Results 921-940 of 21,096 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 519. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary medical certificate applications that are currently in hand awaiting processing in each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43717/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 520. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary medical certificate applications that are currently in hand which have been deemed ineligible and cannot access an appeal process in each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43718/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 521. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on appointments to the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; and when appeal hearings will recommence for persons who have had a primary medical certificate deemed ineligible. [43719/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 576. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the rationale behind the decision to restrict or cap the number of assigned patients each GP has to take on; the current cap for each GP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44079/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 577. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason for removing the obligation on GPs to take patients assigned by the HSE; the consultation, if any, that was undertaken with community-based organisations who provide support and care to vulnerable persons seeking access to healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44080/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 578. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm what is meant by "limited ability to assign a GP providing GP visit card/medical card services", further to correspondence received at my office (details supplied). [44092/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 579. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the arrangements that are currently in place to assign a GP to persons holding a GMS or GP only card who have tried unsuccessfully to access three GPs in their area and cannot find a GP to accept them. [44093/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 580. To ask the Minister for Health how many new GP visit and GMS cards were issued in 2022; how many of the persons to whom these cards were issued in 2022 were unable to find a GP; how many of these persons were assigned a GP by the HSE in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44094/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to raise with the Taoiseach his Government's handling of the nitrates derogation, which has caused a huge amount of anger and stress for farmers. The issue originates in the Government's decision to sign up to a flawed review mechanism in the first place. As the Taoiseach will be aware, farmers acted on and implemented measures to improve water quality but time has not been allowed...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is not the commitment the Government made to the farmers.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Thousands of students are marching in protest from the Garden of Remembrance to the Dáil today to protest the Government's failure to tackle student accommodation crisis and the soaring cost of going to college. Students tell us that they are drowning in costs as they struggle to afford third-level education. So many cannot find an affordable home near to their college, so they couch...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: My eyes are wide open. Listening to the Taoiseach, one would imagine there is no problem at all. One would scratch one's head and wonder why thousands of our young brightest and best are mobilising on the streets today because according to the Taoiseach, there is no problem. According to him, it is not a problem that students commute for hours and hours to the extent that their social...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: They come here to ask questions of the Taoiseach and the Government as to what they will do, and it seems the Taoiseach is coming up blank for them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is not good enough. What will the Taoiseach do in next week's budget to make a real difference in these young people's lives?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: For the past two years the north inner city has been without any drugs and alcohol task force. For those two years the HSE has consistently and wrongly claimed the task force acted outside of its remit or beyond its powers in its appointment of its new chairperson. The HSE and the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, issued a statement yesterday that they will reconstitute the drug task...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The fact of the matter is the HSE has toppled the community leadership there. It is disgraceful behaviour by the HSE and the Minister.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is fair to say that all of us across the House want to see this dispute resolved. It is unconscionable that we would have a further escalation in this dispute. It is clear that relationships have been strained and are very damaged. I appeal to all concerned to re-engage in a calm-headed way. Rostering must be resolved but either party digging in and being intemperate or immovable on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Garda Representative Association, GRA, has started its protest against roster changes that are due to kick in from next month. This action sees gardaí refusing voluntary overtime. It is an escalation in a dispute that has deepened and intensified over the past year. It is very concerning that matters have come to this point. I have no doubt the public is very alarmed at this turn...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Programmes (28 Sep 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 282. To ask the Minister for Health what funding is available to older persons seeking support to adapt their homes via the health-age-friendly-homes programme; what steps older persons seeking support should take to access this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42011/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Sep 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I join in commending members of An Garda Síochána, our Defence Forces, the Naval Service and the Army Ranger Wing on the successful operation off our coast yesterday. It demonstrates the need to invest in Naval Service capacity and in the wider Defence Forces. The truth is that our Naval Service cannot monitor our seas effectively and this is due to decades of under-investment....