Results 41-60 of 131 for going forward speaker:Róisín Shortall

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Róisín Shortall: ...this was announced on 12 January and those incidents were mainly before that, does the Minister intend to introduce sanctions if that protocol is breached? On registration, when will the system go live? What about people who do not have access to a computer or to the Internet? How will that be addressed? What about people who do not come forward to register, namely those hard to...

Covid-19 Task Force: Statements (17 Dec 2020)

Róisín Shortall: ...it is not the ideal format for us. There are two major issues facing the country. They are being discussed here tonight at the tail end of the Dáil session and they are only statements. We are going into an almost four-week break over Christmas. It would have been really helpful if in both cases, the vaccine and Brexit, we could have had a question and answer session. It is quite...

Pay for Student Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (2 Dec 2020)

Róisín Shortall: ..., and rightly so. There has been a public outcry over this exploitation. The Social Democrats fully supports today's motion and we thank the Solidarity-People Before Profit group for bringing it forward. The fact of the matter is that essential work is expected of students on clinical placements, for which they are not duly compensated. That is what this issue boils down to. Major...

Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome the intention of this Bill and commend Deputy Mairéad Farrell on her work in this regard and on bringing it forward. The purpose of the Bill is to allow for the implementation of several recommendations made by the Standards in Public Office Commission in 2019. At the time SIPO made a number of recommendations to improve and strengthen transparency and accountability in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: .... That is essential. This was also a significant element of the famous agreement with the IMO that we have all been talking about in recent days. The IMO signed up to the idea, which was a huge step forward, while across the board, in the main it has been accepted as something we absolutely have to do. This was announced at the end of last year or early this year and there was a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (3 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: ...has carried out a cost benefit analysis on the changes in tax rebate policy for eworkers and home workers in relation to the rules in place from March to October 2020 and then from October going forward to ascertain whether this would result in a negative change for families’ financial positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33927/20]

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: ...to do whatever he wishes to do. At a minimum that would be highly irresponsible but neither is it the way that democratic politics works or should work. We are saying to the Minister, in putting forward these amendments, that before he does the things that this legislation enables him to do, which involve imposing restrictions on people in their daily lives, on businesses and on a range...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: ...? All of those things need to be discussed, not just thrown out here in this adversarial setting. We need to have proper discussion about the pros and cons of different strategies and how we are going to move forward in the medium and longer term in managing this virus. I do not expect a reply today but I ask the Taoiseach to give consideration to facilitating cross-party discussion...

Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Cancer Screening: Motion [Private Members] (8 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I commend Sinn Féin and Deputy Cullinane for bringing forward this important motion. It must be said that we could be here every night for the next fortnight talking about what amounts to neglect of different aspects of the health service and the storing up of significant problems for the future. That could apply to the lack of speech and language therapy for children, the absence of...

Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Jul 2020)

Róisín Shortall: At the outset, I congratulate the Minister formally on his appointment and wish him well in the job. He certainly has spent a good bit of time studying the area. From the Social Democrats point of view, we will fully support him if he is ambitious for the health service and if he delivers and makes progress on Sláintecare in a reasonable timescale. If not, we will criticise him. I...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Jul 2020)

Róisín Shortall: With all due respect, delaying phase 4 is not a strategy. I asked the Taoiseach what the Government is actually doing now which will make the numbers go down. This seems completely ad hoc. We cannot revert to lockdown every time the numbers go up. Last Tuesday's official letter from NPHET to the Government was very clear about foreign travel. It said that there has been a 12% rate of...

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Jul 2020)

Róisín Shortall: ...economic history. It is a very much changed environment and changed attitude since 2008 and it has resulted in the issuance of collective debt. This is a time for new ideas and new ways forward and that is very much welcome. I hope the Government will be part of that new way of thinking and new approaches because we desperately need them to work our way back to recovery. It cannot...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (21 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: ...reference to the health advice we received late on Monday evening with regard to the Covid-19 committee. It came out of nowhere and I still cannot figure out who took the decision to request it or go to that particular source. It has certainly caused major problems for the operation of the committee, the House and, we now know, the Courts Service, and goodness knows how many other...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: What does Mr. Reid see as the challenges going forward?

An Bille um Bearta Éigeandála ar mhaithe le Leas an Phobail (Covid-19), 2020: An Dara Céim - Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (26 Mar 2020)

Róisín Shortall: The Social Democrats very much welcome the proposals in respect of wage replacement and the co-operative approach that has been shown in terms of the proposals brought forward by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and IBEC. We know from all of the academic advice on this and the experience in other European countries that this is the right thing to do and I commend the Minister on that....

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (20 Feb 2020)

Róisín Shortall: ...congratulating you on your re-election to the Chair. It is certainly a recognition of the effective manner in which you fulfilled that role over the past four years. The Social Democrats look forward to continuing their constructive and respectful working relationship with you in the Thirty-third Dáil. I will take a moment to welcome and congratulate all 48 new Members of this...

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: I will start by commending Deputy John Curran on bringing forward this legislation. It is important legislation. I know Deputy Curran has extensive experience in this area and he speaks with authority on the matter. I also know how much work is involved in actually producing a Bill - well done to him. I hope the Bill progresses swiftly. I note that the Government is supporting the...

Period Poverty: Motion (13 Mar 2019)

Róisín Shortall: ...this particular initiative. All credit to them for doing that. This initiative is really important because it tackles both the taboo of periods and the issue of poverty. There are those in Government and elsewhere who would deny that there is a level of poverty which results in a significant number of Irish girls and women finding it difficult to afford basic sanitary items they...

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2018)

Róisín Shortall: ...or processing". Yet this is exactly the model of data collection and the subsequent sharing of that data between public bodies with which this Bill persists, despite the clarity of EU law. The Government must realise that to force this Bill forward without addressing this contradiction is to invite inevitable litigation, wasted costs and likely claims of compensation and fines from the...

Third Interim Report of the Disclosures Tribunal: Statements (17 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: ...in the report. In that regard, I certainly hope the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs will also be responding in this debate on areas within her responsibility. I have not heard that she is going to do so, but I expect that she will. It was disappointing to hear the Minister, Deputy Charles Flanagan, earlier. His contribution fell very far short of what was required in response...