Results 81-100 of 12,270 for in 'Written Answers' speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 193. To ask the Minister for Health the existing staffing levels in each of the long-Covid clinics and post-acute clinics established under the interim model of care for long-Covid, by role, in tabular form; the number of vacant posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53893/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legal Tender (25 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 249. To ask the Minister for Finance the current position regarding coinage and bank notes as legal tender in the State; if shops, restaurants, pubs, cinemas and traders in general are legally allowed to refuse to accept cash payment and state they are card only; if there have been any recent legislative changes in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53007/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the process for allocating a school bus escort and or special needs assistant in this circumstance; the length of time that such an allocation would take at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52806/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (25 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to correspondence from a school principal (details supplied); if the project can receive State funding; if she will liaise and meet with those who run the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52945/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (25 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department intends to issue a joint circular which explicitly states that schools should not use alcohol educational resources developed by the alcohol industry or alcohol industry-funded organisations; if so, the date that this will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53567/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Advertising (25 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 713. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department intends to issue a joint circular which explicitly states that schools should not use alcohol educational resources developed by the alcohol industry or alcohol industry-funded organisations; if so, the date that this will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53566/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff (20 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 142. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 686 of 11 October 2022, if the position of chief health and social care professionals' officer will be established in his Department, following comments made by the Secretary General of his Department at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health on 28 September 2022 (details supplied); the timeline that he is working...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2023 (19 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance if private nursing homes will be eligible to apply for the €1.25 billion temporary business energy support scheme, announced in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52441/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (19 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 235. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 227 and 228 of 28 September 2022, if he will provide a further breakdown of the total current HSE residential budget for disabled persons, including the number of individuals supported in residences directly funded by the HSE; the current budget for this provision; the number of individuals supported in residences...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (19 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 236. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 227 and 228 of 28 September 2022, if he will provide a further breakdown of the full current HSE residential budget for disabled persons, including the number of individuals and amounts of funding provided for residential funding allocated to the 2400 persons living in congregated settings and or group homes; and the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2023 (19 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 270. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the qualifying criteria for the €100 million one-off health sector fund announced in Budget 2023; when section 39 organisations, nursing homes and hospices will be provided with information regarding this funding; if he will outline the arrangements for applying; the timeline that he is working towards for issuing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2023 (19 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 271. To ask the Minister for Health if Section 56 and 10 agencies and other community and voluntary organisations will be eligible to apply for the €100 million one-off health sector funding announced in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52442/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (19 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 272. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the severe impact of inflation on rural nursing homes, in light of the number of rural nursing homes which are closing; the steps that he is taking to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52443/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Intellectual Property (18 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 160. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he supports extending the World Trade Organization decision of 17 June 2022 on the TRIPS agreement to cover intellectual property relating to Covid-19 treatments and diagnostic tests with no further conditions or changes to the text; and if he has responded to a correspondence concerning this matter from 18 NGOs. [51104/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (18 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 212 of 15 September 2022, the maximum spend permitted for Traveller accommodation in each of the years since 2020; if there is a ceiling on the funding that each local authority can draw down or any other budgetary restrictions since the allocation process was amended; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (18 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of all monies paid by each religious order under the residential institutions redress scheme and all monies still outstanding in each case in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52041/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (18 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of all monies paid by each religious order under the Ryan Report and all monies still outstanding in each case in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52042/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the situation facing old age pensioners who have lost their entitlement to fuel allowance, due to the fact that their adult children who are not in receipt of an qualifying payment have had to move back in with them due to the housing shortage; the steps that she intends to take to address...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (18 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 724. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeline that the working interdepartmental group established to review the report of the Special Oireachtas Joint Committee on International Surrogacy is working towards in completing its work; when he expects the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022 will reach Committee stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (18 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 830. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that there is no nursing representative on the strategic advisory group on monkeypox; if there are plans to amend the membership of this group to include nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51902/22]