Results 181-200 of 746 for speaker:Colm Keaveney in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (22 Oct 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 566. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the €35 million ring-fenced for mental health in budget 2012 and budget 2013; the amount of the €35 million ring-fenced for 2012 which was spent in that year; the amount carried forward; of the portion carried forward from 2012 into 2013, the amount that remains unspent; the amount of the €35 million ring-fenced for 2013 that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (22 Oct 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 567. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the cost-benefit analysis performed on the proposal announced in budget 2014; if he will provide general practitioner-only medical cards to all children aged five or under; if he will provide details of any report or study conducted to support that choice as the best option for the extension of free GP care; if he will provide...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (22 Oct 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 568. To ask the Minister for Health if he considered, as part of his preparations for budget 2014, extending general practitioner-only medical cards to all persons with serious long-term illnesses; if this is the case, if he will provide details of any cost-benefit analysis performed; if he will provide details of any report or study conducted to support that choice as the best option for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (22 Oct 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 569. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the decision announced in budget 2014 to increase the prescription charge by €1 to €2.50, if he considered any study on the effects of such a charge on the behaviour of persons taking medication in accordance with their doctor’s instructions; if he will provide details if those studies' standard academic citations will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Measures (23 Oct 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the statement on page C 14 of Budget 2014, €0.6 Billion of the budgetary adjustment comes from additional resources and savings elsewhere, adding all of these to the €1.85 Billion in new policy measures outlined above gives a total adjustment package of €3.1 Billion in 2014; if he will clarify what the total budgetary...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Measures (23 Oct 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons aged 25 or under in receipt of jobseeker's benefit; the number of persons aged 25 or under in receipt of jobseeker's allowance; the number of dedicated training placements she is making exclusively available to those aged 25 or under; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44913/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (5 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with reference to the Government's capital investment programme which committed to the construction of a Gaelscoil in Tuam, County Galway, if the site has been identified; when construction will commence; if the school will commence operations in the academic year 2015-2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45640/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (5 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 1026. To ask the Minister for Health in reference to the statement (details supplied) which referenced the allocation of €20 million for investment in mental health in 2014, where she said, we, the mental health service, are getting €20 million this year and I have guaranteed that the additional €15 million will be available next year, if he will confirm that his...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (5 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 1255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects work to commence on the construction of the M18-M17 Gort to Tuam motorway; the funding model being used that has been agreed with the National Roads Authority and other relevant stakeholders; if a contractor has been identified and, if so, who; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45638/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (12 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 155. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform following works carried out by the Office of Public Works to a bridge near a person's land (details supplied) in County Galway, his plans to rectify the drainage issues causing flooding to this persons property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47920/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Appeals (12 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 212. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect a decision on their farm assist payment appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48183/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (14 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the numbers of persons broken down by payment and by year, in September of each year from 2008 to 2013 inclusive, in receipt in each of the following payments, illness benefit, disability allowance, the blind pension, injury benefit, disablement benefit, invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48586/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 166. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that when printed matter is purchased and downloaded via the Internet it is considered to be a service within the meaning of electronically supplied services in the Fourth Schedule to the VAT Act, 1972 (as amended); in view of the fact that this has the effect of discouraging the use of e-books by schools in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Weight of Schoolbags (19 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the issue of the weight of children's schoolbags; the risk they may pose to the health of children; the action he is taking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48887/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Weight of Schoolbags (19 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the responsibility his Department has for addressing the issue of the weight of children's schoolbags and the potential risk to their health; the actions his Department has taken to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48888/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 627. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) may expect to receive an appointment for surgery in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48799/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Recruitment (26 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade regarding the recruitment of junior diplomats to his Department, the criteria that were applied in the selection of the type of psychometric tests used at stage one of the recruitment process; if the decision to depart from traditional testing methods, that is, verbal, numeral reasoning and job simulation, in favour of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Functions (26 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 486. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the contingency plans his Department has to continue to deliver essential services in the event of a local authority becoming insolvent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50718/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Treasury Management Agency Deposits (28 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 48. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of carrying on the existing cash balances held by the National Treasury Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51166/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (11 Dec 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider making the Gateway scheme accessible to those on a disability payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53164/13]