Results 901-920 of 2,825 for speaker:Sandra McLellan
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 May 2014)
Sandra McLellan: 194. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an MRI scan in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [20425/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (7 May 2014)
Sandra McLellan: 196. To ask the Minister for Health the reason cancer survivors with medical cards in the Cork and Kerry region are not given a yearly supply of prosthesis and special support underwear as survivors in other regions are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20459/14]
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2014)
Sandra McLellan: Not at all.
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (6 May 2014)
Sandra McLellan: 235. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an appeal lodged in respect of a person (details supplied) on April 17 is still not registered on the appeal system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20092/14]
- Children First Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 May 2014)
Sandra McLellan: I commend the Minster for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, on the introduction of this Bill, which was promised by many of her predecessors. The children of this State have waited a long time for this Bill. Many Governments have come in and out of office and left the children of Ireland behind. This Bill is based on recommendations and guidelines dating back to 1990....
- Housing Provision: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 May 2014)
Sandra McLellan: We all agree the country is facing a housing and homelessness crisis. The number of people sleeping on the streets is growing, the housing lists in all the local authorities are lengthening and the bills for emergency accommodation are spiralling. Our solution is that local authorities need to be adequately funded to become, once again, the primary supplier of social housing. This housing...
- Housing Provision: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 May 2014)
Sandra McLellan: Shocking.
- Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)
Sandra McLellan: That really is a good one.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (30 Apr 2014)
Sandra McLellan: 755. To ask the Minister for Health the reason podiatry testing has been withdrawn at the Living Health Clinic in Mitchelstown County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18728/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (30 Apr 2014)
Sandra McLellan: 816. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for a review of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19065/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (30 Apr 2014)
Sandra McLellan: 865. To ask the Minister for Health the reason after over a month of sending back further information to PCRS that it still has not been looked at for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19339/14]
- White Paper on Universal Health Insurance: Statements (Resumed) (17 Apr 2014)
Sandra McLellan: Sinn Féin believes that health care is a right, not a privilege. It is an essential service that should be accessed on the basis of need, not income or private health insurance. Consecutive Governments comprising Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Labour Party have failed the Irish people in the delivery of health care. Our health services are in crisis and in need of serious,...
- Other Questions: Film Industry Development (17 Apr 2014)
Sandra McLellan: I understand there are great difficulties associated with employment contracts, employment and employees in the industry. Is the Minister prepared to convene a meeting of stakeholders, including trade unions, to conclude a new set of agreements that will uphold the rights and entitlements of employees in the film industry?
- Other Questions: Film Industry Development (17 Apr 2014)
Sandra McLellan: My understanding is that there are considerable difficulties with employment contracts.
- Other Questions: Film Industry Development (17 Apr 2014)
Sandra McLellan: 12. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the Finbarr Flood report on the film industry will be published. [17783/14]
- Other Questions: Film Industry Development (17 Apr 2014)
Sandra McLellan: I am asking the Minister when the report by Finbarr Flood on the film industry will be published.
- Other Questions: Film Industry Development (17 Apr 2014)
Sandra McLellan: I thank the Minister for his answer. It is an industry that has yet to reach its full potential. The stated goal is to employ 10,000 people in the film industry by 2016, but in the most recent Creative Capital report, there are claims that 5,000 people were employed in the industry in 2007. However, these figures have been disputed by employees in the industry. The Department of Finance's...
- Other Questions: Wildlife Conservation (17 Apr 2014)
Sandra McLellan: And red deer.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Monuments (17 Apr 2014)
Sandra McLellan: 2. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the development of the national monument on Moore Street. [18129/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Monuments (17 Apr 2014)
Sandra McLellan: Given that Moore Street is the most important historic site in modern Irish history, will the Minister give us an update on the development of Moore Street?