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Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (25 Jan 2011)

Róisín Shortall: Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the lack of options available to parents on the northside of Dublin who wish to provide a non-denominational second level education for their children, in view of the fact that a school (details supplied) is now heavily oversubscribed; the way she proposes to uphold parents rights in...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (25 Jan 2011)

Róisín Shortall: Question 481: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the proposed uses for a site (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [3781/11]

Written Answers — Traveller Education: Traveller Education (27 Jan 2011)

Róisín Shortall: Question 7: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the damaging impact of her decision to withdraw resource and visiting Traveller teachers on progress that has been made on raising education standards among Travellers; if she will consider the case of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 which will suffer a major detrimental effect...

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (27 Jan 2011)

Róisín Shortall: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the yield from applying income tax to approved profit sharing schemes. [4302/11]

Departmental Funding (23 Mar 2011)

Róisín Shortall: I apologise that written replies were not available until now. I do not know what glitch caused this but we will ensure this does not happen in future. I will be taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy James Reilly and I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. In 2010, a grant of almost €172,000 was approved from the...

Hospital Services (23 Mar 2011)

Róisín Shortall: I appreciate Deputy Colreavy's initial comments and thank him for them. I am sure the staff of the Houses also appreciate them. As everyone is aware, the staff are extremely helpful and supportive in the context of assisting new Members to settle in and I am sure that will continue to be the case. I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Reilly, and I welcome the...

Hospital Services (7 Apr 2011)

Róisín Shortall: I am responding on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Reilly. I thank Deputy O'Brien for raising the issue. The Minister recently asked the HSE to identify any cases in which it plans to withdraw services from individual acute hospitals in the coming months and to brief the Minister on the circumstances and implications in each case. I assure the Deputy that this is not a smokescreen. The...

Written Answers — General Practitioner Services: General Practitioner Services (12 Apr 2011)

Róisín Shortall: The current General Medical Services (GMS) GP Capitation Contract was introduced in 1989 and is based on a diagnosis and treatment model. The Programme for Government provides for the introduction of a new GMS GP contract with an increased emphasis on the management of chronic conditions, such as diabetes and cardiovascular conditions. I would envisage that the new contract will also focus...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 Apr 2011)

Róisín Shortall: I am considering the measures introduced by the HSE to contain expenditure on the Dental Treatment Services Scheme at the level of €63m.

Written Answers — General Practitioner Services: General Practitioner Services (12 Apr 2011)

Róisín Shortall: I propose to take Questions Nos. 64 and 73 together. The HSE has responsibility for the development of Primary Care Centres in line with the Primary Care Strategy and it is the intention that the majority of these will be provided by the private sector through leasing agreements. In this context the Executive has developed a generic design model for Primary Care Centres, with accommodation...

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Order for Report Stage (20 Apr 2011)

Róisín Shortall: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (20 Apr 2011)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 1: In page 22, lines 34 and 35, to delete all words from and including "Central" in line 34 down to and including "Ireland" in line 35 and substitute "Central Bank of Ireland". This is a technical amendment as the Central Bank Reform Act 2010 provided for the Central Bank to take over the functions and personnel of the financial services authority of Ireland and its...

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (20 Apr 2011)

Róisín Shortall: I am not in a position to clarify that for the Deputy. The Minister, Deputy Reilly, is not available today because he has another engagement. I will clarify with the Deputy later, if Report Stage runs into tomorrow, who will be taking it.

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (20 Apr 2011)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 2: In page 23, lines 20 and 21, to delete "fine not exceeding €5,000" and substitute "class A fine". Amendments Nos. 2, 26, 27, 33 and 36 are technical amendments. Under the Fines Act 2010 fixed-amount fines are replaced with classes of fines. A class A fine is a fine not exceeding €5,000.

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (20 Apr 2011)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 4: In page 24, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: "(4) The Board shall ensure that— (a) a draft of the statement of strategy that it proposes to adopt under this section is published in the prescribed manner, not later than 2 months before the time when the Board is to submit a statement of strategy to the Minister under subsection (1)(b), (b) with the...

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (20 Apr 2011)

Róisín Shortall: I assure both Deputies that the new Government is highly committed to the principle of having transparency in respect of the appointments being made to State boards. Both parties to the Government have identified this in their respective election manifestoes and in the programme for Government. It has been highlighted as an issue with which the new Government intends to deal at an early...

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (20 Apr 2011)

Róisín Shortall: With all due respect, it is a bit rich to make such comments. The Government has only been in place for the past six weeks, yet a great deal of progress has been made. We have signalled our intention to open up the question of appointments to State boards and to bring transparency to the area. I have outlined the situation that pertains to the 23 members of the board in question, in that...

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (20 Apr 2011)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 6: In page 28, to delete lines 41 to 47 and substitute the following: "(2) The Board shall elect a President of the Board from amongst its members-- (a) for the first term after the commencement of this section, for the term specified by the Board referred to in paragraph 13(2) of the Schedule, and (b) for all other terms, in accordance with the Schedule. (3) The Board...

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (20 Apr 2011)

Róisín Shortall: I propose that the Bill be recommitted in respect of amendments Nos. 7, 10, 12, 16 and 17.

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (20 Apr 2011)

Róisín Shortall: There are a number of amendments in respect of which the Bill needs to be recommitted. My understanding is that if the House agrees to recommit in respect of amendment No. 7, the Bill will automatically be recommitted in respect of amendments Nos. 10, 12, 16 and 17 also.