Results 361-380 of 445 for speaker:Michael Cahill

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Housing Schemes (5 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: 569. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to abolish the means testing for the housing adaptation grant for disabled persons, the mobility aids grant, and the housing aid for older persons' grant; if he will ensure that all adaptations, appliances, new improvement works, and so on, are affordable to all persons with a disability in the State; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rental Sector (5 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: 578. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to urgently address the situation whereby old-age pensioners have seen their council rents increase, by the same amount as their pensions were increased in Budget 2025 as a cost-of-living measure, as it is unacceptable that this money is being swallowed by council rents instead of being made available to pensioners to assist...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Planning Issues (5 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: 592. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a controlled derogation of planning permission law can be introduced during the term of this Government, to allow for an increase in the number of homes being built for young families, many of whom have access to family land, but cannot obtain permission to build due to spatial planning guidelines; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Energy Conservation (5 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: 596. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will expand the scope of the local authority energy efficiency retrofit scheme by including windows and doors, heat pumps and ventilation systems as they are outdated and faulty in many local authority houses and this will also extend the lifetime of these properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2693/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Housing Schemes (5 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: 599. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce a scheme of affordable housing and low-cost sites for towns and villages with a population of less than 10,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2746/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizenship Applications (5 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: 818. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite an application for citizenship (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2941/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development Contributions (5 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: 864. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to assist the local community with extension works to both the pontoon and slip at Portmagee Pier, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2569/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (5 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: 930. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide funding for a project in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2561/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (5 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: 1031. To ask the Minister for Health to implement a significant increase in ambulance cover for the residents of County Kerry and the tens of thousands of annual visitors to the county (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2173/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (5 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: 1033. To ask the Minister for Health to take into consideration the geography and accessibility issues in west and south Kerry in emergency situations, by giving strong consideration to locating an air ambulance service on Valentia Island in conjunction with Valentia Coastguard Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2179/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: 1032. To ask the Minister for Health if she will expedite the implementation of the business plan submitted by an organisation (details supplied) for the patients who attend a day service in Listowel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2178/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (5 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: 1074. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently review and reverse the planned changes to mental health services at Fertha View day centre, Cahersiveen, County Kerry, as these services are hugely important to the individuals and families who use them (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2297/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (5 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: 1079. To ask the Minister for Health to commence a broader review into treatment of all young people who were seen at North Kerry CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2314/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (5 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: 1080. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently address the long delays in publishing the first phase of the North Kerry CAMHS Lookback review (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2315/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (5 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: 1118. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently allow for a transfer of a person (details supplied) from their nursing home in County Cork to a nursing home in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2483/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (5 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: 1132. To ask the Minister for Health to examine a case of a person in County Kerry (details supplied); if she will provide assistance in resolving the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2560/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (5 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: 1133. To ask the Minister for Health to address a crisis in respect of a person (details supplied) by providing a permanent bed in Dingle Community Hospital as a matter of extreme urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2563/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (5 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: 1134. To ask the Minister for Health to fully review the national home care waiting list with a view to correcting the urban-rural imbalance which shows a quarter of the waiting list is based in one of the nine healthcare regions, namely, Cork and Kerry with 1,160; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2566/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (5 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: 1135. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card renewal application for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2570/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (5 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: 1211. To ask the Minister for Health to address the chronic situation that exists at University Hospital Kerry accident and emergency department by providing a new 96 bed block in addition to the 39 beds already in train there and take into consideration the fact that the hospital has seen an 18% increase in emergency department presentations during 2024 on 2023 numbers; and if he will make a...