Results 1,641-1,660 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (8 Feb 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 345. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the refurbishment, refitting and extension of the Castlebellingham health centre to a new primary care centre; the total expected cost of the project; the list of services that will be provided in the new premises; the expected completion date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5628/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (8 Feb 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 406. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 301 of 27 October 2022, received on 23 January 2023, the names of the persons and the companies involved in carrying out these reports; the moneys paid to each; the title of each report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5810/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (8 Feb 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 426. To ask the Minister for Health the number and cost of independent investigations carried out and finalised by his Department since January 2019; the persons and companies carrying out the investigations; the outcome of these investigations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5925/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: There have been 84 independent reviews and investigations carried out by the HSE into acute and community operations since January 2019. The HSE took over the running of Dealgan House during the Covid outbreak where 23 people died. Will the Taoiseach support them and insist and ensure that they get closure by having an independent investigation into why these deaths occurred and why the HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Feb 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the key recommendations of the report on the summer programme 2023 (details supplied), published by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism in November 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4882/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (1 Feb 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 252. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of staff working in all CAMHS services in County Louth, by name and location of service, total number of staff employed, and the number of vacant posts, in each of the years 2020 to 2022 and to date in 2023 in tabular form covering south Louth and east Meath as of 1 December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4997/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (31 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the latest information regarding the Northern Ireland protocol and related negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4400/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (31 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I congratulate the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs on his new appointment. I welcome the outcome of the negotiations by successive Ministers and our Government in ensuring there is no hard border on this island, that we protect the all-island economy, that there is unfettered access in Northern Ireland to European Union markets, that we protected the Single Market and we...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (31 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I agree with everything the Minister said. Again, I compliment the way we are all working together in the South and in the EU. Like the Minister, however, I have met unionists and listened to them. They are exceptionally clear on the issue that there is a serious power vacuum in the North and it remains unfilled by people who support democratic politics at the moment because the DUP is not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (31 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: IBEC's recent report was very clear about the huge success of the economies North and South since the Good Friday Agreement and the substantial benefit peace has brought to this island and the great growth. The report compared 18 different areas in Ireland, North and South and in the UK. It made a surprising point that the greatest benefit outside London has been to people living on this...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (31 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the efforts being made to assist in the re-establishment of the Northern Ireland Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4401/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (31 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 255. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of the application of VAT for hairdressers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4071/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (31 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to make an announcement on the allocated 2023 budget for housing adaptation grants for older people and people with disabilities and housing aid for older people to local authorities for private dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4034/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (31 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on how a community can propose a school bus route where a large number of school children have been identified as in need for school transport.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4683/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Bodies (31 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 580. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish the office of an independent commissioner for ageing and older people. [4572/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (31 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 667. To ask the Minister for Health his views on concerns and proposals for a coordinated response from an organisation (details supplied) in respect of the CAMHS report released this week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4190/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (31 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 701. To ask the Minister for Health the date the HSE received its commissioned report from an organisation (details supplied) into the running of St. Mary’s Hospital, Phoenix Park, following a protected disclosure; the cost to date of this report; if it has now been finalised; if not, the reason for this delay; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (31 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 721. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish an independent commissioner for aging and older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4571/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (31 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 741. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date on the introduction of a statutory home care scheme as promised in the Programme for Government; the timetable for its introduction; the number and rank of civil servants working full-time on this scheme for each year since 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4730/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (31 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 742. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date on the establishment of a commission for care as promised in the Programme for Government, which will examine care and supports for older people; the timeline for its introduction; the number and grade of civil servants working full-time on this policy commitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4731/23]