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Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: The Cancer Strategy as a Case Study of Health Service Reform: Professor Tom Keane (19 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Professor Keane. I would like to ask a few questions before we finish up. Practically every group that comes before this committee mentions access to diagnostics. I think the point about access to diagnostics outside the hospital system was well made. We are taking that on board. We hear a great deal about the importance of integration of services. To what extent has Professor...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: The Cancer Strategy as a Case Study of Health Service Reform: Professor Tom Keane (19 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Professor Keane for his contribution and for being so generous with his time. We very much appreciate him sharing his experience and expertise with us and the frank manner in which he responded to questions.

Syrian Conflict: Statements (20 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. We could say we should have had the debate some time ago. We have taken our time in raising it in the House. It is not before time that people have the opportunity to give their views. The most urgent thing we need to do is to demonstrate Ireland's strong support for the people of Syria and to condemn unreservedly the indiscriminate...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments (20 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to recommend that the strategic investment fund divests itself of fossil fuel investment as part of the autumn review of its strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31232/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (20 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's estimates of Irish GDP, GNP and GNI for 2017 and 2018, assuming average euro-sterling exchange rates (details supplied). [31254/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excise Duties Yield (20 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an analysis of the expected yield of excise duty for 2017 by sub-group, that is, VRT, tobacco, alcohol and so on; the percentage increase over the expected 2016 outcome; and if he will publish the underlying assumptions used in calculating the figures published in table 9, page c.24 of the economic and fiscal outlook published on budget...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excise Duties Collection (20 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance the likely loss of excise duties and VAT in 2017 for scenarios (details supplied) arising from the current and ongoing weakness in sterling and the methods used to calculate the response to the scenarios. [31257/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Directives (20 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 87. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with EU partners regarding the overly restrictive nature of the EU VAT directive, Council Directive 2006/112/EC and the inability of member states to respond to emerging needs of their population through significant VAT reform; if Ireland has adopted a formal position on seeking greater flexibility; and if so, if he will outline...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Registration (20 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 13 October 2016, the other measures that are in place to support businesses supplying services who experience a very significant tax step effect at the VAT entry level. [31345/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Data (20 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way under Vote 37, it is expected that social insurance contributions will increase by 8%, while the Minister for Finance expects aggregate compensation for employees to increase by just 4.9%; and the expected percentage increases over 2016 assumed for employee, employer and self-employed contributions on which this figure is based. [31256/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (20 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 147. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an appeal for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will be made. [31284/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (20 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 217. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 6 October 2016, the timeframe for the commencement of Parts 2 and 3 of the Act; the steps he is taking to address concerns regarding the interim period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31230/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Treatment Programmes (20 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 220. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a 12-month pilot project called CARE, which provided alcohol treatment to more than 140 persons with addiction problems in three areas of Dublin's northside; if he accepts that this project performed very well on evaluation; and if he will ensure that funding will be provided to enable this much needed project to continue....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (20 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 229. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the situation in respect of medical card patients' entitlement to chiropody services and if there is any payment required. [31279/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (20 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 230. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the charging of medical card patients for blood tests and if a courier charge applies. [31280/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments (20 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 270. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the potential inclusion of fossil fuel divestment amongst the recommendation to the autumn review of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund's strategy; the steps he is taking to ensure the terms of the Paris agreement are met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31231/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Statutory Retirement Age (20 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 298. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to legislate to extend the retirement age; and if such changes would apply to community employment participants. [31326/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (20 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 304. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports open to small businesses to offset the significant tax step effect experienced by businesses supplying services as their turnover rises above the €37,500 VAT registration threshold. [31346/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (25 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 306. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of each of the expenditure savings that have been earmarked for his Department in 2017; the value of the saving in each case; the basis on which the value was estimated; and the way it differs from the 2016 mid-year expenditure report. [31542/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Management (25 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 375. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the grievance procedure available to civil servants; if all staff have a right to have grievance addressed separately and not as a part of any pay or allowance related proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32139/16]