Results 6,821-6,840 of 9,550 for speaker:Jack Chambers

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Conditions (26 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: 618. To ask the Minister for Health if supports and treatment options for persons suffering with a condition (details supplied) will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12786/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (26 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: 630. To ask the Minister for Health the number and types of surgical procedures and treatments carried out in 2018 by each public and private hospital under the NTPF scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12858/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (26 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: 634. To ask the Minister for Health the policy developed for the provision of services for persons with gambling addiction; the level of funding allocated to the HSE and other agencies for the provision of gambling addiction services for each of the years from 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12877/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (26 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: 672. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to raise the financial threshold in order that families have greater access to medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13081/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (26 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: 673. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the European Medicines Agency progresses its assessment of authorising a particular drug (details supplied) for persons under 18 years of age as quickly as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13082/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (26 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: 674. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the outpatient building at Connolly Hospital used by diabetes patients, which requires upgrade works under a capital investment programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13085/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (26 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: 1020. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the necessary repair work will be undertaken on the e-car charge stations at the Red Cow Luas stop which are out of service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13824/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (26 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: 1072. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the planned train station for Pelletstown and Ashington, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12859/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Development (26 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: 1094. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the preparatory work undertaken when deciding upon the emerging preferred route for the Royal Canal greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13353/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Voluntary Sector Funding (26 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: 1231. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of plans to fund the 12 volunteer centres that were identified in a report (details supplied) as being underfunded; the timeline for a decision on funding for these centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14061/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (26 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: 1257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the cut-off for entitlement to children's allowance to allow children who turn 18 years of age and who are still in secondary education to continue to receive the children's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13083/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (26 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: 1399. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if affordable home purchasing initiatives will be introduced that will not be limited to first-time buyers only; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13327/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration (13 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: 8. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for CAMHS in the Dublin 7 and 15 areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12018/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration (13 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: I want to ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for child and adolescent mental health services in the Dublin 7 and 15 areas, and if he will make a statement on the matter. We have an ongoing crisis in CAMHS, with recruitment shortages, ongoing delays and many children being dismissed and turned away from a service because their diagnosis or presentation does not match the severity...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration (13 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: We have received the classic response that more funding is being allocated. We accept that but one problem is that the Government throws money at issues without getting service delivery. We have the second highest health spending per capitain the OECD but what parents and children care about is actual delivery. It is not about how much the Government is allocating or how many more...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration (13 Mar 2019)

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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration (13 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: -----that the issue was not serious enough. We have a deep underlying issue here.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration (13 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: With respect, the Minister of State made a political charge in his response relating to a very serious matter, the diagnostic management of patients with severe mental illnesses. As Minister of State with responsibility for mental health, I have heard him talk more about rural taxis and telepsychiatry to get headlines in the Irish Independentthan I have heard about solutions for mental...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration (13 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State should deal with his own responsibilities which he is in government to deal with.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (13 Mar 2019)

Jack Chambers: 46. To ask the Minister for Health the reason dentistry services for persons with special needs in Connolly Hospital have been cut; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12019/19]