Results 3,041-3,060 of 4,884 for speaker:Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social Welfare Offices (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 382. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local social welfare offices and staff are exempt from the payment of rates; the local authorities that operate under this premise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15299/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 412. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of income thresholds to qualify for a place on a local authority housing list will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15321/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person over 70 years of age is permitted to drive a school bus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15319/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 601. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if supports will be provided for ACELS, QQI and MEI accredited English language schools that were closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic in March to reopen in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15297/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 609. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if post-leaving certificate students prohibited from undertaking practical exams due to Covid-19 restrictions are to be graded under a predicted grade system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15322/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 1020. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for a refund of phlebotomy charges incorrectly incurred by medical card patients in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; and the number of these applications that were approved and refused, respectively. [14822/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 1136. To ask the Minister for Health if approval will be given to the immunotherapy drug osimertinib; if a timeline can be provided for its availability for lung cancer patients; and if not, the reason. [15318/20]

Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome the increase to the Microenterprise Loan Fund and the extension of borrowing powers of Microfinance Ireland. Some questions have been raised with me in my constituency of Carlow-Kilkenny and I wish to raise them with the Minister of State. During this pandemic, the State has given great support to the people of Ireland. To quote Charles Dickens, "No one is useless in this world...

Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am looking for more clarification on small shops. One of the biggest issues I have seen is the paper trail. I have been approached by shop owners in Carlow, Bagnelstown, Tullow and Hacketstown. This scheme is to be welcomed and it is very important for SMEs. Paper trails, timescale, how businesses access it and lack of information coming from Departments will be crucial. People can be...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 574. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a group (details supplied) has been excluded from the childcare sub-committee convened in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic to discuss the impacts on the childcare sector and plan for the future reopening of service; and if it will be included in future committee discussions. [13737/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 668. To ask the Minister for Health when funding and approval for the immunotherapy drug Osimertinib will become available for persons with lung cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13747/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 679. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the schools vaccine programme; if students who would ordinarily have received vaccinations but did not due to Covid-19 will receive their vaccines in the autumn roll-out of vaccinations nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13793/20]

Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I too wish our new Minister well in his role. There are many challenges there and healthcare is so important to all of us. It does not matter whether a person has private health insurance, a medical card or whatever, everybody is entitled to the same treatment. We have to go forward like that, all working together. I pay tribute to the healthcare front-line workers and to everyone who...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I congratulate the Tánaiste on his new role. First, can a timeframe be given as to when or if any guidelines that will be required to be put in place for those businesses in the hospitality industry that do not serve food will be issued? Will those businesses be given notice to implement such requirements as they prepare to reopen their businesses? Second, I wish to ask the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (30 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 403. To ask the Minister for Health when the €350,000 allocated to the ambulance base in County Carlow will be provided; when he expects works to begin; when County Carlow will have an ambulance base that is fit for purpose; and his views on whether it is unacceptable for a town the size of Carlow to not have its own ambulance base. [12842/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (30 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 519. To ask the Minister for Health if dental patients on medical cards can access the National Treatment Purchase Fund to have pressing procedures undertaken; the waiting list time in the HSE schools programme for children under 16 years of age awaiting approved braces or HSE dental procedures; and if a breakdown of the procedure is unavailable, the timeline for these procedures to take...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It has come to my attention that medical card dental patients are being told that they cannot access dental care due to Covid-19. As we know, personal protective equipment, PPE, has become a major issue and, in dental practices, the cost of PPE is, in some cases, being added to the cost of the treatment. The Dental Council of Ireland, the regulatory body for dental professionals, has stated...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Trading Online Voucher Scheme (16 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 774. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the online trading voucher scheme has been cancelled (details supplied). [10815/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (16 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 849. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver tests will resume (details supplied). [10990/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (16 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 864. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason it is acceptable for NCT centres to reopen and insist on card payments only (details supplied). [11084/20]