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Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Just to clarify, when we talk about integration, we are mainly talking about integration between primary and secondary care, not integration within the group.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: To clarify, this refers to the Dublin Academic Medical Centre?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Could someone respond to Deputy Kelleher's question about the status of Waterford.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I ask Mr. Woods to be very brief. I hope we will be able to schedule a meeting in two weeks time.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: A directory of services for whom?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Hospital Groups (16 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: In fairness, I think the jury is out on that issue which is raised with us week after week. We know from our constituencies that it is problematic, to say the least. I thank the delegates for their time and appearing before the committee. As I know that they have been here since 9 a.m., it has been a long day. I thank them for their presentations.

Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Yes. Last night in my contribution, I was talking about the fact that a couple of groups who are campaigning in this area for the removal of the baptism barrier have received their own independent legal advice to the effect that it would be perfectly constitutional to remove section 7(3)(c) of the Equal Status Act. I do not accept what the Minister is saying in this regard. I believe this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Registration Authority (17 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in assigning a case to an officer with regard to a file submitted to the Property Registration Authority of Ireland (details supplied); the timeframe for when this will be assigned; when a final decision may be expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35570/16]

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Around this time last year, the then Government introduced the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill to much fanfare. Among its provisions, rent certainty measures were introduced on 4 December 2015. They were not perfect by any means, but they were something. Their effect was that landlords could not increase rents for a two-year period. However, there was a retrospective element to...

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: It is extraordinary that the Taoiseach was not aware of that, or that his Cabinet colleagues were not aware of it and were not planning action to avoid a greater catastrophe in terms of the homelessness situation. The Taoiseach needs to act urgently in the coming days to address the matter. Last week it was reported in The Irish Times that David Ehrlich of the IRES REIT made the following...

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: We are told a comprehensive strategy is due to be introduced for the rental market. We do not know when that will happen but it will not come quickly enough to address the imminent dangers renters will face from next week. The Taoiseach must commit to addressing this looming problem for so many families in the coming weeks and months. Will he give such a commitment?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions (22 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of the State pension in 2015; the number of recipients at year end; the total number of beneficiaries, that is, counting qualified adults; if he will provide a breakdown of these figures by State pension contributory recipients and by State pension non-contributory recipients; and the projected equivalent figures in 2016, 2020, 2025 and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (22 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 329. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional efforts which could be made by his Department to raise a person's (details supplied) case at European and international level; if he will explore these in order to raise this person's plight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35963/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Data (22 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 369. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of public service pensions in 2015, including any lump sums payable to persons upon retirement; the number of recipients at the year's end; and the projected equivalent figures in 2016, 2020, 2025 and 2030. [36346/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Expenditure (24 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average per capita spending allocation to universities and institutes of technology; and the basis on which different per capita allocations are made. [36686/16]

Order of Business (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Today's Government business shall be No. 8, motion re Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2016, referral to committee without debate; No. 9, motion re change to Standing Order No. 29, to be taken without debate; No. 10, motion re seventh report of the Committee of Selection, to be taken without debate; expressions of sympathy on the death of Mr. Peter Barry; and No. 1, Statute Law...

Order of Business (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I have no information on the reason that was withdrawn.

Order of Business (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I have. A new procedure was agreed at the Business Committee last week where there was disagreement among the parties on the taking of business. It was proposed that there would be telephone contact between the Members the night before and if agreement could not be reached, a meeting of the Business Committee would be convened the following morning. I suggest that rather than dividing the...

Priority Questions: Arts Funding (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 22. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to address the shortage of affordable studio space for artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37698/16]

Priority Questions: Arts Funding (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: We all talk about our visual artists with a sense of national pride and we frequently praise them. Artists cannot live on praise and pride, however, they need investment in facilities. At the most basic level. we need to provide more studio space for artists in which to work. We know from Visual Artists Ireland that some 67% of artists earn less than €25,000 a year. We need to...