Results 61-80 of 2,834 for at speaker:Willie O'Dea

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (19 Oct 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 255. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be available at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50359/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (19 Oct 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Teaching Council of Ireland is refusing to give full registration to previously registered music teachers unless they do a postgraduate diploma in further education at significant cost to the persons concerned; her views in whether these already highly qualified persons should not lose their posts with music schools, such as the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (19 Oct 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 781. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are only three neurology nurse specialists based at the mid-west regional centre for neurology in UHL instead of the recommended 11; his plans to deal with this shortfall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50686/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2021)

Willie O'Dea: The Tánaiste will be aware of the extent to which inflation is eroding people's purchasing power. I am sure he will agree that this bears down hardest on those at the very bottom, namely, people who have to rely on social welfare. Does the Government intend to take steps in the forthcoming budget to restore the purchasing power of those people? Not to do so would deepen and perpetuate...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2021)

Willie O'Dea: .... To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider requesting the Garda Commissioner to allow members of An Garda Síochána who are suspended for alleged offences to at least do duties of a clerical nature in view of the fact that Garda resources are under pressure. [37167/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Jun 2021)

Willie O'Dea: As the Taoiseach is aware, it is policy on all sides of the House that people who are elderly or ill and need care should be allowed to live in and enjoy the comfort of their own homes, insofar as possible. Despite this, there are thousands of people in nursing homes in this country, funded under the fair deal scheme at huge cost to the taxpayer, who would prefer to be living at home with...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2021)

Willie O'Dea: I welcome the Bill. As a member of the Government that introduced the home care system initially, I recognise that we obviously did not get it completely right. It is very hard to get it exactly right the first time around. Several deficiencies emerged which are being effectively dealt with by the Minister of State in today's legislation, which I welcome. I am slightly concerned that...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 May 2021)

Willie O'Dea: I will bring the Taoiseach back to what, in my view, is the totally disproportionate decision by Aer Lingus management yesterday to effectively sack 126 cabin crew and ground staff. Is there a full realisation in Government of the potential consequences of this for regional imbalance, tourism and investment generally in the region? What, if any, communication has been made with Aer Lingus...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 May 2021)

Willie O'Dea: ...could be unintended consequences if there was a complete ban on cuckoo funds acting, about which we have all been talking in recent days. An obvious unintended consequence is the way they are acting at the moment, because they were established to increase supply and to provide capital and extra housing, instead of swooping in and purchasing housing already completed. A number of cases...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 May 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 518. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the potential introduction of a Covid-19 vaccine certificate, vaccine pass or immunity certificate to govern access to services, goods or employment would amount to discrimination against sections of the population; his further views on whether vaccine certificate systems at a national level would lead to a two-tier Ireland,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 Apr 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 1774. To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed new development of 96 bed units at University Hospital Limerick will result in a net overall increase of 96 beds for the hospital; the number of additional staff that will be provided to operate the new unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18944/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wage Subsidy Scheme (25 Mar 2021)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I spoke briefly to the Minister for Social Protection earlier and she undertook to consider my suggestion that, at a very minimum, a CE scheme for the disabled should be established here. This is not a political matter as far as I am concerned. I am raising this in a non-adversarial, apolitical way. Most of the people who are losing their...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wage Subsidy Scheme (25 Mar 2021)

Willie O'Dea: ...important topic. The group of workers who are directly affected are some 2,600 workers throughout the country who suffer from a mild physical or mental disability and who, due to a Government initiative, have been allowed to join the workforce. The reason they have been able to participate in the workforce is because the Government supports the employer through the payment of their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (10 Mar 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that students studying a master's in education with a college (details supplied) have been informed they have to pay €1,300 to complete a fully online Gaeltacht course undertaken at home in summer 2021; her views on whether this is a very high price given the course provider will not now have...

Banking Sector: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Willie O'Dea: ...to me I am not able to discuss Bank of Ireland but suffice it to say I agree with the remarks by Members on all sides of the House. I will confine myself, in the few minutes I have, to the situation with Ulster Bank. The key question with Ulster Bank is who steps into the breach. Who will step into the breach in relation to SME lending and lending to homeowners? Be it called public...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Wage Subsidy Scheme (3 Mar 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the basic rate payable, under the wage subsidiary scheme, to bring it in line with the increases in the minimum wage over the past decade; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the lack of increase in the basic rate has been cited as a significant contributory factor towards job losses for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Transfers (24 Feb 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 717. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a barrier at present to Irish prisoners who are incarcerated abroad being repatriated to the Irish prison system; if legislation will be required to enable this process to resume; if so, when this legislation will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9734/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Examinership Arrangements (4 Feb 2021)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister of State very much for his assurance that it is his intention to have the legislation to provide a system of examinership or restructuring, or whatever one wants to call it, specifically tailored to the needs of these companies in place by summer at the latest. That is most appropriate. If it is done, the necessary addendum to all the money that has been spent on those...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Examinership Arrangements (4 Feb 2021)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this very important topic. This State has expended enormous amounts of money as aids to businesses affected by the pandemic, and rightly so. The purpose of this has been to preserve businesses and jobs affected by the pandemic. More important is ensuring that as many businesses and jobs as possible emerge unscathed when the pandemic...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Feb 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 669. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the most recent national treatment purchase fund figures show that 5,545 persons were on the University Hospital Limerick outpatient eye care waiting list which is an increase of over 1,000 since the end of 2019 and 2,754 are now waiting more than 18 months at the hospital, an increase from 2,191 at the end...