Results 9,761-9,780 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (18 Sep 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 647. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action she will take to address the anomalous position of workers who work for low wages for less than 19 hours a week over more than three days but cannot currently qualify for income support; her views on whether the present arrangements create in some cases a disincentive to take up or retain paid employment; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (18 Sep 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 1473. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the cut-backs in funding for disability services have led to a situation where the residential care offered at St. Michael's House residential unit in Warrenhouse, Baldoyle may not be able to operate on a full-time basis meaning that residents will have to move out of their homes and back to their families...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (18 Sep 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 1591. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing issues of cancellation of respite due to crisis accommodation cases at the Daughters of Charity, Navan Road; the steps he is taking to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38790/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters Issues (25 Sep 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 137. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is planned to commence charging for water in the last quarter of 2014, with the first bills arriving the following January, at a time when some residents will have had meters installed and some will not; the way it is proposed to provide a fair and balanced charging...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (1 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 212. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of a company (details suppled) in Dublin 1, which has received an additional and unexpected VAT demand which impacts on the viability of the company; the approach of the Revenue Commissioners in respect of such VAT liability for all companies in this industry. [41049/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (1 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 299. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the proposed use for a public building in Dublin 11 (details supplied), which is in the control of the Office of Public Works and which has been lying idle for more than three years. [40997/13]

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: Is the Taoiseach blaming the doctors?

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: That has not worked for them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 580. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there are no further cuts to the funding of Prosper Fingal, Rush County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42364/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Increment Payments (9 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the gross value of all increments to be paid to civil and public servants in 2014, and the percentage average increase-decrease in salaries in 2014 factoring in increments and the cuts imposed as part of the Haddington Road agreement. [42611/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Eligibility (9 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rules that apply to the family income supplement scheme in respect of fathers who do not have full custody of their children but who financially contribute to their children's upkeep and who live with them for agreed periods but not full time; and the statutory basis for these rules. [42557/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (9 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rules that apply to the child benefit scheme in respect of fathers who do not have full custody of their children but who financially contribute to their children's upkeep and who live with them for agreed periods but not full time; and the statutory basis for these rules. [42558/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (9 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is the case that where custody and living arrangements in respect of a child are approximately evenly distributed between the parents of a child that child benefit is paid in these circumstances only to the mother; the statutory basis for these arrangements; and if she will outline the circumstances where the benefit may be split among the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Trusts (9 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 194. To ask the Minister for Health further to the publication of the establishment of hospital groups as a transition to independent hospital trusts, if he will outline in precise terms the way patients who are currently served by the Mater hospital in Dublin will in future be served; if it is planned to disrupt or terminate existing consultant patient relationships or to reassign current...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Trusts (9 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 195. To ask the Minister for Health further to the publication of the establishment of hospital groups as a transition to independent hospital trusts, if expectant mothers on the north side of Dublin will continue to have the option of attending the National Maternity Hospital for all maternity services [42668/13]

Order of Business (10 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: You are going to silence him, are you?

Order of Business (10 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: Parties should not control the Dáil. Stalinism, it is called. Is that not right, Deputy Stagg?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Statutory Instruments (10 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that Statutory Instrument 616/2011 is applicable to claimants who were in receipt of a benefit at the time that this regulation was signed as well as future claimants; when and in what manner pre-existing claimants were informed of changes in the rules; and the way new claimants are informed of these rules. [42871/13]

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 1: Alcohol Products Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: I agree with Deputy Pearse Doherty that it is no way to treat Members of the House to call out an order without circulating it. It is the least the Ceann Comhairle could have done, in my view, to show some respect for Members. It is very disappointing that the Government is taking this approach. This measure is no substitute for an alcohol strategy. The steering group produced a draft...

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 6: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: I very much share the concerns that have been expressed by earlier speakers about this measure. It is one of a number of measures which will result in the health service going into free fall. The programme for Government sets out a clear plan for transition to universal health insurance but, unfortunately, we are now at a point two and a half years down the road where little or no progress...