Results 21-40 of 549 for speaker:Barry Heneghan

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Coastal Protection (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 870. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will detail the measures being taken to address coastal erosion and coastal flooding risks in Dublin and along the east coast, particularly in light of projections indicating increased intensity under all climate scenarios (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30736/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Irish Language (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1304. To ask the Minister for Health if she has engaged with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to discuss the promotion of bilingual food labelling in Ireland; if so, the outcomes of that engagement; and if not, whether she will commit to such coordination to ensure that future discussions on EU food labelling policy reflect the State’s obligations in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Irish Language (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1305. To ask the Minister for Health if she will reconsider the remit of the inter-departmental group on the Food Information to Consumers Regulation to include the issue of bilingual labelling, in light of the State’s legal obligations to promote the Irish language under the Constitution and the Official Languages Acts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29129/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Irish Language (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1306. To ask the Minister for Health if she will support the inclusion of bilingual labelling as part of Ireland’s national position on future revisions to the EU Food Information to Consumers Regulation, even if such provisions are not currently included in the draft EU proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29130/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1641. To ask the Minister for Health if she will initiate a comprehensive review of the long-term illness scheme, in view of the fact that the list of eligible conditions has remained unchanged for over 50 years, despite major advances in chronic disease management; if she will ensure that such a review includes consideration of high-burden chronic and rare diseases that require lifelong...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1642. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that any forthcoming review of the long-term illness scheme will explicitly address the equity gap for patients with lifelong chronic or rare conditions who face substantial out-of-pocket costs despite not qualifying for the drugs payment scheme or a medical card; if she will acknowledge that these fallback mechanisms are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1519. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the commencement of the proposed pilot programme to improve HPV vaccine uptake rates among underserved communities; to outline the proposed methodology and geographic locations for this pilot scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30004/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1520. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the most up to date HPV vaccination uptake data for the academic year 2023-2024; her views on the reason this data is not currently publicly available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30005/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1521. To ask the Minister for Health to outline her plans to further enhance the ability of community pharmacists to administer vaccinations in the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30013/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1522. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to develop a new National Cancer Strategy, as the current strategy concludes at the end of 2026; what specifically will be done to ensure that a wide range of stakeholders are consulted in developing a new Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30014/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1523. To ask the Minister for Health if work has begun to explore early access schemes for certain medicines, as outlined in the Programme for Government; the person in her Department that will have responsibility for this work; if this will include a review of early access schemes already operating in other European countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30015/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1524. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider implementing a streamlined outpatient follow-up system for patients with stable chronic conditions such as leukaemia in remission, whereby consultants can review routine blood test results remotely and communicate outcomes via phone or post, in order to reduce unnecessary hospital visits, alleviate car parking pressures, and shorten...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1525. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the current suspension of developmental checks for babies, other than newborns, in the Killester and Milmount area, due to reported staff shortages among public health nurses; if she will outline the steps being taken to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30017/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1526. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 550 of 29 May 2025, for an update on the number of clinical nurse coordinator posts currently filled nationwide; the number of posts affected by the current HSE recruitment freeze, including posts that were approved but subsequently withdrawn or delayed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30011/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1643. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline how she plans to respond to the 2025 World Health Assembly Resolution on Rare Diseases, with particular reference to improving equitable access to treatment and reducing financial burden for patients living with rare and lifelong conditions not currently covered under the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1644. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider introducing a system to allow doctors to review routine blood test results remotely and, where appropriate, issue prescriptions and follow-up advice by phone or post for stable patients with chronic conditions, in order to reduce unnecessary in-person appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30733/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cúrsaí Gaeilge (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1675. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department has considered introducing policy measures to promote or require the use of bilingual packaging on food products sold in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29132/25]

Flood Relief: Statements (29 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: I wish to address something to which reference has already been made, namely our climate targets. This is a matter I have already spoken about. We know it will be beneficial for the Government if we invest millions of euro in our ports and expand them. While there is going to be huge offshore renewable energy coming into the Port of Cork, the latter is not a viable location for brining in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Data Centres (29 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: I thank my constituency colleague for bringing up data centres and the State data centre. The programme for Government talks about expediting private wire legislation. As Deputy Ó Muirí just said with regard to the decarbonisation of data centres, as we are all aware, 21% of our electricity is being used by data centres. While other Deputies will attack data centres, there are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (29 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. I welcome the Minister said that. I have met developers in north Dublin and across the country and they told me that the Housing Finance Agency was meeting just once a month. Completed buildings are sitting empty in the middle of a housing crisis, yet there does not seem to be a sense of urgency in the Department. Housing is not the Minister's...