Results 44,321-44,340 of 49,836 for speaker:Stephen Donnelly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (6 Nov 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 604. To ask the Minister for Health if emergency funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) to cover the costs of continuity of service provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45108/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (6 Nov 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 614. To ask the Minister for Health the reason health spending has overrun to a large extent since 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45155/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (6 Nov 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 727. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to reduce the dependency on agency nurses in the health sector and the increased costs for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45701/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (6 Nov 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 730. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the impact on nursing recruitment of a 20% pay gap between HSE staff and their equivalents in agency employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45704/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Agency Staff Expenditure (6 Nov 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 728. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent to date in 2018 on agency nurses in the health sector; and the equivalent figures for 2015, 2016 and 2017. [45702/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Agency Staff Expenditure (6 Nov 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 729. To ask the Minister for Health the projected full-year expenditure on agency nurses in 2018; and the outturn for same in 2015, 2016 and 2017. [45703/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (6 Nov 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 751. To ask the Minister for Health if €100,000 in funding will be included in his final budget preparations for the roll-out of the just a minute card (details supplied). [45840/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (6 Nov 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 902. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress being made on works to the N11 to ease chronic traffic congestion. [45293/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (6 Nov 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 903. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a review will be requested into the ability of emergency services to respond to accidents on the N11 in view of the congestion on the road. [45294/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (6 Nov 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 904. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extra safety measures he is taking in view of the heightened danger to road users amid congestion on the N11. [45295/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Support Scheme (6 Nov 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 944. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if €100,000 in funding will be included in his final budget preparations for the roll out of the just a minute card (details supplied). [45841/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility (25 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 223. To ask the Minister for Health the schedule of types of medical treatments covered by the NTPF for 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of procedures and average fee paid for each treatment type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44258/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (25 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 224. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to the deaf community in accessing mental health supports, including the provision of mental health professionals fluent in sign language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44259/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (25 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 249. To ask the Minister for Health the reason legal fees can or cannot be returned to persons (details supplied). [44371/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Physical Therapist) Regulations 2018: Motion (24 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: My understanding in layperson's language is that essentially physiotherapy and physical therapy will now be interchangeable.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Physical Therapist) Regulations 2018: Motion (24 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Once a person has the qualifications and is approved by CORU, the person is registered. Ms Walsh seemed to suggest physical therapists and physiotherapists are different.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Physical Therapist) Regulations 2018: Motion (24 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Physiotherapists have additional training. I am unsure but I am guessing that within the areas of similarity there may be difference in training.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Physical Therapist) Regulations 2018: Motion (24 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Is there not, therefore, room for some confusion? Let us suppose a member of the public walks into one of these therapists. Is it not useful to know who is a physiotherapist? I am unsure whether I have understood the briefing correctly. Maybe this is unfair and maybe they are more highly trained or trained in a different way. Is there potential for confusion or for the public to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Physical Therapist) Regulations 2018: Motion (24 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: The group who are physical therapists have training in one area. Are they allowed call themselves physiotherapists who have training in three areas?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Physical Therapist) Regulations 2018: Motion (24 Oct 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: What is the position for new physical therapists who graduate and begin to practise? Will they be allowed to call themselves physiotherapists?