Results 1,561-1,580 of 12,585 for speaker:Willie O'Dea

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Unemployment Data (8 May 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 53. To ask the Taoiseach the rate of jobless households here; the way in which this compares to the EU average; and the number of jobless households by county. [18119/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Social Welfare Benefits Payments (8 May 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 184. To ask the Minister for Finance the social welfare payments that are subject to tax and exempt from tax, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19791/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (8 May 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to allow public servants who retired in 2018 aged 65 years of age who were allowed to work an extra year to continue to work until they are 70 years of age as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19334/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Services (8 May 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 678. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether increasing the size of the emergency department in University Hospital Limerick has led to extra admissions; if not, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18645/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (8 May 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 679. To ask the Minister for Health if the same bed management process being used in Beaumont Hospital is being considered for University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18646/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (8 May 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 696. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses on duty in the emergency department in University Hospital Limerick at 8 a.m. on 3 April 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18695/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 May 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 822. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered designating services in Nenagh, County Tipperary, and Ennis, County Clare to alleviate the pressures in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19200/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (8 May 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 823. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a shortage of general practitioners in Limerick city or the greater Limerick, Clare and Tipperary area that is leading to the constant overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19201/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (8 May 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 1200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to strengthen the laws on animal welfare and to improve the powers of animal welfare groups to rescue animals that are being abused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20152/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Protection Enforcement (8 May 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 1232. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the persistent breaches of environmental legislation by a number of companies; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that penalties are light due to the fact the EPA prosecutes through the District Court; the reason the EPA does not prosecute companies through higher...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Protection Agency Governance (8 May 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 1233. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will amend the legislation to remove the immunity from civil action provided to the EPA in section 15 of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 as was recommended by the Ombudsman in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18940/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Data (8 May 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 1406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of extending the number of weeks carer's benefit is paid from 104 weeks to 156 weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18651/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (8 May 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 1421. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18970/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Payments (8 May 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 1423. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears of invalidity pension will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18985/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (8 May 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 1428. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19083/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (8 May 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 1430. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19086/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (8 May 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 1457. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19617/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Facilities Expenditure (18 Apr 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of State funding for sporting activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18215/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Consultancy Contracts Data (18 Apr 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 286. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on external consultancy reports in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18114/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (18 Apr 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 287. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals lodged in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the percentage of appeals which were successful; the average waiting time in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18115/19]