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Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: This is completely inappropriate.

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: We are here to ask questions.

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: We are here to ask questions.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (14 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of meetings he has had with relevant parties in developing the national student accommodation strategy, which was assigned to his Department under the rebuilding Ireland housing plan, action 4.7, to be delivered in quarter 2 2017; the name of each person he has met in developing the strategy; the organisation each represented;...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (14 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 308. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department's position on the recent approval by the Israeli Government of the construction of over 500 settlement units in occupied east Jerusalem and 5,500 settlement units in the occupied West Bank; the steps he has taken both bilaterally and through the EU to assert Ireland's position on this issue; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Poverty (14 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 675. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will establish a cross-departmental task force to address a crisis (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7230/17]

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: It is hard to believe that in the space of six short years a Government would go from being so popular, and having such an enormous majority and such goodwill behind it, to a position where one of the parties in that Government was practically wiped out. The other party somehow, by chance, was returned to Government but having received a right drubbing in last year's election. It is not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (15 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the status of the process to determine patronage of a new primary school to serve an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7549/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (15 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 181. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of legal proceedings taken by the Office of Public Works (details supplied). [7688/17]

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: I am sharing time with Deputies Eamon Ryan and Seamus Healy. On Tuesday, I said this process cannot and must not be a ready-up between the Government and Fianna Fáil. Regrettably, that is what it has turned out to be. It is a very serious error to proceed on this basis in forcing through the terms of reference without allowing adequate time for consideration of their implications....

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: -----and that they have cleared this. Will the Tánaiste confirm whether she has actually taken the time to do that?

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: It is not possible to investigate properly this whole saga while a person against whom many of the allegations have been made remains at the head of An Garda Síochána. I repeat the call for us as a Parliament to call on the Garda Commissioner to step aside without prejudice for the duration of this inquiry. It is not possible for the inquiry to be carried out adequately while she...

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. My final point is that the HSE must be included.

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: We will regret this day of forcing this through.

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: No, it is not.

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: Is that under paragraph [o]?

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: That is the problem.

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: Why is the Tánaiste rushing this matter? Why will she not allow Deputies sufficient time to give the terms of reference adequate consideration? all parties, apart from Fianna Fáil, have made that request.

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: Why is the Tánaiste rushing this?

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: On a point of order-----