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Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Nov 2013)

Róisín Shortall: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak in this debate. It is notable that the Government is not offering any speakers at this point. Apart from a handful of Members who had the courage to show up at the start of the debate, it appears no other Government Members are offering to speak. That speaks volumes about this Government's position and all the promises that were made over recent...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility (14 Nov 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 99 of 20 December 2012, if he will provide the corresponding figures in respect of 2011 and, if available, 2012. [48724/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (14 Nov 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 48. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 29 January 2013, the changes, if any, that have been made to capture data on the location of foreign property that avail of this tax break, especially non-EEA located property; and if no changes have been made the reason for same. [48725/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters Installation (14 Nov 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 115. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is funding available to assist jobseekers who wish to take the mandatory one day course in water meter installation, in view of the commitment to 25% of jobs going to jobseekers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48636/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (19 Nov 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 351. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the increase awarded to pensioners when they turn 80 only applies to the primary recipient and not to the payments made to qualified adults. [49396/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 609. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the concerns, raised by the ISPCA and others, that the provision to allow for the docking of tails and dew claw removal by non-veterinary trained persons for cosmetic reasons should be excluded from the Animal Health and Welfare Act regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49497/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Strategy (20 Nov 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 204. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the status of the primary care strategy and his plans to expand the capacity of primary care through the recruitment of additional therapy staff and practice nurses [49717/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (20 Nov 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 205. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the provision of primary care centres to meet the needs identified in the Health Service Executive needs analysis carried out in 2012; the way he is prioritising the delivery of such centres by way of direct build, lease arrangement, and public/private partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49718/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Administration (21 Nov 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 49. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons who paid their 2013 local property tax by cash, cheque-postal order or single debit authority and did not receive a LPT1A payment instruction form for 2014 are assumed to be paying by the same methods for 2014, as is the case of those who pay through deduction at source; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49963/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Administration (21 Nov 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance when letters will issue to persons who alerted the Revenue Commissioners that they did not receive their LPT1A payment instruction form for 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49964/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Collection (21 Nov 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance if property ID and PIN information can be issued to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 who did not receive any correspondences from Revenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49965/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure (21 Nov 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the provision she has made in the social protection budget in 2014 to allow for higher payments of one-parent family payments that will result from the removal of the one-parent family tax credit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50042/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (21 Nov 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 199. To ask the Minister for Health the target month he is working to for the updating of regulations under the Misuse of Drugs Act following the recent public consultation period. [50046/13]

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (26 Nov 2013)

Róisín Shortall: This legislation underlines the complete incoherence of the Government's health policy. In theory the Government is supposed to be extending access to primary care. However, in reality it is reducing access. This measure and the other budget measures are taking €149 million from the medical card scheme. That represents tens of thousands of medical cards that will be withdrawn from...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (26 Nov 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 574. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and location of all child detention places; the average monthly occupancy rates in each case; the number of occasion over the past two years when no place was available for a minor referred by the Courts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50860/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (26 Nov 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 669. To ask the Minister for Health further to the Health Service Executive internal audit report regarding section 38 agencies’ remuneration, the actions his Department has taken regarding same since it first became aware of the practice in 2008. [50866/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Referrals (26 Nov 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 666. To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which medical consultants require patients to provide a general practitioner referral letter in the public health system and in private practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50863/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Recruitment (26 Nov 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 667. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure for the approval of consultant posts in the public health system; the basis on which decisions are made in respect of geographical locations and specialties; and his views on the adequacy of the current provision. [50864/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Contract Issues (26 Nov 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 668. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure involved for medical consultants to establish a private practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50865/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Administration (27 Nov 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 49. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a local property tax letter was issued to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 for a property they do not own, despite this person alerting the Revenue Commissioners of this when paying their 2013 liability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51054/13]