Results 181-200 of 1,251 for "section:" . (isset($hansardmajors[$1]["title"]) ? $hansardmajors[$z[1]]["title"] : "$z[1]") speaker:Mary Butler

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 813. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of pensioners contacted to date in relation to pension changes applied in 2012; the number that received arrears; the number that have seen their pensions increase; the number that have seen no increase in their payments; when she expects all pensioners will have been contacted; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all new apprenticeship programmes developed since 2017 will receive the same allowances for apprentices attending college as apprenticeships developed prior to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28680/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeship programmes developed since 2017; the number of apprentices that participated and completed these new apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28681/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices enrolled per apprenticeship programme developed since 2017, in tabular form. [28682/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to seek equality of allowances for all apprenticeships in Budget 2020; the estimated cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28683/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 68. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to reduce waiting times for outpatient appointments in Waterford University Hospital in which the number of persons waiting over 18 months stood at 11,412 at the end of May 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27744/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Data (2 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of schools that have DEIS status in rural areas compared to those with DEIS status in the five major cities and larger towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28186/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Eligibility (2 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria that determines whether a school can receive DEIS band status; if location is one of the main criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28187/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Eligibility (2 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next round of DEIS bands will be allocated to national schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28188/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Staff (2 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 432. To ask the Minister for Health when a replacement staff member will be appointed for the position of speech and language therapist in the west Waterford network 1 area while the existing speech and language therapist is on maternity leave in order that there is no gap in the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27791/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (2 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 453. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with a respiratory consultant at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27998/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (2 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 457. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an initial appointment for assessment at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28029/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reports (2 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 489. To ask the Minister for Health when the national review under way of cardiac services will conclude; when the report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28171/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 490. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to examine the extensive outpatient waiting list at University Hospital Waterford in relation to ophthalmological services; his views on whether the waiting lists are too long; and if his attention has been drawn to the negative impact it has on older persons waiting for treatment. [28172/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 491. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to examine the extensive outpatient waiting list at University Hospital Waterford in relation to orthopaedic services; his views on whether the waiting lists are too long; if his attention has been drawn to the negative impact it has on older persons waiting for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28173/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 492. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to examine the extensive outpatient waiting list at University Hospital Waterford in relation to urologist services; his views on whether the waiting lists are too long; if his attention has been drawn to the negative impact it has on older persons waiting for treatment; his further plans to examine the fact that of the 2,757 persons waiting in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (2 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 493. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons treated under the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, in each month to date in 2019; the specialties treated by percentage, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28175/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (2 Jul 2019)

Mary Butler: 494. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, has spent in the first five months of 2019 treating those on waiting lists in excess of 11 months wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28176/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Regulations (26 Jun 2019)

Mary Butler: 136. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the guidelines under the Safety Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007 have been updated and-or reviewed to reflect the possible risks to employees through cyber or digital means; if so, if there are clear arrangements for the protection and general welfare of an employee and a mechanism in place that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2019)

Mary Butler: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposal to develop a two-year apprenticeship course for healthcare assistants; when the course will be available for participants; and the colleges that will offer it. [26818/19]