Results 421-440 of 9,669 for speaker:Anne Rabbitte

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Area Based Childhood Programme (31 Jan 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 772. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she is taking to support and expand the ABC scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3762/17]

Roads Funding: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I also welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. It is one of the few topics for which I do not need to prepare notes because I live it every single day, as do my constituents. Galway County Council will be down €16.4 million in 2017. People in East Galway do not understand how funding is allocated and the difference between an N, R and L - the classification of roads...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 148. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to speed up the provision of outpatient appointments in the three children’s hospitals in Dublin, in view of the fact that more than 7,000 children were waiting more than a year for an outpatient appointment at the end of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4677/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (1 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 121. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason there has been a reconfiguration of physiotherapy services in east Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4678/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the accommodation capacity for a school (details supplied) to increase school pupil numbers beyond the overall projected figure of 1,000 has been rejected by his Department and the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board and informed to hold numbers at this amount. [4764/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Programme (2 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 361. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she will publish promised legislation which is to be a priority for the Government to resolve anomalies in the Companies Act 2014 and reduce the compliance burden and cost for SMEs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5280/17]

Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: Absolutely.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Applications (7 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for carer's benefit for a person (details supplied), in view of the fact that all documentation required has been submitted. [5970/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (7 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 631. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is any discretion for the extension of taxi licences to older cars beyond 15 years where the car is in perfectly good condition, roadworthy and economical on fuel consumption. [5471/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Young People’s Facilities and Services Fund (7 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 704. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that her Department has provided to youth organisations since 2011, broken down by organisation and year. [5978/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Local Authority Funding (7 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 705. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the significant funding cuts that have been experienced by those Comhairle na nÓg committees that are based in areas in which local authorities, for example town and county councils, have been amalgamated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5979/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (7 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 706. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social care workers that are currently employed by Tusla, broken down by county. [5980/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (7 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 707. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that are currently in Tusla residential centres and in privately operated residential centres respectively. [5981/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (7 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 708. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the criteria by which Tusla decides whether to accept a child into one of its residential centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5982/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (7 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 709. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the role of Tusla in monitoring and supervising private residential care centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5983/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: The programme for Government in chapter five, page 59, commits the Government to the expansion of the air ambulance service, including providing a night service. What is the situation in that regard and are we providing a 24 hour service when the need arises for an air ambulance for children who might need to be airlifted from Baldonnel to Great Ormond Street Hospital or to Belfast?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Exchange Scheme (8 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if current members or spokespersons of the teacher exchange programme can form part of the discussion group and action of the voluntary transfer scheme for permanent teachers currently being drafted to bring proposals to his Department management and patrons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6262/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (8 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 219. To ask the Minister for Health when fibromyalgia will be included on the lifelong limiting illness list (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6263/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Child Care Scheme: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister for being here. A lot of my questions will be directed at Mr. Jerry Murphy as they concern Pobal which was handed the mammoth task of delivering the programme as it has a lot of experience in that arena. My first concern is about the level of engagement it has had with the Department of Social Protection and Revenue because we are looking at individuals who are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Child Care Scheme: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I was referring to children who were vulnerable because their parents might have mental health issues or other issues and might not be in a position to care for them. In such circumstances, the best place for the children is in a crèche setting. That is the point I was making.