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Report on the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Róisín Shortall: With the permission of the House, I will share time with Deputy Eamon Ryan. I am glad to have the opportunity to speak about the report of the committee and take the opportunity to commend it for the work it has done. When the former Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, proposed the establishment of a citizens' assembly and an Oireachtas committee, some were quite sceptical about that process....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Investigations (23 Jan 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the public banking investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3341/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Combatting Cyberbullying (23 Jan 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 28 November 2017, if the issue of loot boxes and other in app purchases in video games with a PEGI rating of under 18 years of age can be included in the discussions his departmental officials have undertaken or will undertake in relation to the protection of children online from a cross governmental...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (23 Jan 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action he is taking to ensure that modern slave labour or human trafficking does not form part of the supply chain of a company trading here. [2855/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Money Laundering (23 Jan 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that have been taken on foot of EU directive EU 2015/849. [2587/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Combatting Cyberbullying (23 Jan 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 28 November 2017, if the issue of loot boxes and other in app purchases in video games with a PEGI rating of under 18 years of age can be included in the discussions his departmental officials have undertaken or will undertake in relation to the protection of children online from a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing Issues (23 Jan 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 294. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the experience of An Garda Síochána in the use of or trial of policing models (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3467/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (23 Jan 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 418. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time to access the early intervention team covering Dublin 11; if he will put plans in place to increase the capacity of the early intervention team to meet the growing demand for the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3342/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Combatting Cyberbullying (23 Jan 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 423. To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 38 of 28 November 2017, if the issue of loot boxes and other in-app purchases in video games with a PEGI rating of under 18 years of age can be included in the discussions his departmental officials have undertaken or will undertake on the protection of children online from a cross-governmental perspective. [3394/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (23 Jan 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 426. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances serving Dublin; the average call-out time for ambulances to reach the location of the emergency; his plans to increase the number of emergency ambulances serving the city in view of the projected population growth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3431/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Horses (23 Jan 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 432. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken by An Garda Síochána to ensure that section 37 of the Control of Horses Act 1996 is being properly enforced in order to deter horse owners from using canals, public fields and sides of roads to keep horses on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3441/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Horses (23 Jan 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken by local authorities to ensure that section 37 of the Control of Horses Act 1996 is being properly enforced in order to deter horse owners from using canals, public fields and sides of roads to keep horses on; the funding which is provided for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3442/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Equine Identification Scheme (23 Jan 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is taking to enforce proactively existing laws on the microchipping and passporting of horses in order that stray horses can be identified and the owners found; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3440/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Child Protection (23 Jan 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 497. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 28 November 2017, if the issue of loot boxes and other in-app purchases in video games with a PEGI rating of under 18 years of age can be included in the discussions his departmental officials have undertaken or will undertake regarding the protection of children online from...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Combatting Cyberbullying (23 Jan 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 563. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 28 November 2017, if the issue of loot boxes and other in-app purchases in video games with a PEGI rating of under 18 years of age can be included in the discussions her departmental officials have undertaken or will undertake in relation to the protection of children online from a...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Banking (23 Jan 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 571. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the public banking investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3340/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (23 Jan 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 648. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the indication by the Central Statistics Office that it will reclassify approved housing bodies as being on-balance sheet; and the implications for public expenditure, the fiscal space and provision of funding for social housing arising from the decision. [2560/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (23 Jan 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 673. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes built directly by local authorities in 2017, by county, in tabular form; the percentage of each that have a BER or completion certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3466/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (24 Jan 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 121. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 13 December 2017, if his departmental officials have examined the matter and provided him with advice following his receipt of the petition in favour of removing the inpatient day case charge for haemochromatosis patients; if he will now make a decision on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (24 Jan 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 124. To ask the Minister for Health if the public ownership of the new maternity hospital will be guaranteed in view of public concern regarding the ownership of the new hospital; if the proposed site for the building will transfer to public ownership; if it will entail a loan, licence or a lease; if assurance will be provided to the public in this regard prior to the final agreement being...