Results 18,221-18,240 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Jan 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 1725. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of the total number of primary school pupils who are currently awaiting to have their in-school eye, hearing and dental checks, by each CHO area in each of the years 2010 to date; the recommended and targeted age for each of the relevant checks; what improvements are being considered to clear the backlogs in this area, in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (17 Jan 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 1737. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the new St. Marys Hospital in Drogheda to be fully operational; if the HSE moratorium has impacted on the progress of the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1623/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2024 (17 Jan 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 1858. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the achievements to date with respect to making third level easier for medical graduates to succeed in Ireland following Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1463/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 1875. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will seek an update on the long-awaited and much-delayed Ardee Castle redevelopment, funded through the rural regeneration and redevelopment fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1759/24]

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: It was a former Secretary General of the United Nations, Dag Hammarskjöld, describing what the United Nations was about, who said it was not created in order to bring us to heaven but in order to save us from hell. If there is one thing clear from my constituents, it is that the Middle East is in absolute hell right now. What people in my constituency want is for the war to end and for...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: I share Deputy Munster's concerns regarding the FOI Act in County Louth. It is important we bring it to the attention of the Minister and the Information Commissioner to get a resolution. I rise today specifically about the crisis in speech and language therapy in the Drogheda area. I am getting anxious parents who are concerned about children not being able to get appointments,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (23 Jan 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a full update from the Road Safety Authority on the need to progress a new temporary or permanent driving test centre for Drogheda, County Louth, the largest town in Ireland; if, considering the unacceptable driving test wait times in the Louth and east Meath area, he will seek full clarification on the list of sites which...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide on update on the Programme for Government commitment to embed ageing in place options for older people into the planning system, since the establishment of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2465/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Programme for Government (23 Jan 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 554. To ask the Minister for Health to provide on update on the programme for Government commitment to ensure that older people who are at greater risk of fuel poverty and the respiratory illnesses associated with air pollution be prioritised in climate action and climate-mitigation plans, since the establishment of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2464/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (23 Jan 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 570. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progression and the timeline for the establishment of a commission on care for older people and the establishment of a commissioner for ageing and older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2454/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 571. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the expansion of community-based care, bringing it closer to home, in line with the Sláintecare Implementation plan since the establishment of the current Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2455/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 572. To ask the Minister for Health to provide on update on the Programme for Government commitment to develop and increase access to talk therapies and improve access to specialist expertise, when it is required, in line with Sharing the Vision – a Mental Health Policy for Everyone, across each of the CHO areas, since the establishment of the Government; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Social Isolation (23 Jan 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 573. To ask the Minister for Health to provide on update on the Programme for Government commitment to develop a plan aimed at tackling loneliness and isolation, particularly among older people, as outlined in the Roadmap for Social Inclusion, across each of the CHO areas, since the establishment of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2457/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (23 Jan 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 574. To ask the Minister for Health to provide on update on the Programme for Government commitment to further support the nursing homes support scheme (the fair deal) to provide assistance when staying at home may no longer be an option, since the establishment of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2458/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (23 Jan 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 575. To ask the Minister for Health to provide on update on the Programme for Government commitment to ensure that no nursing homes support scheme resident is charged for services they do not use, since the establishment of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2459/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (23 Jan 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 576. To ask the Minister for Health to provide on update on the Programme for Government commitment to ensure that the best possible safeguards are in place to protect our friends and family in nursing homes, since the establishment of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2460/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jan 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 577. To ask the Minister for Health to provide on update on the Programme for Government commitment to increase the number of specialist palliative care beds countrywide over the five years of government, ensuring that there will be a hospice serving every region in the country, since the establishment of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2461/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jan 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 578. To ask the Minister for Health to provide on update on the Programme for Government commitment to support community specialist palliative home care teams in all HSE areas, fund designated homecare packages, and resource specialist palliative care provided in hospices, since the establishment of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2462/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jan 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 579. To ask the Minister for Health to provide on update on the Programme for Government commitment to increase resources for the children’s palliative care programme since the establishment of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2463/24]