Results 321-340 of 1,381 for in 'Written Answers' speaker:John Brassil

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (29 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for a new school building. [3767/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a third teacher will be allocated to a school (details supplied) for the September 2019 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4149/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (29 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 290. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that exist for the cultivation of cannabis plants for use in medicinal products here; if no provisions are in place, his plans for such legislation in view of the increase in prescribing and usage of medicinal cannabis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3758/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (24 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 173. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact the falsified medicines directive is due to come into operation on 9 February 2019 and it is perceived that the system is completely unprepared at all levels; if a more realistic timeframe will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3515/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (24 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 177. To ask the Minister for Health the liability individual hospital pharmacists who are employees of the HSE and do not own the pharmacy in which they work will have under the falsified medicines directive due to come into effect on 9 February 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3535/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (24 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 181. To ask the Minister for Health the responsibility under the falsified medicines directive which lies with the HSE, in which it is the owner of hospital pharmacies, to provide and maintain the means by which verification and decommissioning can be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3545/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (24 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 178. To ask the Minister for Health the entitlements general practitioners have under the general practitioner contract to payment of compassionate leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3536/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Data (24 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 182. To ask the Minister for Health the number of graduate nurses and midwives in 2018 who have been provided employment contracts; the number recruited; the type of contract provided in each area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3546/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Brexit Issues (24 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 183. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the group examining the risk of medicine shortages and continuity of supply resulting from Brexit have met over the past two years to date; the membership of the group; the remit of the group; the stakeholder groups with which it has engaged; the frequency of this engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3547/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (24 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 184. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a national biosimilar policy has not been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3548/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (24 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 185. To ask the Minister for Health the full spend by his Department and the HSE on biologic medicines and biosimilar medicines respectively in each of the years 2016 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3549/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmaceutical Sector (24 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 186. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the proposal by the HPRA to increase its fees to Irish pharmaceutical companies by 8% in 2019; his plans to grant this increase; the work he has undertaken to analyse the merits of the increase in view of the pressures faced by companies in meeting the challenges of Brexit and by the introduction of the falsified medicines directive in February...

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (23 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 151. To ask the Minister for Health the liability arising for hospital pharmacists in the implementation of the European Union falsified medicines directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3246/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Planning (23 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 150. To ask the Minister for Health the plans the HSE has to install robotic dispensing systems to facilitate the implementation of the European Union falsified medicines directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3245/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (22 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pupil-teacher ratio that pertained pre-budget 2012, that is, three teachers per 49 pupils will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2492/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (22 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 318. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will be requested to include a day care centre for persons with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia in the development of the new facility which will replace existing hospitals in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2377/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Data (22 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 377. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychiatric nurses that were provided employment contracts in 2018; the number recruited; the type of contract provided in each area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2494/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (22 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 393. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the number of day care centres for dementia patients in view of the projected increase of the number of persons that will present with dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2556/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (22 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 408. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the number of psychiatric nurses recruited in County Kerry in 2018; if he is further satisfied that only temporary contracts were offered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2631/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Contracts (22 Jan 2019)

John Brassil: 409. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the contracts offered to graduate nurses in County Kerry in 2018 were temporary contracts in view of his commitment to recruit and retain nurses; the reason permanent contracts were not offered to these nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2632/19]