Results 261-280 of 1,916 for speaker:Réada Cronin

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Mar 2021)

Réada Cronin: 842. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Covid-19 vaccinations for persons over 85 years of age in north County Kildare are being cancelled, in some instances twice; when the vaccine will be available to this cohort in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12882/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (10 Mar 2021)

Réada Cronin: 922. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a speech and language therapist is being removed from a school (details supplied) on the basis of HSE rationalisation and speech and language therapists are now to be accessed locally; the reason the school-based therapist cannot remain in situ alongside their community counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13182/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (10 Mar 2021)

Réada Cronin: 977. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the psychologist post at Celbridge primary care centre, County Kildare, remains unfilled while waiting lists for psychological treatment lengthen and young children’s conditions deteriorate; the date for the post to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13488/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Mar 2021)

Réada Cronin: 978. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccinations given by county by first dose only and by first and second dose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13489/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Mar 2021)

Réada Cronin: I want to raise with the Tánaiste the case of a constituent in Kildare North, who is a young healthcare worker in the HSE and one of the heroes on the front line. She recently discovered a lump and visited her doctor, who told her to have it investigated immediately. When she asked her employer, the HSE, for time off to do so, she was refused. How can it be that somebody who is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (11 Mar 2021)

Réada Cronin: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the precise date on which the increase in the reduced SUSI grants (details supplied) and thresholds of eligibility for same announced by him in Budget 2021 for postgraduate students will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13821/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonising Transport: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Réada Cronin: I thank everyone for their presentations. My first question is for Professor McKinnon. I used to work in freight transport. Professor McKinnon gave an example of using rail for freight travelling just 40 miles. Is that new? Will he elaborate on that? We very rarely use rail for freight. In my time, we did not deal with goods that would go off. We have the just in time principle. A...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (24 Mar 2021)

Réada Cronin: 193. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions his Department has taken to save jobs (details supplied); his plans to ensure that the employees affected will be guaranteed the industry-standard redundancy package of the statutory two weeks' with an additional six weeks’ pay for each year of service in circumstances in which the jobs cannot be saved; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (24 Mar 2021)

Réada Cronin: 947. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason pregnant special needs assistants are being denied the health and safety leave available to their teacher colleagues (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15797/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Mar 2021)

Réada Cronin: 1431. To ask the Minister for Health when persons living with irritable bowel disease and taking the immunosuppressant adalimumab will be vaccinated against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14195/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Mar 2021)

Réada Cronin: 1430. To ask the Minister for Health when persons in their 70s with chronic diseases, for example diabetes or COPD, and those in that age group recovering from lymphoma will be vaccinated; when their general practitioners will be informed of the plan for their vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14194/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Mar 2021)

Réada Cronin: 1448. To ask the Minister for Health when persons with bullous emphysema stage 3 can expect to be vaccinated against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14256/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Mar 2021)

Réada Cronin: 1449. To ask the Minister for Health the instruction that has issued to general practitioners and specialists as to which group decides the severity of disease for vaccination classification, given that some patients are being referred by general practitioners to specialists and from those specialists back again to general practitioners in the pursuit of such classification of severity and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Réada Cronin: 1886. To ask the Minister for Health when a written policy will be in place allowing occupational health to clear for immediate return to work critical healthcare workers deemed highly vulnerable (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15794/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Paediatric Services (24 Mar 2021)

Réada Cronin: 1887. To ask the Minister for Health when the paediatric rheumatologist will start work and see patients; when the information leaflet prepared for general practitioners by parents of children with Down's syndrome-related arthritis and which has been ready since November 2019 will be distributed to their practices and to other health professionals; when arthritis screening for children with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Paediatric Services (24 Mar 2021)

Réada Cronin: 1888. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recruitment and appointment of a full-time dedicated paediatric pain consultant given that children in chronic pain are now without a full-time consultant for 16 months; if the number of children on the waiting lists as published are correct ; the reason the multidisciplinary pain teams which were filled three months ago are not...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme (Health): Statements (25 Mar 2021)

Réada Cronin: I put down several questions to the Department about vaccinations for several people aged over 70 in north Kildare. One has diabetes and COPD, and her spouse is recovering from lymphoma. They have been to their excellent GP practice, which tells them it too is in the dark, and does not know when they will get the vaccine. Also in north Kildare, there are people with complex illnesses, like...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (25 Mar 2021)

Réada Cronin: 45. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address with mortgage providers their individual discretion on mortgage protection requirements pre-drawdown for persons with an underlying health condition (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16120/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Mar 2021)

Réada Cronin: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who were notified to Tusla for school absence caused by Covid-19 or tests for same in 2020; the number of children notified to Tusla by their schools for school absence in each of the years 2017 to 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16123/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: School Enrolments (25 Mar 2021)

Réada Cronin: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a special education school (details supplied) can cite to a parent its enrolment-age criterion as being from four to seven years of age in its revised application policy given it caters for children from four up to 18 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15992/21]