To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has identified the reasons some 1,200 nursing home beds are unoccupied, as confirmed by a survey conducted by Nursing Homes Ireland, which also confirmed the existence of 178 vacancies at 23 nursing homes in County Galway; and if so if the HSE has compiled… Continue Reading
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the organ donation process with reference to the proposals for a new system based on presumed consent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. – Seán Kyne T.D. Reply: Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar TD The HSE’s Organ Donation and Transplant Ireland (ODTI)… Continue Reading
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when it is planned to launch the creating competitive regions strategies; and if, with particular reference to the west of Ireland, there has been stakeholder consultation and engagement in creating the strategy. – Seán Kyne. Reply: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD… Continue Reading
Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an dtabharfaidh sí tuairisc ar an dul chun cinn atá déanta i dtaca leis na bearta sa Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge, ós rud é go bhfuil an ceathrú cuid de thréimhse na Straitéise istigh in 2015; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. – Seán… Continue Reading
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the exceptionally positive passenger numbers for Iarnród Éireann, and particularly on the western rail corridor, his views that the future continuation of this line would consolidate such increases and contribute to sustainable regional development; and if he will make a statement on the… Continue Reading