Results 1,181-1,200 of 1,614 for speaker:Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Data (14 Dec 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 456. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day-only respite sessions accessed by persons with a disability to date in 2017. [53959/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Data (14 Dec 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 457. To ask the Minister for Health the number of overnights with or without day respite accessed by persons with a disability to date in 2017. [53960/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Data (14 Dec 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 458. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability (details supplied) in receipt of respite services to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53961/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (14 Dec 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 459. To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests for assessments under the Disability Act 2005 received to date in 2017 in each LHO area; the number assessed within the statutory timeframe; and the number overdue. [53962/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (14 Dec 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 460. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children’s disability network teams now established; and the areas in which one has not been established, in tabular form. [53963/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (14 Dec 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 461. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability in receipt of rehabilitation training. [53964/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (14 Dec 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 462. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability in receipt of other day services (details supplied), not including rehabilitation training or work and work like activities. [53965/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Hospital Consultants Contract: Discussion (13 Dec 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I welcome the delegates. On the RTÉ programme, which is why the delegates are here and why the matter was highlighted, why do they think it took an RTÉ programme to bring this to a head? Surely someone must have known that this was happening? What is the delegates' opinion on that issue? The terms of the contract are in place. Consultants have a time in their contracts...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Hospital Consultants Contract: Discussion (13 Dec 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: It is entirely separate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Hospital Consultants Contract: Discussion (13 Dec 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I thank Mr. Woods.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Hospital Consultants Contract: Discussion (13 Dec 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I will.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Hospital Consultants Contract: Discussion (13 Dec 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I apologise for my absence at the start. I was on local radio discussing the topic of seaweed in Bantry Bay. We all have our own worries. I welcome the delegates. It is important to note that most consultants do not act in the way protrayed on the RTÉ programme. There are bad apples in every walk of life, but everyone is not the same and all consultants are not like that. Why...

Neurological Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I thank all Deputies for their contributions and support. I hope the debate will serve to put neurorehabilitation services and the need for them front and centre. I hope Deputies will forgive me - I know that the Minister of State will do so - if I finish on a more local note. It has been estimated that Ireland should have 270 neurorehabilitation inpatient beds for the size of its...

Neurological Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I move: “That Dáil Éireann:notes that:— the World Health Organisation in a 2004 report on neurological conditions described these conditions as the greatest public health challenge facing public health systems in developed countries worldwide; — the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities calls on countries to ‘strengthen,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Staff (6 Dec 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: As a former SNA, I acknowledge the fantastic work SNAs do. They are a huge part of the education system. I welcome the increase in special needs provision in recent years. The transformation of special education over the past 20 years, in which successive Governments have played a part, has been remarkable. We can all be very proud of this. Nonetheless, parents of children with special...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Staff (6 Dec 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I welcome that into the future everyone will know earlier where they stand with regard to the allocation of hours. The Minister mentioned the review. Have the terms of reference for this review been agreed? Will the emphasis be on short-term financial sustainability or the long-term social and individual good of enabling children to realise their full potential, which is more important?...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Staff (6 Dec 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: 31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on concerns being expressed that there are more special needs assistants than members of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52199/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Staff (6 Dec 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: Does the Minister agree with concerns being expressed that there are more special needs assistants than members of An Garda Síochána, and will he make a statement on the matter?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (6 Dec 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I commend my colleague, Deputy Kelleher, on bringing forward his Bill. I also commend him on his work as Opposition spokesperson on health. I have a few questions. Will medical practitioners have to declare everything? Will there be a lower or upper limit or is everything included? Does Deputy Kelleher envisage that the legislation, when enacted, will have an effect on the ability to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (6 Dec 2017)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: What if they are drawing it to themselves?