Results 161-180 of 637 for speaker:Michael Cahill

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (20 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: 343. To ask the Minister for Health if she will include the cost of doing bloods under the medical card scheme given a number of GPs have recently doubled their charges from €20 to €40; if GPs have a free reign to charge whatever they want when they want; her views on whether this is fair during a cost-of-living crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6911/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: 347. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6925/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: 10. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the establishment of a Cabinet committee on water quality to co-ordinate water quality improvements across all sectors; and when it will hold its first meeting. [7230/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: The threat to, and cost of, the provision of safe drinking water affects every human being. We are reliant on the disposal of our wastewater, which is a major challenge to our local authorities. Are these to be dealt with as one as they are closely linked? By ensuring we have safe drinking water, can we also upgrade our wastewater facilities, including the provision of constructed wetlands...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: 21. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will meet next. [7231/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: In University Hospital Kerry, we have great staff and a great manager whose interests are in her staff and especially in the patients who use the facilities there. However, we have a crisis in the accident and emergency department where patients are waiting 24, 36, 48 hours and longer. Many of these are elderly people. A 96 bed block is required in addition to the 39 beds which are already...

Disability: Statements (25 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: The Minister will be aware that there is an enormous need for carers to look after our senior citizens, children and disabled people in the home. Being subject to a means test is an obstacle to bringing carers into the system. Does the Minister agree that a means test in this situation serves no purpose and should be dispensed with as soon as possible? I am aware that doing so is...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: We have two special education classes in Kerry for primary school children who are deaf or hard of hearing. However, there are no classes for second level students. I cannot understand how the Department of Education does not see that there is a need for continuation of supports for second level, particularly when students are faced with learning so many new subjects and also when they are...

Third Anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: I welcome the Ukrainian ambassador, Gerasko Larysa, and all the Ukrainian people here today. I wish to extend a very warm, special welcome and céad míle fáilte to Misha, the ten-year-old boy who is now a fluent gaeilgeoir after a very short two years and who plays the bosca ceoil. I welcome his sister, Varvara, his mum Hanna and her partner from Ballyferriter in west Kerry,...

Third Anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: This disruption is not just inconvenient, it is deeply damaging. These children and families have already endured the trauma of displacement, have finally started to rebuild their lives in safety and now they are being asked to uproot again----

Third Anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: ----with no consideration for their emotional or mental well-being. This is both heartless and impractical. I urge the Government to reconsider this approach immediately. Decisions that affect people's lives, especially vulnerable children----

Third Anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: I am finishing. Ireland's response to the Ukrainian crisis in Ukraine has been admirable. However, we must continue to adapt, learn and approach the challenges with a spirit of solidarity and care for all. Let us not forget that behind every policy, every decision----

Third Anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: ---- there are people, real lives, real families who deserve nothing less than our best efforts to treat them with dignity and respect. Thank you.

The Future of Healthcare for Longer, Healthier Lives: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: I, too, would like to be associated with the good wishes to the Minister. I wish her the very best going forward. I have no doubt her heart is in the right place. In County Kerry, we are fortunate to have so many opportunities to stay active and look after ourselves. Our beautiful surroundings, from the sea to the mountains, naturally encourage us to get outside, walk, swim and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: 95. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans for phasing out the means test for the carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8262/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: I too congratulate the Minister on his recent appointment and wish him the very best going forward. Carers do great work and a provide a great service for the State. In that context, means-testing for the carer's allowance should be phased out. What are the Minister's plans for the phasing out of the means test?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: Recent media reports suggest the cost of abolishing the means test for carer's allowance is in the region of €3 billion per annum. I understand that is the Department's own estimate. In the Minister's opinion, how definitive is this estimate? In March 2023, the Parliamentary Budget Office estimated the cost of fully abolishing the means test at €397 million. It also...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: Following budget 2025, the carer's allowance income disregard will be increased to €625 for a single person and €1,250 for a couple from July 2025. How many additional carers are now likely to qualify on the basis of this change? Does the Minister intend to increase the disregard year on year, over five budgets?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (25 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: 242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the case of a person regarding the issue of a limousine licence (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7242/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (25 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: 249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide climate adaptation funding as a matter of extreme urgency prior to the public road collapsing into the Behy River and take into consideration that the stone wall protecting Curra Road, Glenbeigh, County Kerry has been undermined by the increased river flow and this is now a major health and safety concern; and if he...