Results 101-120 of 12,333 for speaker:Willie O'Dea

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 Nov 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 322. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider lifting the recently announced HSE recruitment freeze; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51659/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (23 Nov 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 323. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the proposal to develop a 'surgical hub' in Limerick; the location of the preferred site; when he expects it to be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51660/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (22 Nov 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a working family payment application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51228/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Nov 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 343. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of a invalidity pension application (details suppled); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50991/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 Nov 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 453. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an operation in Croom Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50521/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (15 Nov 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 67. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what plans or strategies he has to support the SMEs of Ireland to prevent hours from being cut, job layoffs, or businesses shutting down as a result of the rising costs of doing business, including as a result of extra costs from measures introduced by the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50228/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Nov 2023)

Willie O'Dea: As the Minister will be aware, last week, Jozef Puska was convicted of the murder of Ashling Murphy. In common with other people convicted of murder in this country, this individual will be able to apply for parole in 12 years. Ten years has elapsed since the Law Reform Commission recommended that in murder cases, the trial judge should be given power to impose a minimum period of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Print Media (14 Nov 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 230. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has any plans to assist the free newspaper publishers of Ireland, who perform a very important function in society; if she would be prepared to meet the sector’s main representative body (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49781/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Nov 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 293. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite a decision regarding an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49461/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (9 Nov 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 35. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has investigated the dangers of nitrous oxide on young people; if there are plans to bring forward legislation to regulate the sale of nitrous oxide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48989/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (9 Nov 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if recent interventions, such as the tenant-in-situ initiative, are making an impact in providing secure long-term social and affordable tenancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48890/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (9 Nov 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the secure tenancy affordable rental (STAR) investment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48891/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Nov 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 73. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a qualified adult (details supplied) being added to a disability allowance claim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48848/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Willie O'Dea: On many occasions I have raised in this House the situation concerning the dire conditions in University Hospital Limerick, UHL. Unfortunately, the situation seems to be getting progressively worse. The Minister for Health has committed to setting up a surgical hub in the mid-west to alleviate the pressure on UHL. I raised this by way of parliamentary question last February and the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (7 Nov 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will make a decision on the proposed increase in the P and T, Telecom Éireann, and Eir pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47490/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (7 Nov 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 183. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that all necessary precautions are being taken to ensure the safety of Irish troops based in Lebanon; and if there is a process in place to keep their families briefed, in view of the volatile situation currently in Lebanon and the wider region. [47368/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (7 Nov 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 369. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has plans to review or alter the flood risk management plan that covers Ashbrook in Limerick city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48113/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (7 Nov 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 370. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has been instructed to identify a site for a Garda station in the Castletroy-Annacotty area of Limerick; what progress has been made and how much longer the process is likely to take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48144/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (7 Nov 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 736. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of a disability allowance application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47949/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (7 Nov 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 744. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal for a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48145/23]