Results 61-80 of 161 for speaker:Donna McGettigan

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (5 Mar 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 36. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason PAYE workers entitled to the flat rate expenses previously available on their tax credit certificate now must claim this credit using PAYE Services; the number of taxpayers to date that have applied to have their flat rate expenses reinstated; and if he can provide a breakdown for the numbers in each category. [9872/25]

Oideachas trí Mheán na Gaeilge: Tairiscint [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] (4 Mar 2025)

Donna McGettigan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta Ó Snodaigh for bringing forward this motion agus also buíochas le conversational Irish classes Gaeilge le Chéile i mBaile na Sionnainne so tá cúpla focal agam anois. I raise the issues of school recognition and school transport. Gaelcholáiste an Chláir in Ennis has been struggling to be recognised as a stand-alone...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (4 Mar 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 588. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current average waiting time for approval for native tree area scheme applications; if they are exempt from planning and that applications are supposed to be approved within six weeks; the measures he will take to ensure the six-week target is met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9777/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (4 Mar 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 672. To ask the Minister for Health the measures she will enact to ensure patients who are aged-out of childhood dental services due to excessive waiting lists maintain their entitlement, that their treatment regime is uninterrupted, that their waiting time is taken into account when they are moved to the adult waiting list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9233/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education Provision (4 Mar 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 784. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that will be taken to address the anomaly created by the new adult educator contract, which has resulted in some educators in further education and training centres being classed as non-teaching staff, to ensure those who do the same job all have similar terms and conditions of employment; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: Insulin pumps are not available as a treatment option for adults with type 1 diabetes in the HSE mid-west region, even though they are available for children. Ours is the only region where this is the case. Patients who require pumps have to go on the waiting list in other regions and then travel for treatment. This is an extra burden on the host regions' overstretched services and on...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (25 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: While there has been a steady increase in the number of treatment hubs, there is still no funding for new inpatient beds. For people with eating disorders, it is usually for an extended period in an inpatient facility, which can be very difficult for the person. This treatment can be expensive and the process to get a bed can be so long that it means the person ends up needing more care. ...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (25 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and congratulate him on his position. There are no dedicated public inpatient beds for adults with anorexia or other eating disorders in the mid-west region. Nationally, only three public inpatient beds exist for these patients, all of which are located at St. Vincent’s hospital in Dublin, serving local catchment areas. The HSE introduced a...

Driver Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (25 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: I thank our colleague, Deputy Pa Daly, for bringing forward this motion. While I welcome that the Minister will not oppose it and I accept that many tests have been completed, there is no denying that the waiting list is growing. Is the Minister saying he cannot step in and that this is all down to the RSA? We all know a driving licence is not a luxury; it is essential. Not being able...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (25 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 832. To ask the Minister for Health the reason adults with type 1 diabetes attending Limerick University Hospital are still not offered insulin pumps as a treatment option despite the qualified staff required to initiate pump therapy and the administration support all being in place to commence the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7164/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (25 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 874. To ask the Minister for Health the number of individuals that have been reimbursed for their insulin pump training and/or consumables through the EU treatment abroad or cross-Border healthcare scheme since 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7418/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (25 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 875. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people in Ireland that access to the omnipod tubeless insulin pump and consumables through the HSEs exceptional hardship scheme or have done so since 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7419/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (19 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: I welcome any news that will help to bring about an increase in the service. The key trends documentation for 2024 mentions that spending on health almost doubled between 2014 and 2023, and this is reflected in the enhanced availability of services throughout the country. Why, then, do we see only half the expected number of dentists participating in the scheme? The number is not reflected...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (19 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: I wish to discuss the ongoing decline in the dental scheme for medical card holders in County Clare. I have raised this issue time and again. The Irish Dental Association has also raised it and has made repeated calls for the scheme to be overhauled. The association states the scheme does not work either for dentists or patients and that a lot of lip service has been paid to it but nothing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (19 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the serious issues in visa applications for Ireland from South Africa, including issues with recommended steps to apply for the visa via a company (details supplied) appointed to deal with all South African visa applications; if he will investigate this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6464/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (19 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 206. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to address the acute lack of beds for anorexia patients in the mid-west region (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6466/25]

Provision of Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: I have been contacted by several parents who are left in a void, having to fight for places in schools for their children with complex needs. Dawn Bennett, one such parent, relocated her family from Limerick to Kilrush in County Clare to find a suitable place in a primary school for her son, Jamie, who has complex needs. Ms Bennett faces the same fight to try to find a place for Jamie in a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (18 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that can be taken to ensure a person (details supplied) can sit their driving test promptly as required for her employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6154/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (18 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he will take to alleviate the backlog of drivers awaiting their driving tests in Shannon; if there are plans to appoint a full-time tester for Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6155/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (18 Feb 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 847. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that will be taken to address the current dispute between two organisations (details supplied) to ensure one of the organisations engages with the union given that it is funded by the taxpayer through TU Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5504/25]