Results 1,121-1,140 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Correspondence (4 Jul 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 234. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received the pre-Budget 2024 submission from group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32520/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (4 Jul 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his plans to progress the legislative underpinning for a joint urban area plan for Drogheda between Louth and Meath County Councils in order for the urban area of Drogheda to develop in line with National Development Plan 2018-2027 objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32139/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (4 Jul 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 411. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will seek the figures on breaches for domestic violence orders for the years 2021 to dates for the greater Drogheda and surrounds, including Bettystown, Mosney, Collon and Dunleer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32113/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (4 Jul 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 421. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the present number of Gardaí allocated to the Drogheda district, by rank, since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32159/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Correspondence (4 Jul 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 473. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to respond to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32606/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (4 Jul 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 557. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing homes that had unannounced HIQA inspections after hours or and on weekends for each year since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32041/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (4 Jul 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 625. To ask the Minister for Health if any consideration has been given to increasing medical card income thresholds for under- and over-70s ahead of the upcoming budget, with consideration to the excessive increase in cost-of-living and the Eurostat report which designates Ireland as having the highest goods and services costs in the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32419/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (4 Jul 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 633. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the audit of the €150 million temporary assistance payments scheme for voluntary and private nursing homes to be completed; the date the audit commenced; the number and rank of civil servants who have been allocated to this audit; if that number is adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32432/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget Process (4 Jul 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 639. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received the pre-Budget 2024 submission from a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32519/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (4 Jul 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 664. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 513 of 25 April 2023, if he can seek clarification on whether the HSE is confirming that seroquel is being prescribed to nursing home dementia patients despite the HPRA advice (details supplied) which states that it should not be taken due to increased risk of stroke and or in some cases the risk of death in elderly...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (4 Jul 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 667. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently review the need for the appointment of six genomic resource associates at the department of clinical genetics at Crumlin Hospital to reduce the current unacceptable two-year waiting list with regard to rare diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32655/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (4 Jul 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 731. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a case (details supplied) will urgently be reviewed within her Department considering that the private report submitted should suffice for the requirements requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32621/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (29 Jun 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in response to the Central Statistics Office, CSO, population publication, which shows significant increases in population in County Louth and, in particular, the east Meath settlement area, the total number of pupils currently accessing SEN units in primary and post-primary schools in the Louth and east Meath catchment areas; her plans to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (29 Jun 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: In view of the significant increase in the population of County Louth, by 10,000 since the previous census, and also in east Meath, where a district electoral division area has increased from 22,000 to 28,000 citizens, a huge demand for SNAs and SEN units in primary and post-primary schools is coming. I welcome the money that has been spent so far this year on special education, amounting to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (29 Jun 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the Minister of State for her response and welcome the increased provision. Indeed, I welcome her personal involvement in Tullydonnell national school, where the principal, Anne-Marie Ford, was especially active and successful in working with the Minister of State to get increased provision. I await a response to a letter sent in April to the Department regarding a special education...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (29 Jun 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Bring in Deputy Durkan.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (29 Jun 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the IDA advanced building solution to be provided on the purchased IDA land bank in Mell north Drogheda; the expected timelines on the delivery of the ABS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31634/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Cost of Living Issues (29 Jun 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 62. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how he and the Government will take action to address the most recent European Commission report indicating that Ireland is now the most expensive country in Europe for household expenditure on goods and services last year, at 46% above the EU average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31633/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Jun 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the long-awaited review of the school transport scheme is due to be completed and the recommendations published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31637/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (29 Jun 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any discussions have taken place within his Department in respect of the future provision of an additional road bridge to the east of the rail viaduct in Drogheda to address the major congestion experienced in Drogheda both north and south of the River Boyne; if so, if he will provide the details of same; and if he will make a...