school accommodation has been received in regard to a school (details supplied); and the next steps with regard to this application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4126/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (1 Feb 2022)

Michael Creed: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of her engagement with education partners including students on the matter of leaving certificate examinations 2022; if in particular, she will outline her detailed engagement with the State Examination Commission on this matter including any instruction or direction she has given the Commission regarding the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Feb 2022)

Michael Creed: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a progress report on her most recent efforts to provide certainty regarding enrolment in September 2022 for ASD pupils at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; the position regarding acquisition of a site for the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4660/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (1 Feb 2022)

Michael Creed: 292. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received an explanation or reason from the Revenue Commissioners with regard to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5025/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (1 Feb 2022)

Michael Creed: 446. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has received a report from the Chief of Staff regarding his recent engagement with the Russian ambassador; if he sanctioned this high level contact in advance; the subject matters discussed; his views on the appropriateness of this engagement at this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4801/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (1 Feb 2022)

Michael Creed: 453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the operation of the ADAPT building programme of her Department; the way it operates in respect of taking projects from approval in principle to the construction stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4239/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (1 Feb 2022)

Michael Creed: 559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if partial capacity benefit is available to self-employed persons who have been ineligible for illness benefit or invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5066/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (1 Feb 2022)

Michael Creed: 769. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the number of dentists participating in the dental treatment service scheme for medical card patients; his views on the sharp decline in number of dentists participating in the scheme since 2019; the number of contracted dentists participating in the scheme who have not carried out activity under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (1 Feb 2022)

Michael Creed: 770. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists that contracted under the dental treatment service scheme for medical card holders in each of the years since 2016; the range of payments made to participating individual dentists for each of those years; the total cost to the Exchequer of the scheme for each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4992/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (1 Feb 2022)

Michael Creed: 788. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm receipt of correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) with regard to the 23% VAT rate being applied to payments from associates to principal dentists; if he has received an explanation regarding the rationale for introducing the charge at this point; the reason payments to date were exempt from such charges; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (1 Feb 2022)

Michael Creed: 798. To ask the Minister for Health the number of practices that hold dental treatment scheme contracts with the HSE by county; the number of notifications which the HSE has received in 2021 of dentists seeking to resign from the dental treatment service scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5067/22]

Easing of Covid-19 Restrictions: Statements (2 Feb 2022)

Michael Creed: Like others, I will say something that cannot be said often enough, that is, I acknowledge the efforts made by everybody in the healthcare sector. It was not just the healthcare workers. It was a general, national endeavour that got us through the pandemic. Front-line healthcare workers and staff working in local supermarkets, meat plants and dairy farms made a collective endeavour that...