Results 18,241-18,260 of 21,588 for speaker:Denis Naughten

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flexible Work Practices (16 Nov 2021)

Denis Naughten: 100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to facilitate remote working of civil servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54976/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (16 Nov 2021)

Denis Naughten: 106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress to date on the €7 million investment in the removal of the pinch points on the River Shannon which will address the scale of summer flooding in the Shannon Callows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53578/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (16 Nov 2021)

Denis Naughten: 111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the €7 million allocated in December 2019 to alleviate constrictions to the flow of water in the Shannon Callows between Athlone and Meelick will be drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54977/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (16 Nov 2021)

Denis Naughten: 389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if whether a person is in receipt of incapacitated child tax credit is taken into consideration during assessment of an application for domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55784/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (16 Nov 2021)

Denis Naughten: 395. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a full copy of the medical protocols used to assess eligibility to payments on medical grounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55939/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (16 Nov 2021)

Denis Naughten: 408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a copy of a medical assessment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56172/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education Provision (16 Nov 2021)

Denis Naughten: 432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the baseline and target set out in adult literacy for life strategy for literacy, numeracy and digital skills, respectively; the interim targets over the term of the strategy; the estimated impact to the economy of achieving each target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55517/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (16 Nov 2021)

Denis Naughten: 506. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55553/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (16 Nov 2021)

Denis Naughten: 522. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the paediatric dental clinic in Mountbellew, County Galway is not operational; when it is expected it will reopen; the location in which children who would attend that clinic will now be seen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55628/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Research and Training (16 Nov 2021)

Denis Naughten: 545. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to offer HSE sponsorship programmes for those studying medicine in Ireland which would contract them to work for the HSE for a specified term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55696/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (16 Nov 2021)

Denis Naughten: 620. To ask the Minister for Health when phase III cardiac rehabilitation services will be restored in Portiuncula University Hospital, Ballinasloe; the reason for the delay in restoring the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55979/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (16 Nov 2021)

Denis Naughten: 632. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for their procedure; the reason for the delay in same.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56034/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2021)

Denis Naughten: Some 63 days ago I said to the Taoiseach that budget 2022 must be different. I pointed out that we had a once-in-a-generation opportunity to restructure our economy. Sadly, that did not happen. Budget 2022 was just a little bit for everyone. The families who are just over the income thresholds for various State supports have again been forgotten. These are the hard-working families, the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2021)

Denis Naughten: I am glad the Taoiseach mentioned the issue of energy because, this winter, increased electricity and heating costs will hit every single family hard. Working families will not only have to meet their own additional costs but they will also have to pay for the increases associated with the fuel allowance scheme. Despite this, the value of the retrofitting grant has decreased from one third...

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2021)

Denis Naughten: I welcome the publication of this legislation and the fact we are debating it here at long last. It is 13 years since the then Government committed to bringing in this Bill. The Minister's predecessor, Mr. Dermot Ahern, told me in reply to a parliamentary question on 22 April 2009 that unless we reformed the notification process here in this country in tandem with what had been done in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (18 Nov 2021)

Denis Naughten: 247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the option of accredited grades will be offered to those due to sit the leaving certificate in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56584/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Nov 2021)

Denis Naughten: In September, the public health doctors were ordered to turn their backs and walk away from the schools. As a result, schools were left on their own with regard to Covid information, hoping that parents would inform them of a confirmed case. Schools were then left with a dilemma as to who to tell and what to tell them without the support of public health. From next week, antigen tests...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (23 Nov 2021)

Denis Naughten: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allow for the option of accredited grades for the leaving certificate 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57212/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Nov 2021)

Denis Naughten: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of and position regarding the Covid-19 school transport restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57213/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (23 Nov 2021)

Denis Naughten: 378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans she has to review the rates awarded for assistive technology in view of the Departmental cap on funding for laptops; if consideration is given to the need to ensure funding is provided for laptops that support the possible future software needs of students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52517/21]