Results 161-180 of 1,159 for long speaker:Denis Naughten

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6 – General (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: ...resource off our coast, where we have the potential to develop 70,000 MW of offshore renewable electricity. We need to think outside the box and implement ambitious solutions to clean up our energy supply, to provide sustainable long-term employment opportunities and ensure that Ireland becomes a global renewable energy exporter. To do that, we need a radical overhaul of Ireland's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: ...;ine Myler, chief executive officer of Charities Institute Ireland; and Mr. Ivan Cooper, director of policy at The Wheel. You are all very welcome this morning. In terms of privilege, witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not criticise or make charges against any person or entity by name or in such a way as to make him, her or it...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: With regard to the prevalence of long Covid, based on my analysis of the social welfare payments for Covid-related illnesses lasting 12 weeks or more following the initial infection, 21,000 people are unable to go to work due to long Covid. This figure does not take into account the tens of thousands who are suffering with less severe forms of long Covid who are going to work but not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: Last week, I spoke with the mother of a long Covid suffer who until she contracted the virus was a young and fit woman working as a doctor in a busy hospital. She has not stood on a hospital ward in more than 11 months because she is still recovering from the illness. Based on research conducted in Ireland and the Netherlands, 336,451 adults are experiencing or have experienced a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (20 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: 544. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include women with gestational diabetes in the long-term illness scheme; the reason there is no provision to cover the costs associated with gestational diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45837/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: 307. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 466 of 13 July 2022, the number of full-time posts allocated to post-acute and long-Covid clinics, by clinic and speciality; if the position has been filled; if an offer has been made, if a recruitment competition is ongoing, or if the HSE recruitment process has commenced in light of emerging evidence on long-Covid;...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (14 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: ...Protection if she will implement recommendation No.27 of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection pre-budget submission to provide State contributory PRSI credits to those providing long-term foster care to ensure that they are entitled to a State pension after a lifetime of providing foster care and assisting the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44542/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (6 Jul 2022)

Denis Naughten: 53. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if special leave with pay will continue from 1 July 2022 for cases of long Covid-19 beyond the period of isolation; the number of front-line workers who have availed of this payment for an extended period of 12 weeks or more; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36576/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (6 Jul 2022)

Denis Naughten: ...in receipt of this payment for 12 weeks or more on 30 June 2022; the additional supports being put in place for staff who contracted Covid-19 in their employment and who are now suffering from long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36643/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 Jul 2022)

Denis Naughten: 312. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 3 February 2022, if he will revise the public health advice given that the incidence of long-Covid in children is rare and mainly of short duration in view of the systematic review and meta-analyses of long-Covid in children published on 23 June 2022; if as a result he will expedite the establishment of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Denis Naughten: ...physically present or who give evidence from within the parliamentary precincts is protected pursuant to both the Constitution and statute by absolute privilege. Witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not criticise or make charges against any person or entity by name or in such a way as to make him, her or it identifiable, or otherwise engage...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Jun 2022)

Denis Naughten: 277. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 26 May 2022, if he will list the sites set to provide a service to children; the sites providing long-Covid and post-acute clinics respectively on an interim basis to children; the current number of children awaiting an appointment at each clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35034/22]

Emergency Budget: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2022)

Denis Naughten: ...those grants announced to such fanfare earlier in the year is paid by the end of September when the fuel allowance kicks in. We can increase the fuel allowance and social welfare rates but the one long-term measure that can address the challenges our people face in respect of energy bills and the cost of heating their homes is to reduce the cost of heating homes. The practical way to...

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Denis Naughten: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the chickens coming home to roost Bill. None of what is before us should come as a surprise to anyone, particularly anyone in government because over a long number of years they have been made well aware of the issues we are facing now. We are told the objective behind the Bill is to provide temporary electricity generation to replace older power plants...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (28 Jun 2022)

Denis Naughten: ...if she will implement recommendation No. 27 of the pre-budget submission by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Social Protection to provide State contributory PRSI credits to those who provide long-term foster care to ensure entitlement to a State pension after a lifetime of providing foster care and assisting the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33958/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Jun 2022)

Denis Naughten: 197. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 26 May 2022, if he will list the sites providing long-Covid and post-acute clinics respectively on an interim basis; the current number awaiting an appointment at each clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33100/22]

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2022)

Denis Naughten: ...Development Guidelines signed off by the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in June 2017 to replace the outdated 2006 guidelines; and — delivering its long-promised policy statement on geothermal energy and the required supporting legislation;" B. To insert the following after "does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Denis Naughten: ...to low-income farmers, fishermen and fisherwomen who would be unable to make an adequate living otherwise. The community employment, CE, scheme is an active market programme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with the opportunity to engage in useful work within their local communities on a temporary and fixed-term basis. The benefits...

Adaption Grants for Older People and People with a Disability: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jun 2022)

Denis Naughten: ...scheme and the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability are key to that. These schemes allow people to continue living independently in their own homes in their own communities for far longer. It is imperative that we facilitate this. The reality is that the grants rates have not increased in recent years. These rates today do not reflect current building costs. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pension and Social Protection Related Issues: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Denis Naughten: ...of the Irish Foster Care Association and Foster Care Ireland: Mr. David Taylor, Mr. Brendan Gillen, Ms Catherine Bond, Ms Clare Corridon and Mr. Raymond Nolan. Witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses, or an official, either by name or in such a way as...