Results 10,281-10,300 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (31 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: 632. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on the drugs strategy in the Louth-east Meath constituency for each year since 2012 and the progress made to date; the funding sought and the funding approved; the programmes planned for the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13205/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (31 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: 707. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on the drugs strategy in the Louth-east Meath constituency for each year since 2012 and the progress made to date; the funding sought and the funding approved; the programmes planned for the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13206/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Disputes (31 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: 677. To ask the Minister for Health what actions can be taken by his Department and the HSE resolve as a matter of urgency the work to rule of nursing staff at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12794/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (31 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: 688. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve an increase in funding for Epilepsy Ireland so that they can open an office in Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12901/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Data (31 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: 735. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing vacancies by acute hospital and Health Service Executive nursing homes on 1 September 2015; the number recruited since then; the present number of such vacancies; the number of nurses recruited from abroad during this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13490/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (31 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: 737. To ask the Minister for Health to publish an updated action plan on Traveller health with agreed actions by voluntary and statutory agencies, agreed budget and timelines; to update the all-Ireland Traveller health survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13498/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: 738. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the waiting list nationally for the insertion of spinal cord stimulators by hospital location (details supplied); the patient waiting times for each such hospital; the funding provided for each hospital for each of the past three years; his plans to significantly reduce these waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13500/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (31 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: 741. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the continued use of the Lourdes laundry attached to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth; the Health Service Executive's plans for keeping it open; the reassurances that can be offered by the Health Service Executive to the staff employed there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13508/16]

Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to the Cavan-Monaghan Division of An Garda Síochána) Report: Statements (Resumed) (26 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: This is an important debate. I pay tribute to gardaí in my own county who died in the course of their duty over the past few years. The context of the debate must be the credibility, integrity and sacrifices that good gardaí have made, and will be asked to make, on our behalf. In particular, recently, Garda Golden and Detective Garda Donohoe were murdered in my county, while some...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Social Justice Ireland (26 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the Ms Murphy's comments. Officially, under the Government's building programme, there will be 25,000 units a year. If that figure can be increased by whatever formula, it will happen and we can borrow to do it. The Housing Finance Agency can borrow at a rate of 1.2% and lend to local authorities. Therefore, getting more funds is not an issue. Other will decide whether it...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Social Justice Ireland (26 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: We disagree. Perhaps I misunderstood Ms Murphy, or maybe I did not. She is talking about a tax penalty as opposed to an incentive.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Social Justice Ireland (26 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is a very significant difference. It would be far easier to bring reluctant owners into the market if there were an incentive as opposed to a penalty. While I appreciate what Ms Murphy is saying, I believe the biggest problem now is that some landlords do not want to take the housing assistance payment. If they do, the tenant is restricted to a maximum lease period of two years. On the...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Social Justice Ireland (26 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am just asking the view of the witnesses on having an incentive along with penalties. They are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Social Justice Ireland (26 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: Would Ms Murphy have a problem if there were a sunset clause and penalties? I am trying to find a consensus or formula that Ms Murphy could support.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Social Justice Ireland (26 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am asking my question to the witness, not Deputy Coppinger.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Social Justice Ireland (26 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am not asking Deputy Coppinger for her views. I know them and she knows mine. I am asking the witness.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Social Justice Ireland (26 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is fair.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Peter McVerry Trust (26 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the representatives of the Peter McVerry Trust. I am a great admirer of the work it does. I welcome the clarity it brings to the issue and the points the representatives made. I agree with the point made about the debate we had with the Master of the High Court. To summarise what he said, there is nothing that cannot be done by the Government if it so decides in the public...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Sign Language (26 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: 30. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on issues raised by the Irish Deaf Society (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12386/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance the position for retired PAYE workers who are recipients of a small foreign pension marginally in excess of €3,000 and who would prefer to opt for a PAYE tax assessment but are subject to self-assessment, if he will increase the limit for PAYE assessment for such persons to €4,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12387/16]