Results 461-480 of 765 for in 'Written Answers' speaker:Colm Keaveney

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (13 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 581. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 477 posts for community mental health services committed to in the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2013 that have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20938/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (13 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 617. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the decision of the Health Service Executive not to grant a person (details supplied) in County Galway who has arthritis a chair in order to make daily life more comfortable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21314/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (13 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 618. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to amend the medical card scheme to allow the local property tax and water charges to be included as allowable expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21322/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (13 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 619. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the mileage allowance included in the allowable expenses of the medical card scheme is 18 cent per km; the date on which that rate was determined; the reasoning or methodology used to determine that rate; if he will consider amending that rate in view of contemporary circumstances; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (13 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 620. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for the average number of visits to a general practitioner by medical card holders in each year from 2009 to 2013 inclusive, broken down into age cohorts of zero to five years, six to 18 years, 19 to 35 years, 35 to 69 years and over 70 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21326/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (13 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 621. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the €35 million ring-fenced for mental health in budget 2012 and budget 2013, the amount of the €35 million ring-fenced for 2012 that was spent in that year; the amount that was carried forward; of the portion carried forward from 2012 into 2013; the amount that remains unspent; the amount of the €35 million ring-fenced...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (13 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 622. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged five or under who currently are holders of a medical card or of a GP-only card; the proportion of the total national population this represents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21330/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (13 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 623. To ask the Minister for Health if he remains committed to the role of the national service user executive, established under recommendation 3.5 of A Vision for Change, in informing the national mental health service directorate and the Mental Health Commission on issues relating to user involvement and participation in planning delivering, evaluating and monitoring services including...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (13 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 624. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of how of the 477 additional staff, committed to under the Health Service Executive national service plan 2013 to fulfil the objectives of further development of forensics and community mental health teams for adults, children, older persons and mental health intellectual disability, have been filled in each of the HSE areas; when...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (13 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 626. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a financial breakdown of the current budgetary performance of every hospital providing acute services within the Health Service Executive; the budgeted target for each acute hospital; the projected outturn for each acute hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21335/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (8 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been any change in the standard number of hours for a full-time equivalent special needs assistant since January 2011; if so, when and what was the change in the standard number of hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20630/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (8 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 204. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20645/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (8 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 207. To ask the Minister for Health further to the closure of St. Ita's Hospital, Portrane, in September 2011, the amount that has been spent by Health Service Executive north Dublin on private beds for public patients in the mental health service since that date; the amount that was spent on same in each year from 2009 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20669/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (7 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 181. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a response to an application for the home care package based on urgent medical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20379/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (7 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 182. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) may expect a decision on an application to participate in the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20380/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (6 May 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 205. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the installation of the sanctioned scheme, referenced Scheme F: OPW Investigation of the Flooding Problems in the Gort Ardrahan Area of South Galway, final report 1998, will commence; when the Office of Public Works will carry out a local inspection and identify the swallow holes that can be reinstated to improve the local...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (30 Apr 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate for the current size of the output gap; his views on the implications on same for taxation policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19183/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Energy Prices (30 Apr 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance with reference to the technical assumptions made on page 5 of the Stability Programme April 2014 update, his estimate of the year-on-year percent change for both real GDP and real GNP if oil were to be $110 per barrel for each year from 2014 to 2018, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19184/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (30 Apr 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 549. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles assigned to the Garda station in Craughwell, County Galway during the month of March 2012, March 2013, and March 2014 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18721/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (30 Apr 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 833. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details, in tabular form, of the waiting lists for children with a disability for dental services for each Health Service Executive region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19182/14]