Results 11,021-11,040 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: EU Regulations (22 Oct 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person who is coming to live in Ireland from Romania and who has a disability may transfer a disability payment between the two states; and the steps necessary to progress this. [37082/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Sales (22 Oct 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 128. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that the National Asset Management Agency is breaking the tenancy of residents in dwellings that have fallen under its control owing to repossession or similar; if he has issued directions to the agency on this issue or if there is an official procedure in this circumstance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37124/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (22 Oct 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 195. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for additional recruitment to An Garda Síochána; the timeframe involved; if she is satisfied that the current assessment process identifies the most suitable applicants; and the consideration that she has given to specific recruitment from the ranks of the Garda Reserve. [36920/15]

Leaders' Questions (3 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: The Government has been in office for four and a half years.

Leaders' Questions (3 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: The Government has had four and a half years to deal with it.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (3 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department has sought legal advice in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who is 67 years of age, living alone and in receipt of of a private pension only, as distinct from a single person in near-identical circumstances who is in receipt of a qualifying payment and a private pension; the reason why the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Data (3 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of family income supplement, by the number of children, by single parent households and by two-parent households, at 1 October 2015, in tabular form. [38329/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Data (3 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for family income supplement currently being processed, and awaiting a decision, by her Department. [38330/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Advertising Campaigns (3 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department has plans to run an advertising campaign to promote the uptake of the family income supplement in 2016; the expected cost; have any similar campaigns been initiated in the past four years; and if she will provide details of same. [38331/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (3 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 596. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish an independent investigation into an incident (details supplied); if she is satisfied with the response of An Garda Síochána to the incident; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38211/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 750. To ask the Minister for Health given the growing waiting lists for colonoscopies, and the high proportion of persons waiting longer than three months for a colonoscopy at public hospitals, the measures that are being taken to improve capacity, and ensure patients have access to a colonoscopy within three months of referral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37844/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (3 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 1072. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding for housing adaptation grants for older people; for people with a disability living in private houses, by grant type, by local authority, in each of the past three years; the basis on which these allocations were made; and if he will publish the criteria, data or other factors which determined the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (3 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 1181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be provided to fund the provision of a bus rapid transit route along the Swords to Dublin city centre corridor, given the emphasis in the recently published Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area 2016 to 2035 that such a service will be necessary in advance of the construction of the new metro north proposal....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme (3 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 1188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to use the connectivity fund arising from the sale of Aer Lingus to compensate deferred Aer Lingus pensioners for the huge loss of income arising from forced changes to their pension scheme. [38246/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (4 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current pupil teacher ratio at primary level; at secondary level; the pupil teacher ratio that will exist when the extra teaching resources announced in the Budget are fully in place. [38651/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure (4 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the transport improvements that are planned for the Northside of Dublin in the next five years and ten years respectively. [38650/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (5 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 159. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is aware of the disappointment of many parents with children who have turned three years of age since 1 July 2015, and who are in an early education setting, but who will not be accommodated under the Government's early childhood education proposal for three-year-olds, as the start date has been set at September 2016; that because...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (5 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status on the proposed bus rapid transit for the Swords to Drumcondra corridor; the funding that has been provided; and the time frame for completion. [38912/15]

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: I do not think anybody believes the Taoiseach.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (10 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 434. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in each of the Dublin hospitals; and the action he is taking to reduce these numbers. [39415/15]