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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (1 Jul 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 411. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action that has been taken to address the increasing numbers of residents in the direct provision system who are presenting with mental health issues due to stress. [28116/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (1 Jul 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 441. To ask the Minister for Health his plan to extend BreastCheck screening to women aged between 65 and 69, as outlined in the 2011 programme for Government. [28680/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (1 Jul 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 466. To ask the Minister for Health if persons (details supplied) in Dublin 9, who lost their medical cards following a review, had been granted these cards on discretionary grounds; if one or both of these cards will be returned to the persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27929/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Jul 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 469. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the eight month minimum waiting time for surgery in a Dublin Hospital (details supplied) due to a lack of funding; the steps he is taking to reduce this wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27937/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (1 Jul 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 643. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 704 of 24 June 2014, if he will provide in full tabular breakdown by date, area and reason for the closure of 165 early child care providers that have closed since 2009. [28386/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (2 Jul 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 166. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the Government decision of 17 June 2014 regarding the return of discretionary medical cards to those who had lost them following review, the basis on which the date of 1 July 2011 was chosen in view of the fact that the centralisation process commenced in 2009; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 383,488 medical card applications...

Order of Business (3 Jul 2014)

Róisín Shortall: I wish to return to the climate change Bill. The Minister said it is at an advanced stage. We were promised it would come to the House before the summer. Is that out of the question now? Is there any prospect of the Bill being produced before the summer recess, and if not, could the Minister give a target month for when we will see it because there has been much delay with the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Yield (3 Jul 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue generated from the local property tax in 2013 broken down by each local authority. [28870/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland Accreditation (3 Jul 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and proportion of English language schools with ACELS recognition from Quality and Qualifications Ireland; if he will outline the procedures for granting such accreditation; if he will outline the inspection regime and inspection activity levels to ensure that the school remains in compliance with ACELS terms and conditions; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (3 Jul 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 206. To ask the Minister for Health the target month for the signing of new regulation updating the misuse of drugs regulations to deal with the pressing problem of the street trading of benzodiazepines and Z-drugs. [28869/14]

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2014)

Róisín Shortall: Then why is the Government seeking tenders?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Interdepartmental Working Groups (8 Jul 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 96. To ask the Taoiseach the current members of the interdepartmental working group on alcohol sponsorship of sport; the dates of each of the meetings of the working group; the target month for the working group to report to Government; and the work that has been carried out to date by the group. [28970/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rebates (8 Jul 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 209. To ask the Minister for Finance if VAT remains refundable on the installation of pendent alarm systems; and if he will consider extending this to include the cost of the annual monitoring fees incurred by those using the alarms. [29785/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Data (8 Jul 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of persons with disabilities and mental health difficulties as a result of the withdrawal of the training allowance to participants on SOLAS funded training programmes; that participants have additional costs associated with taking part in training; that it is unacceptable that such persons...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Grant Payments (8 Jul 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 546. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the senior alert scheme can be accessed retrospectively by a qualifying person who is seeking to recoup the cost of a monitored alarm systems installation, as they were not aware of the support available. [29784/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (8 Jul 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 747. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a patient (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the services currently provided for the patient; and details of the current home care package available to the patient. [29535/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (8 Jul 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 878. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a cap on the fees that early child care providers can charge parents who qualify for subsidised child care under the community childcare subvention scheme and the child care education and training schemes; and if not, if he will provide details on the average weekly cost payable by parents under each scheme. [29866/14]

Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Róisín Shortall: I have two questions for the Taoiseach relating to promised legislation. It was disappointing to learn last night that the interdepartmental working group on sports sponsorship by the alcohol industry has only met twice, namely, last December and February this year. It would seem that that there is no political leadership in respect of this working group. Can the Taoiseach assure the House...

Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Róisín Shortall: It is promised legislation. The Taoiseach must be aware that we have a serious problem with alcohol.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Róisín Shortall: This matter requires the Taoiseach's leadership rather than long-fingering. On the promised legislation regarding the award of medical cards on the grounds of medical conditions, while the announcement in this regard is welcome a serious situation has arisen in that applications for discretionary medical cards-----