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Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (13 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: I do not disagree with anything the Minister of State said but he has not addressed the issue I raised. I said that there was a need for a plan to be devised to deal with this anomaly. The Minister of State knows from his own background that people have contractual arrangements whereby they are required to retire at 65. The State is abolishing the State pension transition so people are...

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: I strongly support this amendment. We had a discussion on this issue on Committee Stage and I appeal to the Minister, on the grounds of transparency and the public's right to know how public money is being spent, to consider the amendment favourably. It is interesting that when we look at the cost of any of the social welfare schemes, we know exactly the number of claimants and exactly...

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: Notwithstanding any election promise, I do not have a major problem with the price of alcohol being increased. I hope further proposals in this regard will be forthcoming from the Minister in the near future. Such proposals are very much overdue. Will the Minister of State address the issue of claims made for VAT rebates in respect of below cost sales of alcohol? In effect, the State,...

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: I support the amendment. Whatever about the principle of a carbon tax, this provision impacts disproportionately on poor people and those on low incomes. The application of the tax as a blunt instrument means it takes no account of ability to pay. We already have a significant fuel poverty problem. If the Government was serious about the issue and took any account of ability to pay, it...

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: I understand this measure has been poverty proofed, as indicated by the Minister of State. I ask him to arrange to make available to Opposition Members the relevant data, including the number of people on which this tax will have a negative impact. I would appreciate it if the Minister of State gave an undertaking to make the material available. Does the Minister of State accept that...

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: Therefdore, there are no answers.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question no. 252 of 6 March 2013, the services and treatments available to diabetes type 1 patients under the medical card scheme. [13463/13]

Other Questions: Hospital Acquired Infections (20 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: It is done to avoid any accountability. He is up to his usual tricks.

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: Accountability my eye.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (20 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Health the target date for the full commencement of new regulations under the Misuse of Drugs Act to deal with the trading of certain z-drugs; the dealing in and prescribing of benzodiazepines; his plans to deal with the sale of anabolic steroids; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14345/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Working Groups (20 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of meetings of the Interdepartmental Working and Retirement Group that have taken place since February 2011; and the agenda for each of those meetings. [13878/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (20 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an application for a diet supplement in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 9 was refused: if she will have this application reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13880/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Issues (21 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update in relation to the establishment of an interdepartmental working group to report to Government with options to minimise the impact of waste charges on low income households; if this report has been finalised and submitted to Government; and the steps that are being taken to assist low income...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children Services Committees (21 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the Children's Services Committees which have already been established; the catchment population and child population which each serves; and if she will provide this information for all proposed Children Services Committees. [14521/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (21 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a replacement doctor for a practice (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if the Health Service Executive will commit to put in place appropriate arrangements in advance of this doctor's departure to ensure that minimal inconvenience is caused to patients during this transition period. [14425/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (21 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Health if a plan for regular periods of respite will be put in place in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if he will outline the supports available to assist this person. [14522/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (26 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 75 of 13 February 2013 if he will now furnish a reply in relation to a replacement special education needs organiser that was assigned to this child. [15121/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (26 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 27 February 2013, if he will clarify the options open to him to initiate an investigation when planning permission is granted in direct conflict to maximum height limits set down in a local authority development plan. [15119/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Provision (26 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 572 of 22 January 2013, if she will ensure that a national register is compiled of foster parents who are not deemed suitable to have children placed with them in order to prevent the scenario whereby foster parents suspended or refused in one health area on child protection grounds are not employed in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mental Health Services Provision (26 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Health if he will give an assurance that the existing use of Toghermore House, Tuam, County Galway, will be maintained for the foreseeable future. [15122/13]