Results 61-80 of 9,274 for in 'Written Answers' speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Regulation (12 Feb 2019)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 446. To ask the Minister for Health if an impact study being carried out by an organisation (details supplied) is delaying action on commitments made to raise public awareness regarding the use of sodium valproate for certain groups of persons. [6736/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Regulation (12 Feb 2019)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 447. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an agreement to place a public information poster in all general practitioner and primary care practices concerning warnings about side effects from the prescribing of sodium valproate. [6737/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (12 Feb 2019)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 484. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6931/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (12 Feb 2019)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 488. To ask the Minister for Health the repairs policy in place for wheelchair users when repairs are required to their wheelchairs in the Waterford city area; the recommended and average timeframe for repairs to take place at present; if further delays are encountered depending on the monetary value of the estimated repair bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6953/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Fleet (12 Feb 2019)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 669. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the difference in area dimension of the door space on the new bus fleet in operation in Waterford city since December 2018; the width between the driver area and the baggage area on the same buses as opposed to those which have since been removed from service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7132/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (12 Feb 2019)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 737. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason compensation payments awarded to persons as a result of medical negligence in the circumstances of birth here are taken into account when assessing means for entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6946/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Passports for Investment Scheme (7 Feb 2019)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the historical facts, take-up and status of the passports for sale scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6055/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Passport Applications Administration (7 Feb 2019)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps to be undertaken by a non-national with no qualifying ancestral entitlement to secure Irish citizenship; the potential timeframe of each step; the overall process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6056/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (6 Feb 2019)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 108. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date towards the introduction of a national biosimilars strategy; if it will be drafted and implemented; the timeframe for each step; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5796/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance Coverage (6 Feb 2019)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for the green card for cross-Border workers that the insurance industry proposes issuing in the context of a no-deal Brexit; the reason he is of the view that this is either necessary or welcome; the locations such a device is needed by Irish workers and motorists that have to drive outside the European Union; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Staff (5 Feb 2019)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 161. To ask the Minister for Finance the identified number of customs posts to be filled in advance of Brexit following the advertisement of 600 posts in 2018, by county and region in tabular form; if additional posts to the already advertised 600 posts will be required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5075/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications Data (29 Jan 2019)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protection applicants residing in emergency beds by location; the number of single males; the number of single females; the number of families; the number of children under 18 years of age; the contact person for each centre in each case; the person or body by which each emergency location was secured; the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (15 Jan 2019)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 664. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the use of and access to the limited capacity of the respite house in Cootehill, County Cavan; the reason service users and families that would normally benefit from its services are having access denied; his plans for additional respite provision in counties Cavan and Monaghan to cater to the needs of persons across the Border region; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (19 Dec 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 349. To ask the Minister for Health the definition of the personal assistance service (details supplied). [53722/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (19 Dec 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 350. To ask the Minister for Health if the envisaged newly defined personal assistance service will be funded separately from the existing home help and home care packages; and if it will have a ring-fenced budget. [53723/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (19 Dec 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 351. To ask the Minister for Health when legislation will be introduced to guarantee persons with disabilities the right to a personal assistant service as per Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which Ireland ratified in March 2018. [53724/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Expenditure (19 Dec 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 352. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of expenditure allocated in budget 2019 for personal assistant services to enable persons with disabilities to live independent lives. [53725/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (19 Dec 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 353. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a standard assessment of need for persons with disabilities to access the personal assistance service across all HSE CHO areas; and if such a standard system will include support for independent assessments of need as per the Disability Act 2005. [53726/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (19 Dec 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 354. To ask the Minister for Health the work carried out on a cross-departmental basis in co-operation with the HSE to create a system that will allow for portability of personal assistance services across CHO areas that can meet the social, personal and employment needs of disabled persons without bureaucratic barriers. [53727/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (19 Dec 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 355. To ask the Minister for Health the systems to be put in place to ensure that the attention of persons with disabilities is drawn to the availability of the personal assistant service in order that they can seek to lead independent lives and access the necessary supports to allow them to do so. [53728/18]