Results 141-160 of 1,713 for speaker:Martin Browne in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some parents not living on school bus routes are paying over €1,000 for private bus providers to transport children to schools less than ten miles away; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25156/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures in place for the leaving certificate 2021 (details supplied); and if a framework is in place for allowances in the leaving certificate 2021. [24786/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (22 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 719. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of transporting patients requiring psychiatric services at St. Luke’s, Kilkenny and accompanying staff from South Tipperary General Hospital to St. Luke’s since the closure of St. Michael’s unit by year [24833/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (22 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 720. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost that will be incurred over the next five years, by year, of transporting patients requiring psychiatric services and accompanying staff to St. Luke’s, Kilkenny from South Tipperary General Hospital [24834/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 738. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of an additional Vascular Physiologist for South Tipperary General Hospital [24922/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (23 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 195. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to persons in north County Tipperary being referred to University Hospital Limerick due to a lack of capacity in Nenagh, County Tipperary; if he will make local testing facilities available; if those that incur additional expense in order to travel from Nenagh to Limerick will be compensated; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 205. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 19 of 16 September 2020, if students on placement in a healthcare setting that have part-time employment are expected to continue to go out to work in a wide range of settings while also working on placement thus vastly increasing the risk of transmission; the position regarding those students that work in caring or...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Charges (24 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request Irish Water to give an exemption from water charges to community councils and voluntary groups which provide meals on wheels services and other services for those in need; if his attention has been drawn to organisations that have been billed for thousands of euro in the space of a few months; if his...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Currency Circulation (29 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the concerns in rural Ireland of the emergence of a cashless society; the accessibility issues that would give rise for some persons; his views on the way in which those that have traditionally only dealt in cash can be facilitated; his plans to address the concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24433/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (29 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the way in which the backlog in driver tests is affecting third-level students that opt to travel to college on the days they are required on campus; the number of additional staff that have been recruited to deal with the backlog; if the staff members have reduced the backlog; his plans to increase the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (29 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the problems being experienced in the taking-in-charge of developer-led developments (details supplied). [27298/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of a school (details supplied), which was first agreed in 2013; and if progress has been made towards the opening of the school. [26305/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Peace Commissioners (29 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 716. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the number of peace commissioners for the district of Thurles, County Tipperary is sufficient. [26869/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme (29 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 873. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make the FreeStyle Libre device available for type 1 through the long-term illness scheme (details supplied). [26755/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (29 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 987. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an instance in which a frontline worker who had a broken bone had to wait a number of days to be treated; his views on the way in which the worker tested negative for Covid-19 but could not get treatment for a number of days at two hospitals due to the fact no isolation beds were available; his views on the prevalence of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (29 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 990. To ask the Minister for Health if arrangements have been made whilst Covid-19 restrictions on travel are in place to accommodate persons using medicinal cannabis preparations under licence; the length of time such arrangements are envisaged to remain; and if consideration has been given to such arrangements being made permanent. [27325/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (1 Oct 2020)

Martin Browne: 51. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration will be given to restoring pre-recession funding to the development scheme for Irish run by an organisation (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the fact that funding for an officer to run the scheme was cut from five days per week to four when the economic crisis hit; her views on the valued...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water (1 Oct 2020)

Martin Browne: 160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff directly employed by Irish Water; the number of staff employed through contracted services; the cost of subcontracted and directly employed employees; and the breakdown of services which are subcontracted. [27943/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (1 Oct 2020)

Martin Browne: 161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the provisions in place to avoid persons who are on the housing list as joint applicants being penalised when as a result of relationship breakdown they have to reapply as single persons; and if there is a provision in place such that such persons are not treated as new applicants. [27944/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (1 Oct 2020)

Martin Browne: 241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the six-week absence rule is calculated in view of the fact that applicants are being given conflicting information as to whether it is the entire period that is counted once it is over six weeks or just the number of days over the six weeks. [27796/20]