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Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)

Róisín Shortall: -----to prevent a huge hike in the standing charge, which all of the waste companies seem to operate?

Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)

Róisín Shortall: On a point of order, I asked about secondary legislation on waste charges, and I have asked about it three days in a row. This is with regard to the new regulations that will be required.

Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I asked last Thursday and I was promised an answer on the secondary legislation the following day.

Estimates for Public Services 2016 (15 Jun 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Overall, these Estimates are in many ways a case of running to stand still, with a very little increase in the allocation. It makes one wonder how on earth the last Government announced tax cuts in its last budget. One wonders how they could have been justified other than as an attempt to buy the election. It was evident on all the doorsteps during the election campaign that the public was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (16 Jun 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 50. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will normalise the residency status of a person (details supplied); and if she will put temporary arrangements in place to facilitate the person in resuming employment while she is processing the application. [16448/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (16 Jun 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to review decisions made under the Syrian humanitarian admission programme to refuse family reunification visas (details supplied); the number of such visas she has issued since the programme began; and if she is satisfied that the guidelines are being applied consistently. [16495/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (16 Jun 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish or otherwise set out his understanding of the legal advice available to his Department in respect of repealing section 7(3)(c) of the Equal Status Act 2000, further to a contribution by a former Minister for State (details supplied) in the debate on the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 in Dáil Éireann...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (16 Jun 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy in relation to the repeal of section 7(3)(c) of the Equal Status Act 2000 or the addition of an amendment to this subsection so that it does not apply to schools in receipt of State funding or public money. [16487/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Seanad Reform (16 Jun 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 130. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government her plans to give legislative effect to the constitutional change in 1979, facilitating the extension of voting rights to Seanad Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16494/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (16 Jun 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 134. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to introduce amendments to Statutory Instrument No. 24 of 2016 to prevent excessive service charges being applied by domestic waste collection companies and to ensure the polluter-pays-principle as required by the same instrument is observed. [16484/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (16 Jun 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 135. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the case of a waste management company (details supplied) which is changing its charging regime to allow for far higher service charges for many customers, especially older persons, resulting in much higher bills for those concerned before any use of the same bins; and if he will review Statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (16 Jun 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 208. To ask the Minister for Health further to a recent parliamentary question, if he has received an alternative proposal from the Central Remedial Clinic on a pension scheme involving 47 employees and his response. [16449/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety (16 Jun 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 210. To ask the Minister for Health the legislation on the disclosure of medical mistakes in the Health Service Executive and his plans to update it or to publish new legislation. [16454/16]

Death of Jo Cox, MP: Expressions of Sympathy (21 Jun 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Everybody in this country, both within this House and outside, was shocked to the core last Thursday afternoon when we heard of the appalling and senseless death of Jo Cox. By all accounts she was a parliamentarian with huge potential and a very bright future ahead of her. It is quite clear from all of the comments that have been made since her death that she was hugely admired and...

Waste Collection Charges: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2016)

Róisín Shortall: We all accept that many of the problems associated with refuse collection originated with the decision to privatise this service. Refuse collection is such a fundamental public service that it does not lend itself to privatisation. While the service run by local authorities was not entirely trouble free it was much less troublesome than the privatised service has become. There is no doubt...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (21 Jun 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of an anomalous situation whereby a SUSI maintenance grant is not payable to a person (details supplied) who is on a work placement and remains registered a student; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17224/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal Charges (21 Jun 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 268. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action he will take to ensure that families who rely on adult nappies in the care of a dependent with a disability or older children who are not toilet ready due to a disability, are not seriously disadvantaged by the change to a pay-by-weight waste charge system as currently is the case. [17310/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reports (21 Jun 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 368. To ask the Minister for Health why there has been a delay in publishing the report on the ophthalmic clinical development programme; his plans for same and his views in respect of this programme. [16795/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Olympic Team Selection (21 Jun 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 546. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been excluded from the Irish Olympic team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17180/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (22 Jun 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 212. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 365 of 22 March 2016, if he will provide an update on the status of the development of specific services for persons suffering from Huntington's Disease; his plans to develop a specified care pathway for persons suffering from this illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17353/16]