Results 881-900 of 12,619 for speaker:Willie O'Dea

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Sep 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance the total spend to date on the Covid-19 pandemic; and the amount by which the national debt has risen as a result. [44886/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Willie O'Dea: I want to raise the question of the early childhood education sector, which is in deep crisis and haemorrhaging staff. There are commitments in the programme for Government regarding an employment regulation order and a new type of model. I want to ascertain when these will materialise because the crisis is now. The whole sector is in imminent danger of collapse.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (15 Sep 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding efforts to resolve the issue of providing a pension scheme for community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44164/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (15 Sep 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 579. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow for a six-month extension for applicants to run the general practitioner practice in Templemore, County Tipperary which performs a vital service for the town and its hinterlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43198/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (15 Sep 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 600. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no dietician provided for rheumatology patients in Ireland; his plans to address this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43298/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (9 Sep 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 951. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce a new criminal offence for pet abduction which would recognise that pets are valued as more than just property; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43181/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 458. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will give consideration to providing an additional payment or additional leave for frontline staff working in hospitals and other healthcare settings during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39223/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 3091. To ask the Minister for Health when operators in the summer camp sector will be permitted to run their businesses again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40239/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (27 Jul 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 2118. To ask the Minister for Health when a paediatric haematologist will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36574/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 Jul 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 2251. To ask the Minister for Health if a vaccine (details supplied) will be recognised by Ireland as an eligible vaccine in order to allow Irish citizens travelling from the UAE to avoid having to undertake mandatory hotel quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37170/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (27 Jul 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 2799. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider providing funding for a group (details supplied) that has been providing services to autistic children in Limerick for the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39224/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 2904. To ask the Minister for Health if a person has their marriage name on their passport but on their EU Digital COVID Certificate is their maiden name due to divorce, if they can they still use the EU Digital COVID Certificate to travel abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39564/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (27 Jul 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 3442. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be made available to a group (details supplied) that has been providing services to autistic children in Limerick for the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40241/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Jul 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 329. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that are available to persons who have had an adverse reaction to one of the Covid-19 vaccinations as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if the persons concerned should proceed to take a second dose of the vaccine. [31917/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Jul 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 371. To ask the Minister for Health if medical cannabis can now be prescribed to cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32389/21]

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

Willie O'Dea: 540. 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 (8 Jul 2021)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister will be aware of the dramatic reduction in personal injury awards over the past two months by as much as 50%. He will also be aware that that reduction is a result of actions taken by the Government, which took a long time and encountered ferocious opposition. However, insurance premiums have not reduced commensurately. The idea behind bringing down personal awards was that...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Jul 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that due to the Covid-19 pandemic many pilots are in the position in which their ratings have expired and although they are on the pandemic unemployment payment they have to pay thousands of euro to now fund their own recurrent training and the additional expense of a renewal; if it is correct to add VAT to these...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Voluntary Sector (8 Jul 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 255. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the requests for tenders in phase 2 for the regional employment services differ from that of phase 1 given that the requirements and the funding model does not lend itself to the community and voluntary sector being in a position to participate in the tendering process and would be an obstacle to them...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (7 Jul 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 183. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to continue with the temporary assistance payment after 30 June 2021; if not, the measure that will be introduced to replace the scheme to ensure that no cliff edge will present in regard to Covid-19 supports for nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30593/21]