Results 961-980 of 992 for speaker:Gabrielle McFadden

Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services Provision (11 Nov 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 344. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of HSE employed community audiologists working in the respective HSE regions. [42818/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services Provision (11 Nov 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 343. To ask the Minister for Health the regional breakdown in the number of Health Service Executive employed community audiologists working in the respective HSE regions in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [42817/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Nov 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 345. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently on the public waiting list for cataract surgery [42819/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Nov 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 346. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive regional breakdown in the number of patients currently on the public waiting list for cataract surgery. [42820/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Nov 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 347. To ask the Minister for Health the average public waiting time for a patient to undergo cataract surgery. [42821/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Nov 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 348. To ask the Minister for Health the average public waiting time by Health Service Executive regions for a patient to undergo cataract surgery. [42822/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Nov 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 349. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital has issued a letter to eye doctors in the midlands that patients in this region who require surgery such as cataract surgery will have to attend a clinic in Portlaoise before being placed on the list for surgery in this hospital. [42823/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Nov 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 350. To ask the Minister for Health his views that eye doctors in the midlands will now be compelled to put their patients requiring cataract surgery on a waiting list to be seen first by a surgeon at a clinic; his views that this will become a long list as there is only one surgeon as opposed to 15 surgeons at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital. [42824/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Administration (11 Nov 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 481. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the 2014-20 Leader programme will be finalised and activated. [42825/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (6 Nov 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 250. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress to date in relation to the rural broadband strategy aimed at increasing access to high speed broadband to more than over 1,000 rural communities nationwide through fibre networks. [42679/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (6 Nov 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 251. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if work in rolling out the fibre networks in any of the areas identified has commenced since the announcement of the strategy last May. [42680/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff Training (5 Nov 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: I thank the Minister, although I do not agree with all the points he made. Athlone Institute of Technology has received significant professional support from the audiology community, North and South, in taking the initiative in 2010 to offer a degree programme. It should be noted that Athlone Institute of Technology filled a gap that needed to be filled by offering the only full-time BSc...

Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff Training (5 Nov 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: I am grateful for the opportunity to address the Minister about the audiology course in Athlone Institute of Technology, AIT. I wish to highlight the urgent need to ensure the BSc honours degree programme in audiology at AIT continues its student intake once the current cohort of students complete their programme in the summer of 2016. Students from the Republic of Ireland traditionally...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (5 Nov 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are sources of appropriate funding for persons on long-term illness benefit studying part-time degree courses, as it stands, persons on long-term illness benefit may only receive a back to education allowance or a Student Universal Support Ireland grant if they are studying a full-time course. [42418/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (5 Nov 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a comprehensive update in relation to the provision of a new Garda station in Athlone, County Westmeath, in view of the fact that the site has been identified and purchased for same. [42417/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Refurbishment (5 Nov 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the plans that have been put in place to locate a new venue for court sittings once the refurbishment of the courthouse in Mullingar, County Westmeath gets under way. [42414/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Refurbishment (5 Nov 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe that has been put in place to commence and complete the refurbishment works on the courthouse in Mullingar, County Westmeath. [42415/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Refurbishment (5 Nov 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if funding has been ring-fenced for the planned refurbishment works at the courthouse in Mullingar, County Westmeath. [42416/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (5 Nov 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are sources of appropriate funding for persons on long-term illness benefit studying part-time degree courses, since, as it stands, persons on long-term illness benefit may only receive a back-to-education allowance or a Student Universal Support Ireland grant if they are studying a full-time course. [42419/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (15 Oct 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the fact that Irish primary schools are among the most overcrowded in the EU with an average of 25 pupils per class; if there will be no increases to mainstream primary class sizes in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39324/14]