Results 2,201-2,220 of 12,585 for speaker:Willie O'Dea

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Data (16 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff at each Irish Embassy and Consular General office as of 4 May 2018, by grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21496/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Commencement of Legislation (16 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when sections 14(8) and 14(9) of the Passport Act 2008 will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21497/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Commencement of Legislation (16 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance when section 76 of the Finance Act 2015 will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21506/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Refurbishment (16 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations in the Limerick Garda division that received refurbishment and maintenance in excess of €5,000 in 2017 and to date in 2018 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21518/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (16 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full year cost of increasing the capitation grant at primary and secondary level by 5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21631/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (16 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles attached to the Limerick Garda roads policing unit in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21516/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Expenditure (16 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 197. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the full year cost of increasing the ECCE capitation grant by 10%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21632/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Childcare Subvention Programme (16 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 198. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the full year cost of increasing the affordable childcare subsidy for children under three years of age by €1 per hour; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21633/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ministerial Meetings (16 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 201. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has recently met with her UK counterpart; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21504/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Capital Expenditure Programme (16 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount in the capital budget as set out in table 8 of the Stability Programme Update 2018 that is designated for housing that is meeting the commitments contained in Rebuilding Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21630/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ministerial Meetings (16 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 229. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she last met and will next meet a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21495/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Transport Support Scheme (15 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 329. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a new scheme in relation to the motorised transport grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20963/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (15 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 339. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE has discontinued funding for the Age Well Programme in the mid-west despite the great success this programme had in combatting loneliness and isolation; if core funding will be provided for this programme in view of the fact the population is ageing and loneliness and isolation is growing; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 437. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the waiting times for CT scans for oncology patients as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21366/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (10 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 230. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the Versatis patch to be made available on the medical card and long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20716/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (9 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 165. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to raise the income limit for a medical card for persons over 70 years of age to €1,000 per week for a married couple in view of the fact that the limit for a single person is €500 per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20243/18]

Topical Issue Debate: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (8 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: While I do not have any problem with the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, I regret that the Minister for Social Protection herself is not here. That said, what we want to bear in mind here is that the workers in Irish Life, or GWL, as it is now called, are watching this debate because they face the prospect of huge cuts to their pensions. What the Minister of State says is not...

Topical Issue Debate: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (8 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I raise this issue to highlight the plight of 1,200 workers formerly employed by Irish Life, which was sold to a Canadian company, Great-West Lifeco, GWL. The net effect of what is proposed is that, on 30 June, the defined benefit scheme will be changed to a defined contribution scheme. This means that there will be an immediate loss of more than one third of the pensions the people...

Topical Issue Debate: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (8 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: This is the new politics. Instead of Government saying that it will vote something down, it simply says that it will get back to it. That is the difference. The Social Welfare Bill 2017 introduced by the current Minister, Deputy Regina Doherty, originally included some provisions relating to defined benefit pension schemes. These were removed on the basis that they would be put back in...

Other Questions: Citizens Information Services (3 May 2018)

Willie O'Dea: I apologise for the absence of my colleague, Deputy Curran. As the Acting Chairman knows, Deputy Curran is Chairman of the Joint Committee on Social Protection, which is sitting now, at the same time as questions on social protection in the Dáil. Why the two have clashed, I do not know. The question is self-explanatory.