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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (10 Mar 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of a DEIS band 1 school in Ballymun, Dublin 9, if she will review the decision of her Department to suppress a concessionary post (details supplied). [10466/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Recruitment (10 Mar 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 532. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he envisages being in a position to direct Dublin City Council to commence hiring of additional maintenance and landscaping staff in the foreseeable future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10259/15]

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Róisín Shortall: I ask the Minister to clarify how that will happen. This information will be life-changing for the person who receives it at the age of 18 or 19. It cannot happen in a bald way. What are the arrangements for ensuring that it is dealt with sensitively? I refer to medical information. Is the Minister making any provision for medical records or information to be made available? This is...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Róisín Shortall: This is welcome to a certain extent and is an improvement on the current situation, but I asked the Minister two fundamental questions which she has not answered. This issue, along with many others, underlines the problem with rushing this Bill. I suggest, given the fact that only four Members are in the Chamber, that the vast majority of Deputies have not read the Bill. It is very...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Róisín Shortall: Will the Minister clarify who would make that determination on either side?

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Róisín Shortall: In the Minister's contribution to this group of amendments she said that this is a first step. I accept that it is a first step and that the Minister has listened to some of the comments on Second Stage and Committee Stage. It is not good enough, however, that the Minister does not go further in this regard. This legislation is extensive and complex. It goes to incredible lengths to...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister has not provided any basis for the selection of 12 months as the magic number. Will she do so? In the context of the 12-month period, how is cohabitation established? The Minister also stated that information will be "readily available". I do not know what that means. As far as I can see, the Bill or the amendments do not provide for information to be made available, and...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Róisín Shortall: Yes.

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Róisín Shortall: Nobody tells them that.

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Róisín Shortall: Why does the Minister not require the registrar to tell them?

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Róisín Shortall: We all accept it is an unfortunate fact of life that domestic violence is all too common in this country and needs to be addressed comprehensively. My concern is that this issue was raised, both by Deputy Coppinger and the Minister, in the context of discussing the denial of automatic guardianship to unmarried fathers. It was wholly unfair to do that. I am not aware of any figures that...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Róisín Shortall: Deputy Coppinger raised that in the context of a discussion of setting down the rights of non-martial fathers, and that was unfair. It adds to the societal view in this country. It is a negative message that has been sent out about unmarried fathers. We are talking about rights. It is not only about the rights of mothers or fathers but also the right of children to know both their...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (12 Mar 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 113. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 has had arrears deducted from a Department of Social Protection payment due to an incorrect allocation of tax credits; the reason for the incorrect allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11004/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (12 Mar 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 257. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department will confirm receipt of e-mail correspondence from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if he will reply to the points raised as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10870/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (12 Mar 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 268. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if this attention has been drawn to the lacuna in the law relating to the maintenance of sewage systems serving private residences, where a blockage occurs but not all residents on the group system agree to share the cost of repair; if Irish Water is empowered to issue legal notices to residents in this situation...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences Renewals (24 Mar 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 966. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is any provision by which a taxi driver, who cannot afford a replacement car and is off the road for a period, can subsequently renew his licence without incurring a late payment penalty being from the National Transport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11338/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (24 Mar 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 996. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received the business case from the National Transport Authority in relation to the Swords Bus Rapid Transit project. [12142/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (24 Mar 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 997. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received the completed Fingal—North Dublin public transport study from the National Transport Authority, following the recent public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12143/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (26 Mar 2015)

Róisín Shortall: At the outset, I want to express my dissatisfaction with the shambles that today's sitting is turning out to be. Given that this Parliament sits for so few days in the year, and only three days per week, it really is a disgrace that the Government could not organise itself to have business today. Effectively, the House went into recess this morning and there is this minor session this...

Topical Issue Debate: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (26 Mar 2015)

Róisín Shortall: On a point of order, may I have a reply to the matter raised?