Results 20,541-20,560 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Given we are all agreed on the objective of preventing intimidation and harassment of people accessing health services, has An Garda a solution to that problem?

Finance Bill 2022: Report Stage (23 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I wish to speak to amendment No. 70, which is about income tax. Looking at the impact of the permanent changes in the budget, the reality is there are big issues in relation to the distributional effects of what is being done in tax, which will result in those changes being very regressive. In the last decade or so, successive Ministers have prided themselves on the fact that we have a...

Finance Bill 2022: Report Stage (23 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: The main question I asked the Minister was a political one: what was the rationale for giving a tax break of €830 a year to people earning more than €100,000? Let us personalise that. I think it is important to do that. Everybody in this House is going to get a gift of €830 from the State due to the Minister's decision. As I have said, there are great numbers of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (15 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with Irish Rail officials to discuss progress on the Broadmeadow Way Donabate to Malahide greenway project; if so, the number of times that he has done so since assuming office; if he will outline the matters discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56714/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (15 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the croí cónaithe scheme has yet been extended to allow residents of Dublin city to apply; if not, the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56632/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (15 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the ability of elected members of the Teaching Council to attend its meetings; the steps she will take to ensure that elected members of the Teaching Council can attend meetings; if she will engage with the management of voluntary secondary schools on this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the timeline for the provision of new school buildings for schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56589/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (15 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current position regarding Finglas Citizens Information Centre, including current opening hours; if there have recently been any changes in the service provided, or whether there are any planned changes, given the vital service offered to the people of Finglas by Citizens Information; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (15 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to recognise long-Covid as an occupational disease or illness following this Government's support of the motion in relation to long-Covid on 9 November 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56712/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (15 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 426. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residential care centres provided by each private for-profit provider; the location of each centre; the costs of this provision; the bed placement capacity of each centre in the years 2020 and 2021; the average occupancy level for each centre in 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (15 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 427. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residential care centres provided by each voluntary NGO provider; the location of each centre; the costs of this provision per centre for the years 2020 and 2021; the bed placement capacity of each centre in 2020 and 2021; the average occupancy level for each centre in 2020 and 2021; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (15 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 428. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number and type of residential care centre provided by Tusla; the location of each centre; the cost of this provision per centre for the years 2020 and 2021; the bed placement capacity of each centre for 2020 and 2021; the average occupancy level per centre for 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Detention Centres (15 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 429. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total bed placement capacity in the Oberstown centre; the average occupancy level in the centre in the years 2020 and 2021; the costs of this provision in 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56179/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (15 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 575. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 20 October 2022, if he will confirm if the health and social care professional role that he intends to establish in his Department will be at the level of chief officer; the timeline that he is working towards in advertising this role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56580/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (15 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 577. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in whose deaths the drug pregabalin was implicated since 2010, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56590/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 590. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that agency roles working within the HSE include contract workers such as cleaners and security officers, in respect of the pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56713/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (23 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 161. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide further details regarding the proposed process to address thalidomide survivors’ longstanding concerns; the timeline that he is working towards; and if a chair will be appointed by 1 December 2022. [58447/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (23 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 213. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a campaign regarding junk food marketing to children (details supplied); the steps that he is taking to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58440/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (23 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 214. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the public health (obesity) bill; the timeline that he is working towards; the reason for the delay in progressing this piece of legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58441/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I would like to welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentations. The most striking aspect of the health service is the fact that in every service one looks at, there are log jams. The result is that large numbers of people are denied access to basic healthcare. This has been the case for several years and in most cases there is no indication things are getting any better. I...