Results 321-340 of 2,627 for speaker:Noel Grealish

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (23 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: 754. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of people to whom home support was delivered nationally in 2022 and to date in 2023; the number of these who were new home support clients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24224/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (23 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: 755. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding the tender for home support services; if a decision has been made on the tender content; if so, if he will provide details; if he anticipates a further extension of the current contract arrangements with home care providers; when he expects the new contract arrangements to be completed; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (23 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: 756. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE health care support assistants nationally, by LHO and CHO; the number of such vacant posts, by LHO and CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24226/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (23 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: 757. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to address employment issues in the home care/help sector to address home support shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24227/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Work Permits (23 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: 758. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-EU carers who have taken up work permits to work in the care industry in Ireland; the total number of permits available; the reasons for the poor uptake; the steps he intends to take to improve the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24228/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (17 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: 240. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to instruct the HSE national estates to appoint one design team to deliver the model 4 hospital to UHG, to include the ED department, maternity unit, paediatric unit, cancer care centre and bedroom block; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23466/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: I thank the Minister for her response. No doubt she and the Government are committed to try and deliver social and affordable housing. I should point out that some of the schemes in place at present to help first-time buyers are unlikely to benefit the people in the middle I have been talking about, especially those whose incomes are at the lower end of the scale. I mention the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: The issue of affordable housing has been raised many times before in this House by me and others. The stark reality is that housing is not being delivered quickly enough for those who need it. The Minister's Government has placed a heavy emphasis on the delivery of social housing and that is only right and proper. There is another cohort of people who want to own their own home. They are...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (16 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: 260. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned by the results of a recent Revenue survey which found that 30% of cigarettes smoked in Ireland are either illegal cigarettes or are being sourced by smokers from other countries; if he will take action to prevent access to and or the sale of such products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22840/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (16 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: 267. To ask the Minister for Finance the new or improved enforcement actions he proposes to take in light of a recent Revenue survey which found that 30% of cigarettes consumed in Ireland are either non-Irish-duty paid or illegal cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22841/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (16 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: 268. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of a recent survey by Revenue which found that one-third of smokers purchased their cigarettes on the black market or overseas in 2022; if he will initiate a public campaign to deter the high numbers of smokers who are purchasing illegal cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22842/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: 338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of an approved building project for a school (details supplied) which includes five new classrooms as part of a two-storey extension; when this project will proceed to construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22843/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: International Agreements (16 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: 549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update regarding plans for a sanitary agreement to be established between Ireland and Algeria for dairy and infant formula; the engagements he or his officials have had on the matter since 2 February 2023; if he is working with the competent Algerian authority to agree timelines for the implementation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (16 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: 724. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm when the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill will be read at first stage in the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23132/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: 204. To ask the Minister for Health if a new primary care centre has been approved for Oranmore, County Galway; if so, when work will commence on this new primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22046/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (10 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: 216. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a decision on the community recognition fund for 2023 will be announced; if the date of 6 October for the first drawdown of funds will be extended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22048/23]

Transport Support Schemes for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: At the outset, I pay tribute to a man from my own county of Galway, Finian McGrath, former Minister of State with responsibility for disability issues. He has spent a lifetime championing the cause of people with disabilities. He was a driving force behind this House ratifying the UNCRPD in 2018. That convention states that people with disabilities have the same rights as everyone else....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: There is a growing problem due to a shortage of drivers to operate school bus services, which could have a serious impact on the running of those services in many areas around the country. Drivers who work for companies contracted by Bus Éireann to provide school bus services are being forced to retire once they reach the age of 70 years. However, there is no such requirement on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (3 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: 54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and his Department support the conservation of invasive perch in Derryclare Lough under the Conservation of Coarse Fish Bye-Law No. 806 of 2006, to the detriment of the marginalised native Arctic char population and other native salmonids, particularly Atlantic salmon and brown trout (details supplied); and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (3 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: 55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and his Department support the conservation of invasive perch in Lough Shindilla under the Conservation of Coarse Fish Bye-Law No. 806 of 2006, to the detriment of the marginalised native Arctic char population and native brown trout population (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....