Results 19,501-19,520 of 21,588 for speaker:Denis Naughten

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (22 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: 335. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that has been to date on the UNCCD Great Green Wall project and Ireland's engagement with UNCCD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57904/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (22 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: 336. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the ongoing work by Ireland and the EU to bring about stability in the Sahel region of Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57905/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (22 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: 384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the timetable for the delivery on the new scheme to provide free books for primary school students (details supplied); the planning work completed to date; the way in which she intends to implement this measure; if she has commenced engagement with the educational partners; if so, the scope of any such engagement; the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (22 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: 584. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 15 September 2022, if he will provide an update on the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57365/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Construction Industry (22 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: 781. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 29 April 2021, if he will increase the rate of payment under TAMS to reflect the increasing construction costs particularly of materials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57384/22]

COP27: Statements (29 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: I congratulate the Minister on his work and on that of the Irish team in progressing the issue of loss and damage, which is a very positive and very significant aspect of the negotiations. It is imperative that we are seen to deliver on that. It must not just be governments that deliver on it but also the big polluters out there. The oil industry and the airline industry also need to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: It is taking more than a year for people to access the long Covid clinic at St. Vincent's University Hospital in Dublin. Despite a growing body of research evidence indicating that many patients with long Covid have neurological issues, the HSE has recruited only one neurologist for long Covid patients throughout the country. The only other clinic managing patients with neurological issues,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Nov 2022)

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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (29 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: 145. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is concerned by the planned departure of an organisation (details supplied) from Ireland; if he has assessed, along with the IDA, the impact that the organisation’s planned departure will have on the perception of Ireland’s attractiveness for regulated entities seeking to establish a presence in Ireland; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Climate Change Policy (29 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: 224. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to adopting climate change principles to deter carbon offshoring and thereby reduce global emissions in order to underpin trade and international relations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58702/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (29 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: 226. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned by the planned departure of an organisation (details supplied) from Ireland; if he has had any discussions with the Central Bank of Ireland in order to understand the reasons for the organisation’s decision to leave Ireland; if he has independently ascertained the extent to which regulatory demands drove that decision; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (29 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: 274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans that he has to provide support to tenants of local authority housing in light of the cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59026/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (29 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: 382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that she has to review the criteria of 12 words per minute in written dictation for access to a word processor for State exams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59555/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (29 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: 383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that she has to widen the criteria for additional time in State exams to include, for example, those who need additional processing time as well as those who are visually impaired; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59556/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (29 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: 727. To ask the Minister for Health when the commitment in Project Ireland 2040 for a new cancer centre at University Hospital, Galway will be progressed; the current status of the project; the present timeline for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59499/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (29 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: 729. To ask the Minister for Health the average daily running cost of an in-patient hospital bed in a model 1, 2, 3 and model 4 hospital respectively based on data from the HSE Healthcare Pricing Office; the total number across the acute hospital beds in each category concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59502/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (29 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: 732. To ask the Minister for Health the average daily cost of a nursing home bed under the NTPF in the public and private sector respectively, inclusive of patient charges; the average cost to the Exchequer of a private nursing home bed contracted to the NTPF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59505/22]

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 5: In page 5, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: “10.Section 69(1) of the Principal Act is amended, in the definition of “medical examination” by the insertion of the word “virological” after “bacteriological,”.”. I will speak to amendments Nos. 5 and 6 because they are the same. I do not...

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for her response. I would love if we had a situation where we could amend the legislation. We cannot propose that, as the Minister knows. She is meeting me halfway and I acknowledge that. I accept this is not a black and white situation. Covid-19 was widespread. My point, however, is that, in all probability, the vast majority of those front-line workers contracted...

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 7: In page 6, after line 33, to insert the following: “Report 13. The Minister shall, within 6 months, lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on the application of the provisions contained in this section to TÚS and Rural Social Scheme Supervisors and Assistant Supervisors.”. The amendment seeks equality of treatment for community...