Results 10,961-10,980 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (1 Jul 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 219. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there has been no public awareness campaign to actively inform patients of their rights in law under the cross-border directive; if he will undertake to provide such a campaign and also to disseminate information to patient bodies and citizens information centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26594/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (1 Jul 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the shortcomings of the allocation system for design and communications graphics computers in respect of schools which are rapidly expanding; if she will re-examine the case of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 under the delivering equality of opportunity in schools programme, which has been allocated 14 computers but...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (1 Jul 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the capitation rates for schools under the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme, for education and training boards, community and comprehensive schools and for schools in the voluntary sector; the reason for the wide variation in these rates, given that their students come from similar...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Schemes (2 Jul 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason all class H occupations are excluded from the higher education access route programme, in view of the disparate nature of skill and income levels among own account works; the reason the application of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 for inclusion in the programme was denied, due to the person's parent's occupation; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (2 Jul 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that in October 2012 the National Transport Authority published a report, Bus Rapid Transit Core Dublin Network, in which it was concluded, in relation to the Swords to Dublin city centre route, that while bus rapid transit may provide an interim partial transport solution in the shorter term, a higher capacity rail...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (7 Jul 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 114. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 86 of 18 June 2015, the regulatory protections in place to ensure that cost-cutting measures introduced by a bank (details supplied) do not lead to significant technological difficulties, as occurred at other banks in recent years. [27043/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (7 Jul 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 387. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care staff of certain specialties (details supplied) currently on the public payroll in whole-time equivalent terms; and the number, in whole-time-equivalent terms, who are active in primary care, that is, not on maternity leave or long-term sick leave, or other long-term leave, or diverted to other health care settings [27462/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Jul 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 388. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request an explanation from the Health Service Executive, as to the reason there has been a significant increase in the waiting list figures for physiotherapy in primary care, despite extra resources being devoted to this area since 2012 [27463/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Jul 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 436. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances surrounding the closure of the pancreatic-kidney transplant unit in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; the reason a consultant has not been recruited to take over the work of a doctor (details supplied); the arrangements that are in place for the large number of transplant patients attending this clinic and for those on the waiting list for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (7 Jul 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the basis on which the public funding of national sporting bodies is determined; and the extent to which the debt position of the body is a factor in the amount of funding awarded. [27145/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Organisations (7 Jul 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 568. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which his Department became aware that the Football Association of Ireland had received a €5 million payment from the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, following the failure of the Republic of Ireland football team to qualify for the 2010 World Cup. [27146/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Organisations (7 Jul 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 570. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he, his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department have any concerns as to how the receipt of €5 million by the Football Association of Ireland from the Fédération Internationale de Football Association was accounted for by the Football Association of Ireland and-or reported to his Department or to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Organisations (7 Jul 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which there is regulatory oversight of the debt position of national sporting bodies; the reporting requirements that are set down; and the extent to which his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department actively seek such information from national sporting bodies. [27147/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (8 Jul 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 136. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out the number of European Union and non-European Union non-Irish nationals who are currently within the care system; and the actions he has taken to ensure that Ireland is fully in compliance with its duty under the Vienna Convention and the Brussels II regulation. [27835/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Jul 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 185. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who was supposed to have a computed tomography, CT, scan recently and every eight weeks, but who has been informed that it may be October 2015 by the time such a scan will be carried out; if he will report on the adequacy of the CT scan service in the Mater Hospital in Dublin 7; the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Regulations (8 Jul 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 231. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the introduction of the pay-by-weight model, the steps he is taking to ensure bin collection companies accurately assess the weight of refuse they collect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27937/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Work Allowance (9 Jul 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9, in receipt of the back to work enterprise allowance and who is starting a design business, was denied the enterprise grant to cover the cost of an industry standard printer under the job-specific tools and equipment category; if this decision will be reviewed, given the importance of a commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 Jul 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 119. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the communications his Department has had with the Revenue Commissioners regarding 5,300 Standard Life shareholders who have been negatively impacted by a postal delay; if he will consider granting them an exemption from the tax liability they are due to incur as a result of this delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (9 Jul 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 191. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 218 of 1 July 2015, if he will publish the memorandum of understanding referred to in the reply. [28017/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (14 Jul 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 593. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 was moved from their general practitioner to another general practitioner in June 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28608/15]