Results 721-740 of 5,097 for speaker:Mairéad Farrell

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Sep 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the correct school bus ticket will be provided to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37642/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (24 Sep 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received the correspondence from a family (details supplied), which has been sent on seven separate occasions since August 2021, related to allegations of historic child abuse and sexual harassment; the action, if any, that was taken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37756/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 Sep 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 432. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to expanding the public health service employees sponsorship scheme, which seeks to train up HSE workers as nurses and midwives, given the need to increase the number of nurses and midwives in the healthcare system; his views on the fact that, despite there only having been 30 places available in each of the past three years, there has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (24 Sep 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to address issues in relation to the criteria for students in rented accommodation to qualify for SUSI (details supplied), such as supporting the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2024, which would create a licence notification register, which could be used to demonstrate that students were living alone; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (18 Sep 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a replacement operator for the 418-bus route from Athenry-Galway city will be found following the ending of the current service; if he will consider providing a public bus service on this route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36769/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (18 Sep 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 174. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address in the Budget the lack of targeted regional supports for the film industry, particularly in light of the demise of the Section 481 regional uplift; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36332/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (18 Sep 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 175. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for higher earners receiving greater tax relief than lower earners on the cycle-to-work scheme; if he has any plans to amend the progressivity of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36335/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Sep 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport services will be provided in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36810/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (18 Sep 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 709. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Ireland does not have an osteoporosis programme, given it is one of the most prevalent and disabling diseases in Ireland and accounts for almost 10% of the healthcare budget. [36458/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (18 Sep 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 710. To ask the Minister for Health the reason private DEXA facilities are being supported by the HSE with taxpayers' money when public DEXA systems are being closed or not used. [36459/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (18 Sep 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 711. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE claims to be saving €4 million per year using biosimilar teriparatide, when the cost of managing fractures is estimated to be increasing by approximately €100 million per year. [36460/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (18 Sep 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 712. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Irish patients are being denied access to the most effective medicine for severe osteoporosis (details supplied) when other European Union citizens have access. [36461/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (18 Sep 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 713. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to solve the trolley crisis while ignoring osteoporosis which is one of the most frequent reasons for admission to public hospitals and one of the highest bed occupancy requirements. [36462/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Sep 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 714. To ask the Minister for Health the reason osteoporosis and arthritis patients have to wait years for a physiotherapy or outpatient appointments when other diseases have access within weeks or months. [36463/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (18 Sep 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 715. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he spent so much on Covid when a similar number of patients fractured or suffered a fracture-related death during the same time period. [36464/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (18 Sep 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 716. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many severe osteoporosis patients are unable to use a daily injection or take oral therapy correctly. [36465/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (18 Sep 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 717. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he is not supporting best practice and standards for DEXA in Ireland and osteoporosis care. [36466/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (18 Sep 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 718. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for waste of funds on unnecessary osteoporosis care, which results in fewer resources for those who need it. [36467/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (18 Sep 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 719. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria to qualify for the fair deal scheme; whether there are any income thresholds for applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36476/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (18 Sep 2024)

Mairéad Farrell: 798. To ask the Minister for Health when an extra ambulance and a rapid response unit with extra staff will be provided to an organisation (details supplied), following a ten-year wait for same. [36855/24]