Results 11,121-11,140 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (9 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 142. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists in primary care in whole-time equivalent terms on the public payroll and in active service, and the number of vacancies that exist in this service by geographical area. [44394/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (9 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 143. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists in primary care in whole-time equivalent terms on the public payroll and in active service, and the number of vacancies that exist in this service by geographical area. [44395/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (9 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 144. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists in primary care in whole-time equivalent terms currently on the public payroll and in active service, and the number of vacancies that exist in this service by geographical area. [44396/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (9 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 145. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all vacant posts in the Health Service Executive by speciality. [44424/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (9 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 146. To ask the Minister for Health the level of late payment of payroll taxes in the Health Service Executive and in bodies under its control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44425/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Professionals (9 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 147. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in introducing regulation of the counselling and psychotherapy sector, if this is urgently required in the public interest, his intentions in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44427/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (9 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 148. To ask the Minister for Health if he will explain the undue delay in the public health (alcohol) Bill and his intentions in this regard, given the ongoing problems with alcohol misuse and the burden which these impose on the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44428/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Data (9 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children waiting to be assessed by the National Educational Psychological Service by geographical area and by time waiting. [44387/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (9 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 533 of 17 November 2015 in respect of the 2002 indemnity agreement in which she stated that properties to the value of €30.93 million are still outstanding, her plans to ensure that the necessary transfers take place without further delay; the official in her Department who is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (9 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of claims against the State by persons who were abused in day schools; the number of cases which have been settled and which are pending; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44423/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (9 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 202. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of reports of land hoarding taking place in the Dublin area in respect of land zoned for housing, if this is a factor in the depressed supply of housing, why he wrote to the chief executives of the four Dublin local authorities in June 2015, advising them not to rezone any further land for housing; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (10 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance given the current housing crisis, why social housing comprises only 10% of the housing stock to be delivered by the National Asset Management Agency; if this conflicts with recent commitments to increase the supply of social housing and given the agency's capacity to supply housing stock, if he will task it to increase this percentage as a matter of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (10 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 206. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in light of the current housing crisis, as to why only 10% of the total stock to be delivered by the National Asset Management Agency is to be social housing; if this conflicts with recent commitments to increase the supply of social housing and, given the agency's capacity to supply housing stock, if he will task it to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (15 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 3 December 2015, the statutory basis for not providing a Christmas bonus to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9, given that the person has not been in full employment for many years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44955/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (15 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 383. To ask the Minister for Health if he recognises the obstacles persons with mental health difficulties encounter in making a complaint about mental health services, if he will introduce an independent complaints route for such individuals, as recommended by Mental Health Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44739/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (15 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 459. To ask the Minister for Health when will suitable and appropriate post school placements for persons with Autism be provided for the 23 school leavers from Dublin's Northside who graduated and left school in June 2015, if the school leavers and their families will have appropriate choice and input into the location and quality of the services, if he will take immediate action to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (16 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the homemaker credit scheme to persons who left the workforce to provide full-time care before April 1994; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45517/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (16 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the anomalous situation where persons who left the workforce after a short period to provide full-time care to a child prior to 1994, but subsequently paid over ten years of contributions after returning to work, are not entitled to the full contributory pension, as they might have been had they started work...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (16 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the categories of social protection recipients who will not receive a Christmas bonus due to their length of time in receipt of a payment; why each of these categories is excluded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45519/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Data (17 Dec 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the projected number and percentage of income earners who will be below the pay-related social insurance exemption threshold in 2016. [46046/15]