Results 241-260 of 2,907 for speaker:Neasa Hourigan in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the redevelopment of a building for a school (details supplied); the timetable for the design and design development stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52048/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (28 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that amendments to the Housing Act 1988 will not narrow the definition of homelessness or restrict access to emergency homeless accommodation and other supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52129/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (28 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to date to create a single scheme that combines the current reasonable accommodation fund grants and the disability awareness support scheme into one scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52146/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (28 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 368. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to date to review the application processes for reasonable accommodation fund grants and the disability awareness support scheme with a view to making it less complex, user-friendly and to ensure that it is aligned with a needs-based approach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52147/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (28 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 369. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to date to provide approval in principle for employers and jobseekers applying for reasonable accommodation fund grants and the disability awareness support scheme to assist their planning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52148/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (28 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to date to extend the supports provided by reasonable accommodation fund grants and the disability awareness support scheme to other employers in the community and voluntary sector and commercial State-sponsored sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52149/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (28 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to date to extend the employee retention grant so that it also available to new recruits and employees with pre-existing disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52150/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (28 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to date to enhance the disability awareness support scheme to offer wider training that also includes employers who currently do not have a disabled employee on staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52151/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (28 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to date to increase the number of support hours (interpreter, in-work support, and so on) eligible for funding under reasonable accommodation fund grants and the disability awareness support scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52152/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (28 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to date to ensure there are changes to reasonable accommodation fund grants and the disability awareness support scheme to allow for equipment, software, and assistive technologies to be made available where the need arises, including blended working arrangements and full-time working from home...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (28 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to date to develop a communication plan to ensure targeted and accessible promotion of any reforms to reasonable accommodation fund grants and the disability awareness support scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52154/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (28 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 505. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 843 of 20 September 2023, if he will provide an update on the engagements he has had with a charity (details supplied) in relation to its funding situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52206/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (28 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 563. To ask the Minister for Health when the harm/benefit analysis of proposed animal experimentation projects are conducted, whether his Department considers the utility of the product to be tested on animals, or the utility of the product a component substance of which is to be tested on animals, as a factor in that harm/benefit analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51870/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Co-operation (28 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 621. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 791 of 1 February 2022, if he will provide an update on his plans to promote and advertise the use of the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive scheme to help alleviate waiting lists for medical procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52240/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (21 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 454. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reassess the age range eligibility of the BreastCheck screening programme, in particular concerning women over 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50523/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 558. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on total projected costs for the renovation/extension of Carraig Mór intensive care psychiatric facility in Shanakiel, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50998/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 559. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on total projected costs for the acquisition/renovation of a community mental health residence in Lauriston, Midleton, and any other associated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50999/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 560. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of residents residing in Garnish House; the projected closure time of that mental health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51000/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 561. To ask the Minister for Health the projected opening date of Glenwood House in Carrigaline as a community mental health residence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51001/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (14 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure all schools in the State have access to drinking water for students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49389/23]