Results 21-40 of 894 for speaker:Michael Cahill

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (26 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: 344. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently review and approve, a full medical card to be issued to a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35125/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Programmes (26 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: 345. To ask the Minister for Health if the shingles vaccination can be included in the national immunisation programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35126/25]

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: I welcome the Minister, the Ministers of State, Deputies O'Donnell, Butler and Murnane O'Connor, and their officials. It is great to have them here. University Hospital Kerry is the county hospital in my county. We want to give the best possible service to the people of Kerry. In regard to the accident and emergency department, no different from any other such department, we too have huge...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: There are issues regarding staffing and beds remaining closed in community hospitals, namely, Dingle Community Hospital and Caherciveen Community Hospital. That is a huge problem in Kerry. Patients are being moved to other hospitals. As the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell well knows, this is sometimes up to two and a half hours away from their homes. I thank him for his intervention...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: Regarding CAMHS, what happened to the children who were misdiagnosed and given the wrong medication was horrific. They deserve support. There is long-term, permanent damage in that regard. I welcome the response about the additional block of beds in University Hospital Kerry, UHK. Regarding the beds that are closed in our community hospitals, namely, Dingle and Cahersiveen, I received a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Grant Payments (25 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: 13. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will urgently address the long delays, currently over two years, in SEAI grant processing times in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34882/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (25 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: 176. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the progress made in providing respite at a location in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34873/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (25 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: 215. To ask the Minister for Health the strategies that are in place to ensure the continuous supply of prescription drugs to pharmacies throughout the country which have been negatively impacted by Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34805/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (25 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: 216. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to upgrade University Hospital Kerry to Model 4 Hospital status, thus enabling staff to administer radiotherapy treatment to patients who currently have to make the long daily round trips to Cork city hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34806/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (25 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: 217. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider providing medical cards in Budget 2026 to all those qualifying for an old age pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34807/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (25 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: 218. To ask the Minister for Health if an initiative will be considered whereby a subsidisation of fees for medical students in return for a set period practising in rural Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34828/25]

Nursing Homes and Care for Older Persons: Statements (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: Since the airing of the "RTÉ Investigates" programme on national television, families feel terrified. They do not know what way to turn. My constituency office in Killarney, County Kerry, is inundated with queries about home care. Those queries are asking what is available to families to look after their loved ones at home. Many of these would be under extreme pressure to be able...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: The national immunisation programme should include a vaccination for shingles free of charge for all our citizens. A vaccine to prevent shingles would be of great benefit to the entire population but would particularly benefit older people who are more susceptible to viral disease. Shingles can be quite painful and debilitating and these effects are more pronounced in older people. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: 17. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [33567/25]

Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Further Revised) (24 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: I welcome the Minister to our meeting. He referenced that funding is available for 1,000 new recruits each year. That is very welcome news. As the saying goes in my neck of the woods, a dumb priest never got a parish. I hope the Garda Commissioner considers County Kerry, and indeed his Kerry family. There is a very obvious need for additional gardaí in my county, and they need to be...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (24 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: 113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the south Kerry greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34045/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (24 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: 124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will take into consideration the huge demand for, and interest in, a new Local Link bus route in County Kerry by providing a service from Beaufort via St. Mary of the Angels, Whitefield onto Killorglin, and vice versa; if he will request the National Transport Authority to examine this proposal carefully (details supplied); and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: 321. To ask the Minister for Finance to address inheritance tax anomalies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34319/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (24 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: 423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to take into consideration the circumstances of a school in County Kerry (details supplied); to provide a third temporary autism class for the school for the academic year 2025-2026 only; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34038/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (24 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: 497. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if will address an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33791/25]