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Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Yield (23 Mar 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 9 March 2017, the details of the VAT collected by the Revenue Commissioners under EU rules governing the place of supply of TBE services, setting out the amount collected on behalf of and remitted to each member country in that month, for each month from January 2015 to February 2017, in tabular form. [14756/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (23 Mar 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a petition (details supplied); if he will address the concerns regarding the timeframe for this exam; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14644/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (23 Mar 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the number of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, units within primary and secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14757/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (23 Mar 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the provision of readers for Irish examinations in the junior and leaving certificate in a situation in which a person with dyslexia has been granted a reader for their English exam but refused for Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14759/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (23 Mar 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 159. To ask the Minister for Health the stretch targets for private income for each hospital in 2017; and if he will provide further details of these targets that were set for each of the past three years in each case. [14761/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (23 Mar 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the fact Ireland is only one of two EU member states that will miss the targets for emission reduction for 2020 with regard to the recently published national mitigation plan; the proposed alternatives that will replace the phasing out of coal and peat-fired electricity generation that are absent from the...

An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)

Róisín Shortall: This involves errors in 146,000 fixed charge notices, 15,000 wrongful convictions, a million fake breath tests, allegations of falsification of checkpoint figures, allegations of falsification of speeding figures and, most concerning, the claim last Sunday by Jim Cusack that the Garda Síochána Inspectorate found that An Garda Síochána has been covering up and lying about...

An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)

Róisín Shortall: Why is the Tánaiste saying "if"? She knows there is wrongdoing.

An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)

Róisín Shortall: This is the old trick - playing for time.

An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)

Róisín Shortall: They had three years to get an explanation.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (28 Mar 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 7 December 2016, the status of this issue; the status of progress in the drafting of the Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15064/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance (28 Mar 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 135. To ask the Minister for Finance the options open to persons that wish to purchase motor insurance in another EU state to avail of lower premiums for a vehicle registered and based here with regard to the free movement of goods and services across the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15385/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (28 Mar 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 340. To ask the Minister for Health the process for assessment of tenders for the building of the new national children's hospital; the precise basis on which value for money will be assessed; if cost comparisons will be made with other potential locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14957/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility (28 Mar 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 607. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason survivors of an institution (details supplied) were not considered eligible for compensation under the 2002 redress scheme; if an alternative redress scheme for these persons is being considered; if an investigation of the conditions endured by residents of this institution will take place; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Post Office Network (29 Mar 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 121. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to ensure that rural post offices remain open and functioning in view of the difficult financial position of An Post. [15654/17]

Direct Provision: Statements (30 Mar 2017)

Róisín Shortall: I do not understand or know why we are here making statements on direct provision. What is this about? The Minister of State scheduled this time slot for statements.

Direct Provision: Statements (30 Mar 2017)

Róisín Shortall: Well the Business Committee did-----

Direct Provision: Statements (30 Mar 2017)

Róisín Shortall: -----but it is a Government statement. The Government opened with a statement on direct provision and we do not know if it is saying anything or not.

Direct Provision: Statements (30 Mar 2017)

Róisín Shortall: It appears there is nothing new being said. There are no decisions being made in relation to the future of direct provision.

Direct Provision: Statements (30 Mar 2017)

Róisín Shortall: Every party in this House acknowledges, and they did so in their election manifestos, that the current system is not working and is not acceptable. What is required urgently is Government action, not more words. Direct provision was only ever intended to be a short-term response but it has since become a national disgrace. There is no disagreement with that assessment. If the current...