Results 261-280 of 2,022 for speaker:John Brassil

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (18 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: I am quite sure it will. It is good to have the opportunity to clarify any misconceptions there are. There are myriad courses of varying duration and it would be important to ensure there is a separation and a clear definition of physiotherapist and physical therapist and that they can get on. There is a public safety issue. The public needs to know exactly who is administering treatment...

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (18 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: I very much welcome the opportunity to speak to this issue. Since being elected in February, this is probably the single most important issue that has come to my desk. I have a fist full of correspondence from families and residents in St. Mary of the Angels, all of whom are extremely concerned about the future of the facility and the people within it. I have spoken to numbers of patients...

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (18 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: Obviously the Minister of State's reply greatly concerns me. What he is saying is that St. Mary of the Angels will close and that the process for moving people into suitable accommodation will take place over a number of years and will be done in full consultation with residents, advocates and their families. What about the residents, advocates and their families who do not want to move?...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (18 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 79. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement in full the decision taken by his immediate predecessor to protect the two titles of physiotherapist and physical therapist in one register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30646/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (18 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 106. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to reduce waiting times for children needing speech and language therapy in CHO 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30647/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Facilities (18 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite funding for a new library building at a college (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30786/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (18 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will intervene to resolve the Droichead/INTO issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30929/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (18 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 362. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will recognise and implement the community employment supervisor-assistants pension claim (LCR19293) in view of the fact the issue has been ongoing since 1998 and is currently with the community sector informal forum and requires urgent resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30411/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (18 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 364. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will reconvene the meetings with the community sector informal forum in order to resolve outstanding issues regarding the community employment assistant scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30418/16]

Services and Supports for People with Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this topic, albeit for a few minutes. The increased prevalence of dementia and particularly Alzheimer's disease means that as a society we must increase our knowledge and ability to deal with these conditions. Unfortunately, my father-in-law suffers from dementia and I am very aware of the demands on families and the people affected on a daily basis...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (19 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 35. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will issue an apology to a person (details supplied). [30995/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Conservation (19 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 115. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will request a wildlife officer to visit the property of a person (details supplied) to investigate and deal with serious erosion of 150 m of the bank of the River Feale on their property; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31036/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service (19 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 116. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will request that the National Parks and Wildlife Service re-erect boundary fences where the national park backs up onto the properties in an area (details supplied) as there are serious issues with deer entering the properties, which is causing damage and is a health and safety issue; and if she will make a statement on the...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (20 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: Will the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, confirm in his response whether the Finance Bill has already been published? A great amount of detail about it was given on "Morning Ireland" earlier, with reference in particular to changes to the housing tax relief scheme. I have been waiting three and a half days for an opportunity to speak in this House on the budget measures only to discover...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (20 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 142. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of supplementary welfare allowance applications received for each of the years 2012 to date in 2016 in tabular form; the number of supplementary welfare allowance applications that were successful for the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31243/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (20 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 213. To ask the Minister for Health the operating hours for Southdoc in the Ballylongford area; the reason it does not operate until 8 a.m., as advertised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31185/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (20 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 237. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications that were received in response to the advertising of the general practitioner role in Waterville, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31359/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (20 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 240. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions in place to replace the 900 general practitioners currently in the 60 to 65 age bracket who will be retiring in the near future; if he will consider legislating for a compulsory form of two or three years' service from newly graduated general practitioners in exchange for student grants or other incentives; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Refugee Resettlement Programme (25 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the target date for completion of rehousing of families (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31655/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Projects Funding (25 Oct 2016)

John Brassil: 415. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide additional funding for a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31602/16]