Results 881-900 of 12,584 for speaker:Willie O'Dea

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (27 May 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29016/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (26 May 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider that a student who experiences a medical emergency such as a seizure immediately before or during their leaving certificate exam and is unable to complete their exam should be given the opportunity to resit the exam within the same exam cycle or before such time that a CAO offers issue similar to the provision that has...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Driver Licences (26 May 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 172. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider persons with epilepsy who lose their driver licence due to a diagnosis of epilepsy or breakthrough seizures should be automatically given access to a free travel pass; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28406/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allow full unrestricted air travel in order to safeguard jobs in Shannon Airport and the wider aviation industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27415/21]

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 Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (18 May 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in County Limerick currently in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment; the number in receipt of the payment on the same date in April 2021; the number of persons in County Limerick who have received the payment since its introduction; the total expenditure on such payments in County Limerick over...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (18 May 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 91. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the availability of community employment places for persons on the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26261/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (13 May 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has had discussions with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform regarding use of the provisions of section 15 of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 to address the issues arising for post-2013 Defence Forces personnel in relation to the gap between early retirement and the State pension age;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (13 May 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many of the texts and films on the NCCA on the prescribed list for the English curriculum in secondary schools here contain explicit graphic sexual content including sex between older adults and minors, bestiality and violence including torture and they focus on death in a macabre gratuitous...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (11 May 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the timeframe for clearing the backlog of passports applications from applicants in County Limerick. [23920/21]

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

Willie O'Dea: In his reply to earlier questions, I heard the Tánaiste say there 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 May 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a significant lack of July Provision being offered in a special school in County Limerick; her plans to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23312/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Compensation Schemes (5 May 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to compensating the victims of institutional abuse such as those who attended a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22653/21]

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,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Apr 2021)

Willie O'Dea: I congratulate the Minister, Deputy McEntee. I heard some of the Tánaiste's responses in which he referred to the division in opinion on the efficacy of rapid testing. Does he agree that there is also an even sharper difference in opinion on the whole notion of a vaccine passport, or an immunity certificate as it is being called? Does he not agree that the introduction of such a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Apr 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will include a school (details supplied) in the post-primary school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21758/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Apr 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 634. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) has been refused benefit payment for a 65 year old on the basis that they did not have the relevant contributions in recent years; her plans to make changes to the rules to alleviate such situations; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (28 Apr 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 655. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was only granted a reduced carer’s allowance on means grounds as a result of a court settlement payment to their spouse; if consideration will be given to changing the way means from capital are calculated in view of the move towards negative interest rates; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (28 Apr 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 681. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress that has been made on the creation of a community employment scheme for the disabled (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22247/21]