Results 12,841-12,860 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (12 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 273. To ask the Minister for Health the ambulance response times for each ambulance journey in County Wicklow between 2014 and 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18450/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (12 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 274. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance journeys made by children in County Wicklow between 2014 and 2016 in tabular form; the point of departure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18451/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (12 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 275. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of paediatric outpatients beds to be provided in Tallaght hospital urgent care facility following the transfer of the accident and emergency department to the National Children's Hospital; the opening hours of the urgent care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18452/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (12 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 292. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to retain Irish nursing graduates in view of recent reports that almost two thirds of accident and emergency nursing posts remain available two months after they were first advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18613/17]

Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (13 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Equal Status Act 2000 to amend section 7(3) of that Act so that school admission policies in publicly funded schools may not discriminate against children on the basis of religious beliefs. I am seeking leave to introduce the Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2017. The Bill seeks to end one of the most discriminatory...

Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (13 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (13 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 50. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí with foreign language skills in each Garda division; and the resources available to and approach taken by An Garda Síochána to deal with language barriers in ethnically diverse Garda districts. [18947/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection Forecasts (13 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the apparent contradiction in the growth of employment and the reduced income tax take in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19040/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (13 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of publicly funded primary and secondary schools; and the proportion they represent respectively of the total number of schools. [19072/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Relief Application (13 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a cost benefit analysis has been carried out to justify the cessation of mortgage interest supplement to the 2,000 persons that are still in receipt of this payment; the supports being made available by his Department for those exiting this payment when it ceases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19042/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Administration (13 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will clarify his comments describing some community employment scheme participants as being persons who find it difficult to hold down a job; the basis for these remarks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19043/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (13 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 271. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that will be made available for a person (detail supplied) who has lost their sight; the timeframe for the provision of the same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19041/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Grid Connection Fees (13 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 333. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he will take to ensure that community owned wind farms have access on an affordable basis to the national grid. [18945/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: CSO Data (2 May 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 87. To ask the Taoiseach the planned publication date for Irish Life Tables 17 by the Central Statistics Office. [20229/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (2 May 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 11 April 2017, if children born through surrogacy have their constitutional rights to have their well being and best interests promoted, as stipulated in Article 42A, violated by the absence of parental leave; her views on a recent case in Spain (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Abduction (2 May 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the supports in place for families at risk of international child abduction; if she will review the supports in place and ensure that assistance is available to families at risk; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19826/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (2 May 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 152. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently living in each direct provision centre, in tabular form; the number of persons that have been granted leave to remain but are still residing in each direct provision centre; the process for housing former residents of direct provision once their applications are approved; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Law (2 May 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend the law in relation to the defence of provocation in line with the Law Reform Commission's recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19836/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Law (2 May 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to address hate crime; her plans to introduce legislation on this matter; if the significant discrepancy between the number of incidents recorded by the European Network Against Racism and in the Garda PULSE system has been brought to her attention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19837/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Data (2 May 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 233. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the potential sale on part of the State investment in a bank (details supplied), his Department has made an assessment on possible future dividends from the bank over any time period; and if so, the results of such an assessment. [19364/17]