Results 401-420 of 765 for speaker:Colm Keaveney in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Charges Exemptions (30 Sep 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 116. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions his Department has had with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to water charges and persons with mental health issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36534/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (30 Sep 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 355. To ask the Minister for Health when a hospital appointment will be scheduled in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36630/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (18 Sep 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 11. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will amend rules so that privates and corporals in the Defence Forces could be permitted to serve to age 50 and that sergeants could be permitted to serve to age 60; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34558/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (17 Sep 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 15. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the review of the scheme to support national organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34325/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (17 Sep 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 795. To ask the Minister for Health in the context of the forthcoming budget, if he will consider waiving the €2.50 prescription charge per item for all long-term residents of nursing homes in view of the fact that studies have shown that prescription charges may lead to patients neglecting to adhere to their full medication regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33072/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (15 Jul 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 712. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department engaged in any discussion with the Irish Medical Organisation on the issuing of general practitioner only medical cards to the over 70s; if an agreement on a new contract has been agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31601/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (10 Jul 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT rate imposed on soya juice, also referred to as soya milk; if there is any proposal to apply the higher VAT rate to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30508/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Guidelines (10 Jul 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 195. To ask the Minister for Health in reference to recent health and safety audit report dated June 2014 conducted in the department of psychiatry at University Hospital Galway which noted that some staff working in the unit had not received training and education in relation to physical restraint, which is a requirement in the 2009 code of practice of the Mental Health Commission on the use...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Guidelines (10 Jul 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 196. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the requirement in the 2009 code of practice by the Mental Health Commission on the use of physical restraint in approved centres that all staff working in such units receive training and education in relation to physical restraint of psychiatric patients, and in view of the fact that psychiatric patients sometimes present in accident and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (10 Jul 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 197. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is appropriate that private security guards may be deployed to assist in restraining psychiatric patients in accident and emergency departments; if there have been any incidents of same in 2012 or 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30506/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (10 Jul 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 198. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the numbers of patients, broken down by status as either voluntary or involuntary patients, who have been subjected to electroconvulsive therapy without their express consent in each inpatient acute psychiatric unit, for each year from 2011 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (10 Jul 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 199. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cognitive behavioural theorists currently employed within each Health Service Executive operational area; the number of whole-time equivalent posts there are; if he will increase that number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30509/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (10 Jul 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 200. To ask the Minister for Health the policy initiatives his Department has taken since 2011 aimed at disrupting the power relations within inpatient psychiatric units in terms of service users and those delivering the service; the number of service users appointed to the area management teams within the Health Service Executive; if none, when he plans to implement this policy; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (10 Jul 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 201. To ask the Minister for Health the policy initiatives that his Department has taken since 2011 aimed at lessening the influence of the pharmacological industry in the delivery of mental health care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30511/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (9 Jul 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 266. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 1 July 2014, the number of jobseeker's assistance recipients aged 24 and under, who have not made any contribution to the PRSI system, with Class A, Class J and Class S contributions since 2005 who are currently on a job activation measure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30274/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (8 Jul 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 727. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the names of all maternity units and their associated perinatal mortality rates in each year from 2003 to 2013, as compiled by the national perinatal reporting system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29423/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (8 Jul 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 758. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect to receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29693/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (2 Jul 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 155. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect to receive a decision on their medical card considering that they are seriously ill in hospital and applied for the medical card in February of this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28578/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 81. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when he expects to formally establish a commission of investigation into mother and baby homes; the budget he will be providing for the Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28012/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (1 Jul 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the number of attachment orders on persons which were granted to the Revenue Commissioners in each year from 2011 to 2013, inclusive; the amount of revenue that was gathered in each year by these means; the number that are currently active; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28312/14]