Results 321-340 of 765 for in 'Written Answers' speaker:Colm Keaveney

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Investigations (15 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the result of interviews with 14 meter readers throughout Ireland by officials from her Department and the Revenue Commissioners; the reason members of the Association of Meter Readers have received no update or result of these interviews; the reason that despite numerous requests and a High Court ruling, it has taken more...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 195. To ask the Minister for Health his view on the impact of the closure of a day care centre (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2123/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 196. To ask the Minister for Health the plans regarding the Health Service Executive hostel in Cloonbrackna, Roscommon town; if it will continue to operate; the plans to refurbish it; if there are plans to close it; the reason a service user moved from this hostel in Cloonbrackna to a house in Athleague over the Christmas period without any consultation or notice to their family; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (14 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 129. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the assessment he has made of the risk that deflation may pose to the economy and if he is seeking to take action to counteract it; his views on whether deflation is of benefit to consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49458/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (14 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 135. To ask the Minister for Finance the way he assesses the progress, made since 2011, of the eurozone towards being an optimal currency union; the policies he is pursuing to achieve this goal; the deficiencies he believes still exist in this respect; the risks this poses to the Irish economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49513/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Prices (14 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Irish economy of the lag by the market in wholesale and retail markets in passing on the recent falls in crude oil prices; if this failure to pass on the full fall in crude oil prices continues at its current magnitude the effect that this will have on our GDP and GNP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49559/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Central Bank (14 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 139. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the significant role that inappropriately low set interest rates by the ECB played in the recent economic crisis here, causing an inappropriate positive output gap in the economy and being a consequence of the deficiency of the eurozone as an optimal currency area, the way he assesses the future risk of inappropriately set interest rates to the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Prices (14 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 229. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in the context of the disconnect between the magnitude of the fall in crude oil prices and the magnitude of the fall in retail petrol, diesel and home heating oil prices, his views that perfect competition exists in the wholesale and retail market for petrol, diesel and home heating oil; if not, in what respect is the market...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (14 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 543. To ask the Minister for Health the number of registered service providers that are regulated under the Health Act 2007 (Care and Support of Residents in Designated Centres for Persons (Children and Adults) with Disabilities) Regulations 2013; the number of registered providers that have ensured that a person who is not involved in the matters the subject of complaint has been nominated...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (14 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 551. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a hospital appointment in view of the fact that they are over a year waiting for this procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49582/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (14 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 656. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive essential spinal fusion surgery in view of the fact the person has been waiting since 2013 and the condition is getting worse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1288/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reports (18 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 379. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the progress made in implementing each of the 31 recommendations in the 2011 Health Service Executive report, Time to Move On from Congregated Settings; the timeframe for the full implementation of the recommendations of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48938/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (18 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 423. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive staff in the mental health sector, whole time equivalent, in each HSE local area in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and the projections for 2014; if he will indicate within that the additional staff recruited by the €35 million allocations for 2012 and 2013 and the projected number from the 2014 allocation; the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities (18 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 524. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress in achieving each of the nine strategic aims set out in the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011 – 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48941/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities (18 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 525. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which the implementation planning group for the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011 – 2016 was established; the number of meetings of the group that have taken place since then; the number of annual progress reports completed since its establishment; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Scheme Eligibility (16 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on adopting the 12 point proposals (details supplied) for priority entry into the GLAS scheme in respect of commonage farmers that was provided to him by the hill farmers recently; the reasons for his agreement or disagreement with the proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47758/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists (16 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 424. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an orthopaedic appointment, originally scheduled for October 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47744/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 425. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for attendance at every public pain clinic in the State from first referral; if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons waiting for more than three months, six months, nine months and one year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47752/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (16 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 497. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for each year the allocation provided for the congregated settings fund since 2011. [48256/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 152. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive treatment in view of the time they have been waiting for this procedure they have almost totally lost their vision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47557/14]