Results 8,081-8,100 of 12,773 for speaker:Louise O'Reilly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (16 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 409. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure for the Healthy Ireland office for each year since its establishment; the cost of information campaigns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17757/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (16 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 410. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that has been made available to the Healthy Ireland fund each year since its establishment; if the funding for each of those years was spent in its entirety; the eligibility criteria for availing of the funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17758/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (16 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 411. To ask the Minister for Health the situation regarding the recognition of professional qualifications in a post-Brexit scenario specifically regarding the recognition of nursing qualifications from British universities here and Irish universities in Britain; and if qualifications will be respected and equivalence accepted. [17759/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (16 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 412. To ask the Minister for Health the children and adults with additional needs who are accessing professional services and supports in Kinnegad, County Westmeath, in tabular form; and the existing services and supports in the area that are available and accessible for children and adults with additional needs. [17760/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (16 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 413. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults with additional needs from Kinnegad, County Westmeath, who in the past 12 months have been referred to services in Mullingar and the wider County Westmeath area when seeking professional medical and-or counselling support in tabular form [17761/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (16 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 414. To ask the Minister for Health the number of older persons waiting for home support packages; and the waiting lists for home care packages by CHO and LHO in tabular form. [17762/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (16 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 415. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll out the newborn screening test pilot scheme for detecting metachromatic leukodystrophy which was developed and piloted recently in the Unites States of America. [17763/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (16 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 416. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of rare disorders for which newborn babies are screened. [17764/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Directives (16 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 577. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the matter to which the European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Mr. Vella, is referring in correspondence (details supplied); the reason Ireland has not provided such quantitative information; and if information on the matter pertinent to the description by the Commissioner as...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Directives (16 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 578. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if and when Ireland will provide the quantitative information referred to by the European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Mr. Vella, in correspondence (details supplied); the implications for Ireland and for persons particularly though not exclusively in relation to Article 9(1)(a) of the EU birds...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Directives (16 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 579. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if policy on high-density urban seagull colonies with effect from the derogation declaration for 2019 and 2020 due to be published by 1 May 2019 and for future years will attribute primacy to availing of Article 9.1(a) in the interests of public health and safety in respect of urban seagull issues in view of correspondence from...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Directives (16 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 580. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on whether a statement (details supplied) means that EU member states are solely and fully responsible for the application of derogations and all pertinent policy and decisions in their respective countries and by implication the role of the Commission to monitor national derogation reports and manage and ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Directives (16 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 582. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a statement was issued in July 2016 in response to a freedom of information request in which her predecessor acknowledged that her attention had been drawn to the fact that closure of landfill meant that seagull flocks were moving into towns and cities to seek food; and if this is still her view. [17248/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Seabird Census (16 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 581. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the 90% depletion of the herring gull species regularly quoted by her Department and various bird conservation groups is a statistic that was derived from analyses of censuses carried out in 1970, 1975 and 2000 and applied only to natural seaward and wetlands habitat; and if the national total of urban nesting herring gulls...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Seabird Census (16 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 583. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is responsible for conducting censuses of wild birds; if the latest national seabird census commenced on schedule in view of the fact that it was due in 2015; if so, when it will be completed; and if and when the census will publish an up to date national total of urban nesting herring gulls for comparison with the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Seabird Census (16 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 584. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the national seabird census has not incorporated a national count of urban nesting seagulls; and her views on the absence of such quantitative information as having a priority determinant status in relation to availing of Article 9(1)(a) of the EU birds directive in the interest of public health and safety as would appear to...

Finance (Office of Tax Simplification) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome Deputy Michael McGrath's Bill. The tax system has become far more convoluted in recent years as a result of the introduction of USC and its interaction with other tax rates. The average worker’s payslip now has PRSI, USC and income tax, and that is before we get into credits and reliefs. The worker might be confused but he or she has every right to be more confused about...

Treatment of Cancer (Advertisements) Bill 2018: Second Stage (11 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Deputy O'Connell for bringing forward this Bill. We are happy to support it. I want to say a word about some of the people who have criticised the Bill. Perhaps they were trying to muddy the waters a little. For us, the intent of the Bill is clear and we support absolutely the intent. I am pleased Deputy O'Connell has said she is willing and open to working with people and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (11 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 120. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that children in north County Dublin are waiting up to three years for early intervention; his views on whether the HSE should dispense with the use of the term early intervention in view of the length of the delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17029/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Data (11 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 121. To ask the Minister for Health the role of the HSE Job Evaluation Board for clerical grades in jumping applications from category 5 to be evaluated before category 4; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that basic grade clerical officers have been working way in excess of their grade and pay scale for a number of years, yet they are continuously being told that their applications...