Results 21-40 of 1,678 for speaker:Martin Browne in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bus Services (5 Mar 2024)

Martin Browne: 313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the shortage of school bus drivers, and the impact this is having on students and their families each year. [10524/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Mar 2024)

Martin Browne: 330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills , further to Parliamentary Question No. 276 of 20 February 2024, the number of post-primary schools that are currently without special classes; the number currently with fewer than four special classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10705/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (5 Mar 2024)

Martin Browne: 591. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to address a shortfall of communication between CDNTs and families; if he is aware of dissatisfaction with the level of communication from the services to families in the south-east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10594/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (5 Mar 2024)

Martin Browne: 637. To ask the Minister for Health if there is limited availability of the medicine betnesol; if access to the medication is possible for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10026/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (5 Mar 2024)

Martin Browne: 712. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to address the impact the removal of the private MRI scanner at Tipperary University Hospital will have on public waiting lists; to provide details of the number of people waiting for MRI scans at TUH and the length of time they have been waiting on a three-monthly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10321/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (28 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: 153. To ask the Minister for Health if assurances can be given that a full discharge plan and community care plan will be put in place to immediately provide transitional services for a family (details supplied) upon the discharge of their children from hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9494/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (27 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: 491. To ask the Minister for Health if a financial assessment of the costs of repurposing a hospital (details supplied) has been carried out or considered; if an estimate is available or can be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8713/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Death Certificates (21 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: 31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will engage with the South African Embassy concerning a death certificate application (detail supplied) submitted in 2018. where the applicant has yet to receive the death certificate more than four years afterwards. [8225/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (20 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: 276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline in detail the precise statistical data used by her Department when planning for future special class placements; the specific data collection process; the date on which the allocations of special classes will be announced in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7587/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: 315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the difficulties being experienced by students (details supplied) in securing school bus services can be addressed. [8031/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: 366. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if provision will be made to assess a family (details supplied) for carers allowance before their twin children return from hospital where their parents have been accompanying them since the birth of their children at great financial cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7553/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (20 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: 525. To ask the Minister for Health if an estimate has been carried out to determine the cost of reopening the emergency department at Nenagh Hospital; to produce any analysis of such a measure that may have been commissioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7428/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: 628. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.1368 of 7 November 2023, if details can be provided to the precise location of property being considered for purchase (details supplied); if he and the HSE will engage locally on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8044/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (13 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: 589. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the need to repurpose the nightingale beds at University Hospital Limerick to provide a more immediate increase in capacity at the hospital, rather than decommissioning them; to outline any engagements he has had on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6455/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (8 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: 18. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on his engagement with the hospitality sector in 2024. [5673/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Export Controls (8 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: 58. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how many dual-use licences were issued to exporters to trade in dual-use items with Israel since October 2023; if he has any concern that duel use items being traded with Israel are currently being used against civilians and civilian infrastructure in the Israel-Hamas war; what actions his Department has taken under the Control of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: 330. To ask the Minister for Health the number of presentations to Cashel minor injuries unit each month in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the number of direct presentations initiated by the patient and the number of presentations based on referrals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5913/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Local Authorities (1 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: 46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the maintenance of roads on housing estates that have been taken in charge by local authorities are the responsibility of the local authorities under the Local Improvement Scheme; his views on whether it is appropriate for local authorities to advise residents to apply for funding to repair those roads under the Community Involvement...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (1 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage holders who have switched their mortgage from vulture funds to the mainstream mortgage market since 6 September 2023; and as a consequence, his assessment of the effectiveness of the switching eligibility criteria announced by the banking sector on that date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4610/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (1 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: 128. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is considering measures to support businesses with the increased cost of doing business through the taxation system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4609/24]