Results 361-380 of 12,577 for speaker:Brendan Howlin in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (23 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 321. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to appoint a clinical psychologist to each acute hospital diabetes multidisciplinary team; his views on whether psychosocial support in diabetes care is not formally embedded as part of diabetes management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45778/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 322. To ask the Minister for Health if a diabetes psychology resource will be provided to each community diabetes specialist team hub under the integrated model of care for the prevention and management of chronic disease implementation guide; his views on whether access to psychosocial support in these teams should be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45779/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (23 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 323. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to appoint a 0.5 whole-time equivalent clinical psychologist to each acute hospital diabetes paediatric diabetes team; his views on whether psychosocial support in paediatric diabetes care should be available in each team; the reason there is no access to this support outside of Dublin paediatric diabetes services; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (23 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 324. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for a post of clinical psychologist to the multidisciplinary team in Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45781/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (23 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 353. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if subsequent to the implementation of rules prohibiting the landing of live bivalve molluscs including wild caught scallops in UK ports he will address the serious financial cost to scallop fishers fishing off the coast of the UK now required to land their catch in EU ports; the reason these fishers are not included in other...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (9 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a recent assessment estimated that Wexford County Council requires €196 million to bring secondary roads in the county up to standard; his plans to address this urgent issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42682/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (9 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to grant a further extension to planning permissions for residential housing delayed by Covid-19 and by building supply issues; if he has estimated the numbers of such permissions due to expire without completion in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43029/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (9 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 903. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the relocation of the Legal Aid Board office in County Waterford has been brought to her attention; if discussions have taken place with staff of that office concerning the move; if she has given formal consent under section 3(2) of the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 for this new premises; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (9 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 1252. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the recruitment crisis in the homecare sector; if he is satisfied that his Department’s policy on this sector will deliver on policy to allow all persons who wish to remain living in their own homes to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42218/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (8 Jul 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason that visas are required for Colombian nationals visiting or studying in Ireland; if the cost of such visas is greater than the cost of visas for other nationals; the reason that the proof of economic solvency for Colombian applicants is much greater than for other South American applicants; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (1 Jul 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied) will be determined. [35429/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Jul 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 408. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised by a person (details supplied) in hotel quarantine will be addressed; his views on whether the experience is acceptable; if a survey will be carried out of all persons who have used quarantine hotels to determine if they had similar experiences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28823/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Jul 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 410. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the temporary assistance payment scheme available to nursing homes will continue beyond 30 June 2021, having regard to the ongoing risk from Covid-19 and the consequent need for nursing homes to have extensive infection-prevention control measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28825/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 237. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that a person (details supplied) on a waiting list to see a consultant neurologist in St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin has been given an appointment for 1 January 2024; if this is in keeping with policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27762/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (30 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 238. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 525 of 5 May 2021, his understanding of the effectiveness of each vaccine authorised for use in Ireland against each identified variant of Covid-19 in tabular form; his understanding of the relative effectiveness of first dose and two doses against each variant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27763/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Projects (29 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will identify a source of funding to assist the restoration of an historic musical organ (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34254/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (24 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons awaiting a driving test in the RSA Wexford driving test centre in each category (details supplied); the number of weeks candidates are on a waiting list for a test date broken into four weeks tranches in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34129/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (24 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons awaiting a driver test in the RSA Gorey driving test centre in each test category (details supplied); the number of weeks candidates are on a waiting list for a test date by four four-week tranches in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34130/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (23 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 196. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2,315 of 21 April 2021, the reason only two of the three MRI projects namely Mullingar and Kilkenny set out in the 2020 capital plan have advanced to date; the reason the MRI for Wexford General Hospital was removed; the person that made this decision; when this was decision made; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (22 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 571. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) in which a follow-up consultation is required with their surgeon under the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25664/21]