Results 11,041-11,060 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (10 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 442. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the operation of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning facility at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9, specifically regarding the numbers on the waiting lists for scans, along with the current public waiting time, the procedure by which priority for scans is decided and awarded, the number of trained staff assigned to conduct MRI scans in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (10 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 444. To ask the Minister for Health the analysis that has been carried out of the principal reasons for attendances at hospital emergency departments; and if he will provide a percentage breakdown by main medical condition. [39510/15]

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: Where is the Minister, Deputy Michael Noonan?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Poverty Data (11 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of children in consistent poverty at the start of each of the past five years to 2015 to date; the target for reduction in each year; and the actual number at the end of each year. [39775/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Crime (11 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 135. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the widespread problem of street dealing and abuse of prescription drugs; the reason no progress has been made on finalising the draft regulations to amend the Misuse of Drugs Act; and the action and timescale he proposes to take in regard to this urgent issue. [39783/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (11 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that the current system of employing school secretaries and caretakers by way of grant aid is wholly unsatisfactory, and results in insecure and low-paid employment; and the steps she will take to address the issue. [39786/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (11 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 157. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the basis for his direction to the Dublin local authorities earlier in 2015 not to rezone any more land for housing; his rationale for this, given the indications that there is significant hoarding of land by housing landowners; his views that this is a factor in the depressed supply of housing; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (12 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 175. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who is imprisoned in the Philippines; and the assistance his Department is providing in this case. [39882/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (12 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 200. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the direction that he has provided in respect of housing allocations being prioritised for families who are regarded as homeless; if he is aware of indications that this policy is driving up the numbers in homelessness; and if he will undertake an urgent review of this policy. [39988/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Natural Resources (12 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that the ongoing cross-Border study into hydraulic fracturing being funded by his Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency has not been compromised, given that the lead on the project has been taken by a company (details supplied) which has links to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centre Provision (17 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 409. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a priority list for the provision of primary care centres; if he will make this publicly available; the basis on which funding allocations are prioritised between direct build and operational lease approvals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40376/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (17 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 436. To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute hospital beds in use in each of the past ten years and in 2015 to date; if the current provision is adequate relative to best practice in other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40490/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance White Paper (17 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 437. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the April 2014 White Paper on universal health insurance; if this represents current policy on the health service; his views on a multi-payer model of universal health insurance; when will he produce a Green Paper on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40491/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (17 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of cash sums and properties, with their values, transferred to the State by the religious orders under the institutions redress scheme, in tabular form; the amount outstanding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40311/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (17 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of cash sums and properties, with their values, transferred to the State by the religious orders under the 2002 indemnity agreement, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40465/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (17 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current policy in respect of diversity in school patronage; and the steps she will take to ensure the demand from parents for multidenominational and non-denominational education will be met in the short term and in the medium term, given the high level of dissatisfaction with the limited options available in many areas at present. [40716/15]

Leaders' Questions (18 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: Your model.

Leaders' Questions (18 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: When will they get it?

Leaders' Questions (18 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: That has nothing to do with the model.

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: The Government has no policy.