Results 3,701-3,720 of 4,350 for speaker:Bobby Aylward

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (8 Jun 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 502. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that career opportunities in the mental health service are appealing to graduates in the key areas of psychiatry, psychology, family therapy and other mental health roles to ensure that such graduates compete for posts in the Irish mental health service as opposed to abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14987/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (8 Jun 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 503. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the €12 million which was taken from the mental health budget was not invested in other under resourced areas of mental health such as the child and adolescent services, nursing or community supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14988/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Defibrillators in Schools Provision (2 Jun 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 25 May 2016, his plans to implement defibrillator training for pupils and designated members of staff in post-primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14027/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (2 Jun 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 207. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14097/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (1 Jun 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 121. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if civic amenity sites of local authorities will charge by weight from 1 July 2016; if the impending legislation will allow a grace period of six months until January 2017 in respect of these sites, during which they will not be liable for fines, licence reviews, penalisations or any other forms of statutory or other...

Mental Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (31 May 2016)

Bobby Aylward: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on one of the most pressing issues of our time, mental health. Like many Deputies, I had to make a number of requests for speaking time on this issue, which gives an indication of the impact of mental health problems in every constituency. Depression, anxiety and other such conditions do not discriminate but affect people of all ages and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Regulations (31 May 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 363. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to permit an extension for a waste collection provider where the collection vehicles fail to comply with the new measures required under the pay-by-weight system to be introduced on 1 July 2016 due to financial difficulty, unavoidable delays resulting in difficult time constraints, equipment malfunction, repair or...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Regulations (31 May 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 364. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the fines, licence reviews, penalisation and statutory or other disciplinary actions waste collection providers will be subject to on failing to comply with the pay-by-weight regulations due to come into effect on 1 July 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12683/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Regulations (31 May 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 365. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to implement a 90-day grace period from 1 July 2016 during which all waste collection providers will be immune from fines, licence reviews, penalisation and any other statuary or other disciplinary actions and afford ample time for them to address unforeseen issues with upgrades to infrastructure, equipment, vehicles and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Eligibility (31 May 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 476. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rules in respect of returning to work during the application, review or appeal process for carer's benefit, as it has been reported to this Deputy that the Social Protection Office in Longford and the Appeals Office are advising applicants and appellants that they can return to work during the aforementioned processes, and then they are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care Facilities (31 May 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 689. To ask the Minister for Health if the 12 palliative care beds at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny, as previously referred to in response to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 10 December 2015, is the same 12-bed satellite unit, hospice, which the HSE refers to in its official policy documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12903/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Eligibility (26 May 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the entitlements will revert back to children should one of them take over a farm in the future where a person previously set out land and associated entitlements for ten years due to force majeure circumstances; if he will safeguard the passing of entitlements from parent to child in such circumstances within the impending...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 May 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the strategies he has implemented since coming to office to alleviate the exorbitant waiting times experienced by those applying under the carer's allowance scheme, the domiciliary care allowance scheme, and for many other social protection payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11765/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (25 May 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her policy on the installation of defibrillators in all Garda stations; if there are proposals due to be implemented by her Department that will ensure that this lifesaving device is available in all Garda stations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12137/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Defibrillators in Schools Provision (25 May 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans that are due to be implemented for the provision of defibrillator training in post-primary schools to familiarise children with the workings of this life saving device; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12138/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (24 May 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to expedite and grant an application by a school (details supplied) for funding for an additional classroom as a matter of urgency, given that the operational capacity of the school and the health and safety of pupils and staff are significantly compromised due to a lack of space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11452/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (24 May 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 270. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused permission to accept a position within a community employment scheme while participating in JobPath, considering that the aim of JobPath is to find employment for the long-term unemployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11178/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Delays (24 May 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 282. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme, given that the person originally applied for a payment nine months ago and is still waiting for a decision, despite complying with every request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11411/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Delays (24 May 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 283. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme has been under assessment for approximately nine months, despite the person complying with every request; the average waiting time for processing applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11412/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (19 May 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 166. To ask the Minister for Health to initiate the recruitment of a community-based diabetes nurse specialist, which his Department has already sanctioned, to cater for the obvious and growing needs of the local diabetes community in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11005/16]