Results 161-180 of 1,948 for speaker:Réada Cronin

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Réada Cronin: 410. To ask the Minister for Health the medical and epidemiological or other data basis on which live music at weddings is prohibited in the current phase of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42575/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Réada Cronin: 411. To ask the Minister for Health the medical and epidemiological or other data basis on which dance classes unlike gyms have not been allowed open up in the current phase of Covid-19 though their owners have taken every precaution possible to keep their students safe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42577/20]

Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 Dec 2020)

Réada Cronin: I too have concerns about housing needs, demand assessment and public participation in the context of this Bill. Instead of widening public participation in the planning and development process, this Bill narrows it through the curtailment of public meetings. The review of the Kildare county development plan started only this afternoon and this Bill could effectively lock out those who most...

Covid-19 Task Force: Statements (17 Dec 2020)

Réada Cronin: I am sharing time with Deputy Ó Murchú. I welcome the Covid-19 task force and I look forward to getting the vaccine jab when it is my turn. This time last year we could not have imagined what we would be facing, not alone the deaths but the change in life as we know it. This virus has reminded us how fragile and interdependent we are. Across the world, vaccines have changed...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Driver Test (17 Dec 2020)

Réada Cronin: 107. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the impact of the lack of adequate truck-driver testing facilities in north County Kildare on jobs, employment and incomes given that the area is an important centre of retail and industrial warehousing and logistics. [43898/20]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Aviation Industry (17 Dec 2020)

Réada Cronin: 123. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to and is taking steps in relation to the difficulties facing workers in an airline (details supplied) who are continuing to face problems engaging with the human resources department of the airline regarding their payments and entitlements. [43897/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Resolution Processes (17 Dec 2020)

Réada Cronin: 292. To ask the Minister for Finance the planning being conducted by his Department to deal with the potential housing consequences vis-a-vis 30-year mortgages payable by persons in their late 60s and 70s when salary levels and job opportunities might decrease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44493/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (17 Dec 2020)

Réada Cronin: 351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in emergency accommodation in north County Kildare; the cost of same in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44492/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Dec 2020)

Réada Cronin: 352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the planning his Department is conducting to address the potential housing crisis involving long-term renters in the absence of private pensions in a large segment of the population particularly women and when the old age pension was not devised to cover the cost of accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (17 Dec 2020)

Réada Cronin: 353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of women aged 50 years and over on the current housing lists that are in emergency accommodation and deemed homeless in the State; the number in north County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44495/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Réada Cronin: 401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to guarantee remote access to education for children with high-risk relatives in terms of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44500/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: School Attendance (17 Dec 2020)

Réada Cronin: 459. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of school absences recorded in the State in each of the past three years; the number of school absences recorded in north County Kildare in particular since the outbreak of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44501/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (17 Dec 2020)

Réada Cronin: 512. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to support a community (details supplied) in its work to secure the short-term accommodation of its residents and ensure the earliest possible reopening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44491/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Thalidomide Victims Compensation (17 Dec 2020)

Réada Cronin: 600. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the needs and difficulties of persons living with limb damage caused by the drug thalidomide (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44496/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Réada Cronin: 601. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place in terms of beds and staffing to meet a possible Covid-19 surge at Naas General Hospital post Christmas 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44497/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (17 Dec 2020)

Réada Cronin: 602. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and teenagers being treated for alcohol-related injury and illness in each of the past three years; the number in north County Kildare in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44498/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (17 Dec 2020)

Réada Cronin: 603. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children awaiting both psychological assessment and therapy nationally; the number in north County Kildare in each of the past three years; the number waiting more than three months and six months in each group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44499/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (13 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 219. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason persons (details supplied) who are jointly assessed for means by the Department of Social Protection have been refused joint assessment by the Revenue Commissioners for tax and dependant purposes on the basis that they must be either married or in a civil partnership to avail of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44850/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (14 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 220. To ask the Minister for Health the Covid-19 vaccine priority that will be given to carers given their particular circumstances in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2073/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (14 Jan 2021)

Réada Cronin: 221. To ask the Minister for Health if, in the interest of public health fairness and transparency, strict protocols and booking plans are being applied to the administration of the Covid-19 vaccine in order that priority need next-on-list guarantees the dose, as opposed to presence on the day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2074/21]