Results 901-920 of 992 for speaker:Gabrielle McFadden

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (14 Jan 2015)

Gabrielle McFadden: 712. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the amount it currently costs the Health Service Executive on an annual basis to employ locum consultants at Portiuncula Hospital, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1766/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (14 Jan 2015)

Gabrielle McFadden: 713. To ask the Minister for Health the amount it would cost on an annual basis to employ full-time consultants filling the same roles at Portiuncula Hospital, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1767/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (18 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps being taken to review the current level of rent supplement for families in view of the increasing levels of rent being charged by landlords; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48932/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (18 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the respective levels of rent supplement issued in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48933/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Contracts (18 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 256. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the third-party adjudication into the review of the 21-year limit on contracts for certain members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48934/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: Much of what I wished to ask already has been asked. Coming from the midlands, I am sorry to say I know very little about guns but I should if the highest proportion of licences are held in the midlands. While it already has been mentioned, I am a little concerned about the 1,683 handguns. Are they all used for target practice? Other than that, why would anyone get a licence for a handgun?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: Over the past 12 months, for example, does the Garda have statistics on what percentage of shootings occurred in this country where somebody was injured or killed were carried out with a licensed handgun or licensed weapon?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: So the Garda has no way of knowing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: In fairness, the chief superintendent did clarify that point. Are the bullets taken from a victim checked, recorded and kept in order that the Garda has evidence for the future? I presume they are.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: Thus far, I am in favour of the legislation, but it is stated on the website that the Garda must be satisfied that an applicant has good reason for using the gun. How can the Garda satisfy itself as to that good reason? Is a background check done on persons when they seek a licence? Can the Garda ask for a medical certificate from a doctor indicating the person is okay? If it is issuing a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development (17 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 12. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timelines and targets in relation to rolling out his Department’s regional enterprise strategy for the midlands region in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48116/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development (17 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the stakeholders who have been involved in the consultative process to date for the regional enterprise strategy for the midlands region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48117/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Laundering (17 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 57. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of complaints of petrol-stretching in Counties Westmeath and Longford, received by the customs and excise service in each of the months since May 2014; the number which were investigated; the number which are ongoing in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48723/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (17 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 76. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown of the level of employment and job creation in companies supported by Industrial Development Agency Ireland and Enterprise Ireland for each of the past five years in counties Westmeath and Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48751/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (17 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints of petrol stretching received by the Garda districts in counties Westmeath and Longford respectively in each of the months since May 2014; the position regarding these complaints; the number that have been investigated resulting in a person being charged or a file being forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 178. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date regarding the planned three month review of St Hilda’s services in Athlone, County Westmeath and St Christopher’s Services in County Longford; the specific objectives of the review as set out in the review; if one of those specific objectives is to ensure that no services will be cut at St Hilda’s services or St...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments Staffing (16 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 440. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish whether the Health Service Executive is satisfied at the current level of cover being provided by senior consultants at the emergency department in Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47931/14]

Public Accounts Committee: Credit Union Fund Accounts 2013; Credit Resolution Institution Fund Accounts 2013; and Credit Union Restructuring Board Accounts 2013 (11 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: This may have been dealt with in my absence. I am sorry I had to leave the meeting earlier. I got speaking time, which is like gold dust when one is a backbencher, so I had to take it. What is the make-up of the board of ReBo? How many members are on it and do all members take remuneration? What is the breakdown of the expenses paid? Almost €60,000 was spent on legal fees in...

Public Accounts Committee: Credit Union Fund Accounts 2013; Credit Resolution Institution Fund Accounts 2013; and Credit Union Restructuring Board Accounts 2013 (11 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: I suggest there might be a need for a gender quota. There are not as many women as men on ReBo.

Public Accounts Committee: Credit Union Fund Accounts 2013; Credit Resolution Institution Fund Accounts 2013; and Credit Union Restructuring Board Accounts 2013 (11 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: That is true.