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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. Does Mr. Watt expect any cases to get to the point of discovery within the coming year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Does anybody who is dealing with this matter know?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: What was that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: What is the current strategy then, for the management of these cases? Is it the same as previously? Is it the advice to Government that once a case gets to discovery, the State should settle?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Yes, and is that the current position?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. I thank the Chair.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The cost-of-living package the Cabinet agreed earlier is wholly inadequate. It goes nowhere near meeting the desperate needs of the many workers and families who are really struggling to keep their heads above water. Once again, the Government's entire focus is on once-off measures. People need to know how they will pay their soaring bills not just this week or next week, but next month...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The reason the Taoiseach is announcing these measures today is because the Government did not do enough in the budget. Is that not the reality? This package is evidence of that. Instead of learning from its mistakes, the Government is repeating them. Can I quote the Children's Rights Alliance? It has said repeatedly that the increase to the qualified child payment is a crucial...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: That was a €2 increase.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The increase was only €2 per week.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The increase was only €2 per week. Does the Taoiseach think that is adequate?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Citizens' Assembly (21 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 125. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a timeline for the establishment of the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs and the timeline for the provision of its terms of reference to the Houses of the Oireachtas. [8160/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (21 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 246. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of CCTV cameras by a company (details supplied) procured by the OPW in use in the Houses of the Oireachtas; the date they were installed; the duration of these contracts; if the procurement of these cameras was part of a tender process; if so, the nature of that tendering process; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (21 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 247. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the impact on people’s data protection rights arising from the procurement, installation and operation of CCTV camera systems by a company (details supplied); the national security risks with regards to the installation and operation of these cameras; the human rights implications of contracting with this...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (21 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the scope and remit of the OPW’s review of best practice regarding CCTV systems by a company (details supplied); if he will publish the terms of reference; the experts who will conduct the review; the bodies who will be consulted as part of the review; the duration of the review and expected deadline for publication of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (21 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of all public buildings that use CCTV cameras by a company (details supplied). [8481/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (21 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW and the Houses of the Oireachtas will remove all CCTV manufactured by a company (details supplied), pending the outcome of the ‘review of best practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8482/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (21 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 642. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 307 of 9 February 2023, if he will provide additional details in relation to his update on recommendation 9(ii) regarding altering medical records; the meaning of associated arrangements; if he intends to bring forward separate legislation to make it a criminal offence to alter medical records with the intent to mislead...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Equality Issues (22 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 35. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the practice of differential pricing between standard tickets and wheelchair accessible tickets in a venue (details supplied); the steps he is taking to ensure this discriminatory practise is stopped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8984/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff (22 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide details of the turnover of staff in his Department for each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and the percentage of total staff this represents in each category. [9277/23]