Results 1-20 of 190 for long speaker:Alan Dillon

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (30 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: 750. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE is releasing the home care packages; how long it will take to clear the backlog of home care packages for those in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19527/24]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: .... That is central to this Bill. Extensive discussions have been held with the Office of the Attorney General on the legal advice on the preparation of these provisions. That analysis has taken a long time to prepare. It is embedded in this section. It is really important that we have sound advice and analysis in that regard. As the committee will understand, this legal advice is not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (11 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: ...people, is carried out through the Housing Need and Demand Assessment (HNDA) being undertaken in each local authority area (as development plans come up for statutory review) to ensure that the long-term strategic housing needs are met. The HDNA framework allows local authorities to correlate and accurately align overall future housing requirements based on the needs identified in an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures her Department has taken to determine the most suitable long-term location for the school for (details supplied); if she will clarify the outcome of the evaluation of a recent proposal received from the school patron; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15639/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Mar 2024)

Alan Dillon: 724. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what supports are in place for those suffering from long-Covid who are no longer able to continue in employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11831/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Mar 2024)

Alan Dillon: 1273. To ask the Minister for Health how many people have been diagnosed with long-Covid since the start of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11829/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Mar 2024)

Alan Dillon: 1274. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to extend the special scheme of paid leave for healthcare workers suffering from long-Covid past March 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11830/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Mar 2024)

Alan Dillon: ...team, CDNT, services in County Mayo. Parents of children with disabilities are in a constant fight to access services, often resorting to private care, which is sometimes oversubscribed to avoid long waiting lists in the public system. The waiting lists continue to grow in Mayo at a pace with which the HSE clearly cannot cope. Children are being left behind when early intervention is of...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: ...on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht, in one way, they were accepting around freedom of speech and those who have multiple accounts with different aims. It led to real long delays and issues around the identification process, however. Is Ms Hodnett concerned that it is very difficult to enforce or get prosecutions for those who actually do create these accounts? Is...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: ...and Reform officials failed to explain the difficulties they were having. We need a briefing on that consent piece. I ask for the timelines on various projects that are in progress and how long it is taking for the Department to get consents through on these projects.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)

Alan Dillon: .... Meade talked about the Cork line. Will he expand on lessons learned on the Cork line when the service was reintroduced? The Westport to Dublin line takes three hours and 22 minutes. That is a long time without any hospitality services. When does Mr. Meade expect the procurement process to end? When will we see the resumption of catering services?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage - Programme A - Housing
Financial Statements 2022 - The Housing Agency
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 11 - Utilisation of the Land Aggregation Scheme Sites (14 Dec 2023)

Alan Dillon: Does the Department procure long-term contracts? What is the duration of contracts entered into by the Department?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (30 Nov 2023)

Alan Dillon: 256. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a detailed update on the status of the long-delayed pension increases for An Post pensioners, which were approved by the Labour Court in January 2023 and signed off by both the An Post Pension Board of Trustees and the Board of Management of An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53104/23]

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Alan Dillon: ...for these actions must endure the full weight of the law. Our focus now must be on unity and working together to uphold the rule of law, to strengthen the powers within An Garda Síochána and to find effective long-term solutions to these far-right threats. We owe it to the victims, their families and everyone impacted by last Thursday's events.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Alan Dillon: ...by the HSE; and provide new and updated clinical guidelines to reflect the latest evidence-based practice for type 1 and type 2 diabetes. With the right supports, people with diabetes can live long, healthy lives. I urge the Government to take the necessary steps to ensure people who have diabetes have the best access to healthcare in this country.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Alan Dillon: It is very apparent to Oireachtas Members that the role of the Department in issuing consent is taking far too long. The consultants it is retaining to perform this function are taking far too long. At the last hour, we are getting additional timelines and setbacks to delivery. Reform certainly is needed in this area. It is a year since the OPW finished its environmental submissions and...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Alan Dillon: ...a table showing the time it is taking for consultants to turn around packages once they have been submitted to the Department from the OPW? It would be helpful to scrutinise why it is taking so long in some instances, taking into consideration the need for additional information and for that information to be sent back. It would assists us in understanding the decision-making process.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (15 Nov 2023)

Alan Dillon: ...for the realisation of that. A recent HIQA report outlined deficiencies within the facilities and held that the need for a 75-bed ward block at the Mayo site was unquestionable. This is one of the long-term actions that the management within MUH presented as a valid solution, particularly in the context of addressing the shortage of single, en-suite rooms in MUH. Mayo deserves access...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (15 Nov 2023)

Alan Dillon: ...department. This includes a ground-floor extension aimed at introducing seven essential new assessment and treatment spaces. In addition, there are plans for a first-floor MAU. This will go a long way by providing ten additional assessment spaces dedicated to unscheduled care and auxiliary services. At present, we are informed the HSE design team is advancing through the stage 2b...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities. (26 Oct 2023)

Alan Dillon: Why has it been delayed for so long?