Results 181-200 of 1,342 for speaker:James Geoghegan

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (23 Sep 2025)

James Geoghegan: 215. To ask the Minister for Finance if the office of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman will accelerate the award of proceedings for older people towards the end of their life who must wait a long time for the award of money from successful adjudication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49867/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (23 Sep 2025)

James Geoghegan: 616. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at a hospital (details supplied); the number and grade of staff that are currently attached to this service at this site; the number of current staff vacancies within this service; the number of epilepsy patients currently registered with this service; the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (23 Sep 2025)

James Geoghegan: 617. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider the introduction of ring-fenced annual funding for radiotherapy equipment replacement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49888/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (23 Sep 2025)

James Geoghegan: 618. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider the establishment of a national body with radiotherapy expertise to identify patient and technology specific needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49889/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (23 Sep 2025)

James Geoghegan: 619. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49890/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: EU Presidency (23 Sep 2025)

James Geoghegan: 709. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will carry out a consultation on the way in which to shape the agenda of Ireland’s Presidency of the EU Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49917/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: EU Presidency (23 Sep 2025)

James Geoghegan: 714. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will carry out a consultation on how to shape the agenda of Ireland's presidency of the EU Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50299/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (18 Sep 2025)

James Geoghegan: I thank the Minister for the reply. It seems to me that we have put the laws in place in the planning Act in relation to trying to reduce the number of judicial reviews. We have not yet commenced the relevant provision as it relates to fixed costs. The Minister has a statutory role in relation to that, although I acknowledge it is the Minister for housing who has to discuss it with him. I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (18 Sep 2025)

James Geoghegan: I thank the Minister for being in attendance. He will be aware the greater Dublin drainage project was granted planning permission in July and a judicial review was subsequently initiated. This is an absolutely essential project for the existing half a million homes in this country and tens of thousands more homes that will not be built unless this project is continued. I do not need to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Sep 2025)

James Geoghegan: It is important that the HSE is coming before us. I look forward to questioning its representatives on some of these issues. Reading through the matters the Comptroller and Auditor General flagged, what I think will be of unbelievable frustration to the public is the low-hanging fruit. Do I understand correctly that there is obsolete PPE which the HSE is paying €2.1 million to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Sep 2025)

James Geoghegan: The officials will hopefully give us an explanation for that. The other low-hanging fruit relates to Children's Health Ireland, CHI. There is €4.1 million, presumably from HSE-run hospitals, where they just have not filled out the form and sent it to the private insurer to get the moneys that are owed. That money is just vanishing into thin air because forms have not been filled out.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Sep 2025)

James Geoghegan: Leaving aside the low-hanging fruit, which involves sums of money in the millions and which, presumably, we will cover with the HSE, the Comptroller and Auditor General has highlighted that €7.7 billion has been granted to outside agencies by the HSE in circumstances where there is not a proper funding agreement in place.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Sep 2025)

James Geoghegan: That would be close to €2 billion of grant funds being spent by the HSE to lots of different agencies----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Sep 2025)

James Geoghegan: I have a question about that figure of €409,000. I was looking at the note, and it seems that the net total of the actual payment is €275,000 on the note supplied, but then the total cost, which I think relates to all the legal fees minus whatever the insurer paid, is €350,000. Is that the figure comprising the amount that is being provided to them in settlement and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Sep 2025)

James Geoghegan: It seems like-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Sep 2025)

James Geoghegan: It seems larger, that is the point, because it says that the net total for the settlement seems to be €275,000.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Sep 2025)

James Geoghegan: That is in addition then to that figure of the settlement.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Sep 2025)

James Geoghegan: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Sep 2025)

James Geoghegan: I am sorry; just to be clear, and I am sorry to hold the Chair up, is the figure on item 4 of €350,000 different from the €409,000 Mr. McCarthy is highlighting here? Is the €409,000-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Sep 2025)

James Geoghegan: It was €275,000-----