Results 921-940 of 12,584 for speaker:Willie O'Dea

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wage Subsidy Scheme (25 Mar 2021)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this important topic. The group of workers who are directly affected are some 2,600 workers throughout the country who suffer from a mild physical or mental disability and who, due to a Government initiative, have been allowed to join the workforce. The reason they have been able to participate in the workforce is because the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (24 Mar 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 480. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the review of the policy framework within which credit unions operate. [15183/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (24 Mar 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 481. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures being taken to enable and support the credit union movement to grow. [15184/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (24 Mar 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 482. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which he is supporting credit unions in the expansion of services to encourage community development. [15185/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (24 Mar 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 961. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the rate of contributory old age pension paid to a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if the person is entitled to change status credits given that they returned to the workplace in October 1991; the basis on which their pension has been calculated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14067/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (24 Mar 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 1237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider the provision of a new Garda station for the Castletroy, Annacotty, area of Limerick city (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14601/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (24 Mar 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 1380. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to cut in half the number of positions for newly qualified doctors in University of Limerick with the hospital set to lose 44 of its current 89 intern doctors in July 2021; his views on this proposal by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14089/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (24 Mar 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 1396. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Tevere Day Hospital, County Limerick, is seeing no new patients except for emergencies and no review patients in addition to cancelling occupational therapy, social work, phlebotomy and psychology services; his views on the situation; the steps he will take to rectify the situation; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Mar 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 1400. To ask the Minister for Health if retail staff in health stores who provide health advice to customers on a personal basis and have remained open throughout the pandemic will be considered essential workers under the vaccination schedule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14125/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (10 Mar 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that students studying a master's in education with a college (details supplied) have been informed they have to pay €1,300 to complete a fully online Gaeltacht course undertaken at home in summer 2021; her views on whether this is a very high price given the course provider will not now have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (10 Mar 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 804. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the issue of pay awards arising from Report No. 42 of the Review Body of Higher Remuneration in Public Service regarding payment being withheld from serving and retired HSE senior managers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12766/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Mar 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 915. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the potential introduction of vaccine passports (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13164/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (4 Mar 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason no decision has been made on an application by a person (details supplied) for naturalisation despite the fact the application was lodged in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12189/21]

Banking Sector: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Willie O'Dea: In the ridiculously short time available to me I am not able to discuss Bank of Ireland but suffice it to say I agree with the remarks by Members on all sides of the House. I will confine myself, in the few minutes I have, to the situation with Ulster Bank. The key question with Ulster Bank is who steps into the breach. Who will step into the breach in relation to SME lending and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Wage Subsidy Scheme (3 Mar 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the basic rate payable, under the wage subsidiary scheme, to bring it in line with the increases in the minimum wage over the past decade; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the lack of increase in the basic rate has been cited as a significant contributory factor towards job losses for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobsPlus Scheme (3 Mar 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 549. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the JobsPlus scheme applies to solicitor apprentices; if not, if it can be extended to them to allow solicitors to take them on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11601/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 811. To ask the Minister for Health the category An Post workers come under in the Covid-19 vaccination allocation strategy; when they will be offered a Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11353/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Efficiency (25 Feb 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to provide a retrofitting programme for sections 38 and 39 residential housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10695/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Feb 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 233. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a series of issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10567/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Transfers (24 Feb 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 717. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a barrier at present to Irish prisoners who are incarcerated abroad being repatriated to the Irish prison system; if legislation will be required to enable this process to resume; if so, when this legislation will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9734/21]