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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Defined Pension Benefit Schemes Issues (30 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action she is taking to ensure that the minimum funding standard in respect of defined benefit pensions is adequately enforced. [26569/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Defined Pension Benefit Schemes Issues (30 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the possibility of applying any shortfall from the minimum funding standard in respect of a defined benefit pension scheme as a corporate debt on the company concerned. [26570/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Administration (11 Jun 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 170. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request Revenue to arrange for a partial refund of the local property tax (details supplied) in Dublin 11 arising from the home owner mistakenly paying the Revenue estimate amount which they now realise does not correspond to the true value of their home and they have effectively been over-charged; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Administration (11 Jun 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 171. To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons Revenue has not responded to a letter issued to them on 11 April and again on 30 April 2013 from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 in relation to the mistaken over valuation of a property and the need to make an adjustment; and if he will ensure that the correspondence is replied to and that the necessary adjustment is made and the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Administration (11 Jun 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 173. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an application to defer the local property tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; if he will provide confirmation that an application has been received and processed in respect of this person; the confirmation being provided, if any, for such applications, the way it is proposed to address this matter; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (11 Jun 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements which are being put in place to cater for the educational needs of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the support that will be provided from September 2014 onwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26926/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Conventions (11 Jun 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 719. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons for the delay in signing the European Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence; and the target month in 2013 he is working to to have this Convention signed. [27424/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (11 Jun 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 949. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties accessing a hydrotherapy pool (details supplied); the future intentions for this facility; the reason it was closed and reopened on a trial basis only; and if he will outline alternative facilities that will accommodate patients in need of this service [26925/13]

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Róisín Shortall: Why does the Taoiseach not answer the question?

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Róisín Shortall: Does the Taoiseach have any opinion?

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Róisín Shortall: It is difficult to understand, if it was deemed appropriate at drafting stage to include these provisions, why they are now being deleted. The provision in paragraph (c) that a person who has been adjudicated bankrupt is disbarred from appointment as a director of the Health Service Executive seems absolutely sensible. There might be less to say for paragraph (d), which provides that a...

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister did not explain why these provisions were considered necessary at one point but are now required to be deleted. Safeguards such as these are very important in respect of very senior public positions. It would be completely acceptable to impose some type of time limit, for example, in respect of persons who have been adjudicated bankrupt at some point in the past. My reading of...

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Róisín Shortall: I have serious concerns about the impact of this legislation. It has been presented to us under the guise of reform when, in fact, it is a fig leaf to deal with a corporate governance mess created by the Minister for Health. It shows scant regard for the elements required for corporate governance in the health service, the premier public body, with a staff of nearly 100,000 and a budget of...

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Róisín Shortall: That has nothing to do with protecting the public purse.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Numbers (12 Jun 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants awaiting payment following successful appeals to the independent social welfare appeals office; if he will provide an indication of the number of such applications per payment; the measures her Department is taking to ensure that this backlog is dealt with in view of the fact that the majority of applicants that have...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Prize Bonds (13 Jun 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding unclaimed prize bond prizes; the way these funds are used; the role, if any, of the dormant accounts funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28571/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Prize Bonds (13 Jun 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of unclaimed prize bonds in each of the past ten years. [28572/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Generic Drugs Substitution (13 Jun 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 224. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding generic substitution when the least expensive substitute medicine is unavailable to a particular pharmacist; and if he will clarify in these circumstances if a top up fee will apply to medical card holders in respect of the more expensive substitute medicines that are available to the pharmacist [28570/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (13 Jun 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Asthma related admissions to hospital emergency departments in each of the past five years [28573/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (13 Jun 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 226. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of Asthma related admissions to hospital in each of the past five years [28574/13]