Results 11,441-11,460 of 12,082 for speaker:Mary Butler

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Disease Incidence (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Butler: 491. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have polio here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17564/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Butler: 545. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include the process of blood removal for haemochromatosis patients, venesection, by general practitioners for medical card holders to be covered by the scheme and for general practitioners to be reimbursed accordingly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17882/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Butler: 559. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Herity report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17940/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Butler: 560. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used to determine the subvention allowed or granted under the fair deal scheme for private nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17943/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Butler: 561. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used to determine the subvention allowed or granted under the fair deal scheme for public nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17944/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Butler: 562. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the subvention under the fair deal scheme for nursing homes is higher in public nursing homes than in private nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17945/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Butler: 563. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide extra bed capacity in nursing homes going forward in view of the fact the State has an ageing population (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17946/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme Payments (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Butler: 662. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding organic farm payments; the reason there is a delay in payment; the expected timeframe for recipients to receive those payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17638/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (6 Apr 2017)

Mary Butler: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, for coming to the House to deal with this matter, which I am disappointed to have to raise on the floor of the Dáil but I have exhausted every other avenue open to me. This issue relates to a child called Emily who will be six years old in June. Emily was brain damaged at birth. She cannot walk, talk, eat or do anything for...

Topical Issue Debate: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (6 Apr 2017)

Mary Butler: That is fine.

Topical Issue Debate: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (6 Apr 2017)

Mary Butler: I thank the Minister of State for the reply. The installation of a ceiling hoist would make such a difference to Emily and her family. It would mean that Emily would not be in so much pain and neither would her mum. Also, the house would be a safer environment for Emily and her family. At the end of the day, this child is in the care of the State but she is also in the care of her...

Other Questions: Garda Stations (30 Mar 2017)

Mary Butler: I thank the Tánaiste. I appreciate her answer and I welcome the fact that we will have a decision on the Garda stations in May. In my area of Portlaw in County Waterford seven Garda stations in the area close to the Comeragh Mountains closed and we were centralised into Kilmacthomas. Two years ago we had five gardaí and one sergeant, but we now have ten gardaí and one...

Other Questions: Garda Stations (30 Mar 2017)

Mary Butler: I thank the Minister and accept her answer.

Other Questions: Garda Stations (30 Mar 2017)

Mary Butler: 12. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any of the Garda stations closed in County Waterford in 2012 and 2013 are included in the six stations being examined for reopening under the pilot programme. [15761/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Mar 2017)

Mary Butler: My question is on promised legislation. For the past three or four years, we have been promised legislation on wind farms. Recently, there has been a raft of planning applications for solar farms. There are no specific planning guidelines in place for these. We need to see them sooner rather than later.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (30 Mar 2017)

Mary Butler: 24. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to the Waterford Garda division in each year since Garda recruitment resumed in 2014; and the attested personnel strength of the Wexford Garda division in September 2014 and at the end of February 2017. [15760/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Data (29 Mar 2017)

Mary Butler: 167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of persons in County Waterford who have not received 85% of the total 2016 payment for GLAS 1, GLAS 2 and AEOS; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15570/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (29 Mar 2017)

Mary Butler: 191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application under the sports capital programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15639/17]

Money Advice and Budgeting Service and Citizens Information Centres: Motion (28 Mar 2017)

Mary Butler: I am very happy to support the motion moved by my colleague, Deputy willie O'Dea. I reiterate that significant and essential work that is carried out by MABS and the Citizens Information service. Voluntarism is at the core of the services that MABS and the CIS provide. They are embedded at grassroots level within communities. The three citizens information centres in County Waterford...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Mary Butler: I remind members, officials and those in the Visitors Gallery to, please, ensure their mobile phones are switched off for the duration of the meeting as they interfere with the broadcasting equipment, even when left in silent mode. Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person...