Results 341-360 of 4,507 for speaker:Pat Deering

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Ambulance Service Provision (18 Sep 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Defence the functions and areas that are covered by the new Air Ambulance Service that is operating from Baldonnel Roger Casement Aerodrome; his plans to extend this service; if he will confirm that this service is also available for emergency situations that may arise in Dublin City Centre and particularly in Dublin West; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programme (18 Sep 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Health if bowel cancer screening will commence before the end of 2012 as committed and if necessary funding and facilities are available to ensure it's success. [37050/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 Sep 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Health when will persons with long term illnesses receive their medical cards as announced in Budget 2012. [37049/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Classification (18 Sep 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Health the reason declaration 69/2008 of the European Parliament calling for the European Union to recognise Fibromyalgia has not been adopted here. [37051/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (18 Sep 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Health when will Long Q - T Syndrome be seen as a disability that accepts that parents and carer's of young persons with this syndrome must take extra care and attention to their child [39294/12]

Topical Issue Debate: School Transport Provision (19 Sep 2012)

Pat Deering: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for accepting this topic for debate. I welcome the Minister for Education and Skills. Since the beginning of this school year this issue has caused much consternation in Carlow, which is the county I represent. It is as a result of the announcement made by the previous Government as part of the budget for 2011 following the value for money report by the...

Topical Issue Debate: School Transport Provision (19 Sep 2012)

Pat Deering: I am well aware of and understand the cost of school transport which is considerable and needs to be addressed. To go back to the original points I made, the practicalities of the situation also need to be addressed where a half empty school bus passes by a person's house but that person is not picked and may have to walk a considerable distance to reach to a pick up point for the school to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (20 Sep 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be a minor works grant in this school year. [39952/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Computerisation Programme Expenditure (20 Sep 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be a follow up grant to replace ICT equipment during this school year. [39953/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Services for People with Disabilities (20 Sep 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the structures he intends to put in place to assist farmers with dyslexia to complete various application forms for farm payments. [39954/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications (25 Sep 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons with Fibromyalgia, despite submitting all relevant medical paperwork, are been refused on the basis of a desk assessment. [40231/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code Review (2 Oct 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the social welfare system for self-employed, including payment of PRSI contributions, as the fear of not being entitled to any social welfare payments is a deterrent to many entrepreneurs who are afraid to take the risk of starting a business or working for themselves. [41724/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (2 Oct 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the sewage treatment plant at a location (details supplied) in County Carlow will be upgraded. [41471/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (2 Oct 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when will the sewage treatment plant at a location (details supplied) in County Carlow will be upgraded. [41472/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (2 Oct 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on their application for a medical card . [41252/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (2 Oct 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has put in place and the progress that has been made to reduce the waiting time for speech therapy in view of the fact that the Health Service Executive reported in May of this year that 653 young persons were waiting between nineteen and thirty nine months in Carlow/Kilkenny [41751/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (2 Oct 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the proposed Primary Care Centre in Tullow, County Carlow, since the announcement in July this year. [41956/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Foresty Industry: Discussion with Coillte (2 Oct 2012)

Pat Deering: Or Monday night.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Foresty Industry: Discussion with Coillte (2 Oct 2012)

Pat Deering: I compliment our guests on their presentation and on summing matters up in seven very precise points. I have a couple of brief questions on Coillte's financial performance in 2011 and previous years. The company's profit after taxation in recent years has fluctuated considerably. In 2011 it was €19.9 million, in 2010 it was €32 million, and it was €4.2 million in 2009....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Social Media in Education (9 Oct 2012)

Pat Deering: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the growing and worrying trend of youth self-harm and youth suicide, his plans to develop a policy to deal with the growth of social media in education and in particular the use of mobile phones, smart phones, i-pads and laptops during the normal school day; if he has examined the problem of cyber bullying, cyber abuse and the...