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Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: Why is the Minister of State changing the subject? Why does he not speak to the amendment?

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: What are the technical reasons?

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: Come on. Stop playing games.

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: Pathetic.

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: She is not.

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

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

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: Allow the Dáil to decide that. Allow the Dáil to decide whether it is or not.

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: This is not about you.

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: This is not about the Minister of State.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (2 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 116. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent assessment of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 will be arranged. [43051/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (2 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 120. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 412 of 27 January 2015, the status of the anomalous situation which results in medical card holders on mixed dosage medication being charged for each millilitre size as an individual item; his plans to address this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43072/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (2 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene in the case of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 13 to ensure that extra supports are provided. [43052/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (3 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 76. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will not be entitled to the social protection Christmas bonus for 2015; the disqualification criteria in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43221/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (3 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 156. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the financial allocation to each family resource centre in 2015 and the basis on which these allocations were made, in tabular form. [43451/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (3 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 161. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who holds a long-term illness card and a medical card is entitled to a waiver of the prescription levy in respect of all medicines dispensed to that person, or only in respect of medicines for illnesses covered by the scheme. [43209/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Drugs (3 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 162. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who received refunds of prescription charges; the value of refunds arising from the change of the Health Service Executive's policy to allow medical card holders to also hold a long-term illness card. [43210/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (3 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact boundaries upon which projections for the demand for new schools in Dublin are based and the specific criteria and data within these boundaries that are used to identify whether a need exists or not; the banding or ranking system that applies to how resources are allocated, once a need is identified, to ascertain which schools get...

Establishment of Independent Anti-Corruption Agency: Motion [Private Members] (8 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: I congratulate RTE on the superb piece of public service broadcasting we saw last night. The "RTE Investigates" programme on corruption was journalism at its best. While some people might be shocked by the blatant “I’ll scratch your back, you scratch mine” approach we saw displayed by a number of councillors, for most of us it just confirmed what we have suspected for a...

Establishment of Independent Anti-Corruption Agency: Motion [Private Members] (8 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: They are not fit for office. I heard one Minister welcome the fact that one of the councillors had resigned from his party. Of course he does, because it gets Fine Gael out of a spot. People will not just move on and forget about this. Fine Gael has a responsibility to address this issue properly, but it has failed spectacularly to do so in the case of a number of other public...

Establishment of Independent Anti-Corruption Agency: Motion [Private Members] (8 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: We submitted the motion last Friday morning.