Results 13,401-13,420 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Respite Care Grant Eligibility (10 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 686. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reform the respite care grant to include those who are obliged by economic necessity to work outside the home in excess of 15 hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42877/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (10 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 696. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has received a report (details supplied) on the impact of austerity measures on lone parent families; her views on the report; if she will publish the report in advance of budget 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42273/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Lobbying Data (10 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 697. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of occasions on which she has been lobbied in respect of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill since March 2016; the persons with whom she has met; the dates of these meetings; the details of the basis of the lobbying; her views on the issues raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42290/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Lobbying Data (10 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 741. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of occasions on which he has been lobbied in respect of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill since March 2016; the persons he has met with; the dates of these meetings; the details of the basis of the lobbying; his views on the issues raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42294/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Lobbying Data (10 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 756. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of occasions on which he has been lobbied in respect of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill since March 2016; the persons he has met with; the dates of these meetings; the details of the basis of the lobbying; his views on the issues raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42288/17]

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: The budget took a scattergun approach to the country's finances. It lacked any kind of vision or strategy and was a missed opportunity to set the country on a fair and sustainable course. The emphasis on cutting taxes is deeply regressive and unfair and very much widens the gap between the haves and the have-nots. It was not by chance that Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil spent the past few...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (11 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 149. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 21 September 2017, the reason for the poor performances for persons categorised as urgent being triaged within two weeks in breast health clinics (details supplied); the steps he is taking to ensure that they meet the national target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43192/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (11 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 150. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the development of an updated child health programme to replace the best health for children programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43193/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 151. To ask the Minister for Health the rates of uptake of the BCG vaccine for each local health office and HSE area; the reason for the low uptake in HSE west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43194/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (11 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 173. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare cases awaiting allocation to a social worker in each Tusla local office area, by the priority status of the case and the average waiting time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43195/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Legal Cases (12 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 60. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the report on the collapse of a trial (details supplied) which was submitted to her by the ODCE in July 2017; if she has received the advice she sought from the Attorney General on this matter; her plans in relation to this report and the future of the agency; her views on media reports that the Government is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Retention (12 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the findings of a review (details supplied) of the law on retention of and access to communications data; the steps he plans to take to on foot of this report other than measures included in the proposed Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43359/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (12 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 118. To ask the Minister for Health the reason dental services have been removed from Portiuncula hospital; the reason no information with regard to this decision has been made public; the reason the HSE made a decision to close the funeral removal and embalming service at the hospital; and the further closures or cessation of services planned to take place in the hospital in the near future...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Issues (12 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the price of residential land and commercial land is tracked by his Department; and the measures used by his Department to track price inflation. [43274/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Issues (12 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which concentration of ownership of residential land and commercial land is tracked by his Department; and the measures used by his Department to track this issue and prevent land oligopolies. [43275/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Training (12 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 190. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason for the reduction in the basic training hours provided to new recruits into the Defence Forces; the steps he is taking to ensure this does not negatively impact the level of professionalism within the Defence Forces; the way in which he plans to address the wider issue of retention; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Budget Contribution (17 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 126. To ask the Minister for Finance the basis on which the Irish contribution to the EU budget is determined each year; and the specific figures used to determine the actual or projected contributions in 2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively. [43460/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Assessments (17 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive a National Educational Psychological Service educational assessment; the reason for the delay in receiving an assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43583/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Standards (17 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if SI 17 of 2017 Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) applies to management companies of apartment blocks; the standard a suitable fire detection and alarm system must conform to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44026/17]

Correcting Pension Inequities: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: I wish to share time with Deputy Catherine Martin.