Results 11,421-11,440 of 11,470 for speaker:Mary Butler

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 May 2016)

Mary Butler: 903. To ask the Minister for Health the status of persons with type 1 diabetes in University Hospital Waterford being given the opportunity to access insulin pumps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10464/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (17 May 2016)

Mary Butler: 923. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances which operate out of the University Hospital Waterford on a daily basis, Monday to Sunday; if he will provide a breakdown of this on an hourly and daily rota basis to ascertain the actual level of service in Waterford city and County (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10562/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 May 2016)

Mary Butler: 927. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the cardiac patients in University Hospital Waterford who are diabetics awaiting to get an appointment with an endocrinologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10569/16]

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Mary Butler: As Deputy Wallace said, we must look forward. That is the purpose of this committee. We are in crisis mode and the objective of this committee is to look at solutions and to see how we can move on from here. My question relates to the delivery of 20,000 residential units by the end of 2020 subject to commercial viability. My problem is that 93% of the residential units will be delivered...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Mary Butler: No.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Mary Butler: Yes.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Mary Butler: Yes.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Mary Butler: The question I asked was about first-time buyers trying to get on the property ladder.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Mary Butler: That was the substance of the question.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Mary Butler: Yes.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Mary Butler: I thank Mr. Daly.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Dublin Homeless Network, Limerick and Clare Homeless Alliance, Cork Social Housing Forum (12 May 2016)

Mary Butler: I welcome Ms O’Connor’s comment that this problem is not only based in Dublin but is rural and urban. I come from Waterford which is urban and rural. NAMA was here this morning. It is going to provide 20,000 houses by 2020. What concerned me is that 93% of these houses will be in the greater Dublin area and 7% in the rest of the country. In 2020 will the problem be pushed...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Professor P. J. Drudy, Trinity College Dublin (10 May 2016)

Mary Butler: I thank Professor Drudy for his presentation and thoughts. I have two brief questions. We have had quite a lot of different groups and organisations coming into us and many of them are making different proposals and suggestions and we are trying to take them all on board and to see what would work and what would not. Three of the groups from the construction side that came before the...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Mercy Law Resource Centre (10 May 2016)

Mary Butler: I thank Ms Regan. I had not heard of Mercy Law until I received the invitation to Buswells Hotel. I was very impressed and did some research on it. I compliment the witnesses on the work they do. It is not something we have access to in the country. They are doing fantastic work. We are trying to come up with ideas to put forward some solutions quickly. Would it make any difference in...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Mercy Law Resource Centre (10 May 2016)

Mary Butler: Could Ms Regan give us a little more detail on that? I was very surprised to hear that, because free legal aid is there for anyone. It was reported in the media recently. Has any other group or organisation tried to have the Constitution changed in this regard? Is Mercy Law the first group ever to try to do this? If people tried before were they unsuccessful?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Mercy Law Resource Centre (10 May 2016)

Mary Butler: Did anybody else ever try to bring forward this legislation?

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Mary Butler: We are not sniping.

Crime: Statements (5 May 2016)

Mary Butler: I also welcome this opportunity to speak about the major issue of crime. Crime is a major issue that comes up constantly, as I meet people on a regular basis. It does not just involve the volume of recorded offences but the number of offences that go unrecorded and unreported. The fear of crime is very high in communities, particularly in more rural communities. There is a real sense that...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Finance (5 May 2016)

Mary Butler: I thank the Minister for his report and I thank him and his officials for attending. Many of the submissions we have already received from various organisations whose representatives have been before us, especially those of the Construction Industry Federation, have stated that the VAT rate of 13.5% should be reduced in some instances to 9% - and perhaps even to 0% - to try to stimulate...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Finance (5 May 2016)

Mary Butler: It was on the Living City initiative. The Minister said the take-up was not great and I wonder if there is any way to revamp it.