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Mental Health Parity Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: While the principle of the Bill is one I wholeheartedly support, it represents only a starting point. I think that is generally accepted. The experience in the UK shows that similar legislation, while having a positive effect on the provision of mental health services, is by no means a panacea. The 2012 Health and Social Care Act in the UK enshrined in law parity of esteem for mental...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (2 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 66. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 20 March 2018, the steps he is taking to respond to the matter of pay and conditions for the Defence Forces; the challenges in the Defence Forces that the Public Service Pay Commission has been tasked with; if the management of the Defence Forces has made its submission to the commission as...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve (2 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 67. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if members of the Reserve Defence Forces have legal protection regarding the safeguarding of their positions in their regular employment if they are absent due to RDF missions abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19244/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Activation Projects (2 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 123. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in implementing the recommendations of the Make Work Pay report (details supplied) in view of the fact that 71% of persons of working age who have a disability are not in employment; the actions he plans to take in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19164/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (2 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 126. To ask the Minister for Health the assessments that have taken place into the extent of the inability of the HSE to provide home care hours to the level and duration recommended by its occupational therapists in respect of persons under the HSE's care; the basis on which a specific number of hours set down in an occupational therapist's report can be ignored by HSE staff organising home...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (2 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide data (details supplied) published by his Department in respect of affordable housing in each of the years 2012 to 2017. [19163/18]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I wish to speak to amendments Nos. 27 and 30 in this grouping. Amendment No. 27 relates to the digital age of consent, which as it stands offers very little protection to children and young people, despite the fact that Recital 38 notes that, "Children merit specific protection with regard to their personal data as they may be less aware of the risks, consequences and safeguards concerned."...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I wish to come back on a couple of points. First, on the age of consent, there are two reasons I proposed to raise that to 16. The first is in respect of contract law. The minimum age for participation in a contract is 16. Equally, the age to give consent for a medical procedure is 16, and it makes sense to bring it into line with that. Whether it is 13 or 16 I do not think people should...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: Is the Minister saying we cannot protect children from direct marketing?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: We cannot protect children's data.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: When will we do it? Should we do it by encouraging voluntary codes? The Minister is not serious.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: The most relevant word in what the Minister has quoted is "may".

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 30:In page 23, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following:"Profiling of children 31. It shall be unlawful for a data controller to profile the data of a child for marketing purposes when that child is under 16 years of age.".

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital Administration (3 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 201. To ask the Minister for Health his views on recent reports that the values and vision of Mary Aikenhead will underpin the new St. Vincent's company; his further views on whether this is compatible with ensuring the clinical independence of the national maternity hospital and the previous assurances that were given in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19470/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital Administration (3 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 202. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the negotiations of the legal framework to protect the independence of the new National Maternity Hospital and the State's investment in it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19471/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (3 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline surrounding the failure of the national cervical cancer screening programme to notify women of incorrect results; the date on which the attention of the screening programme was drawn to the incorrect results in relation to a person (details supplied); if its attention was drawn to other cases before that date; if so, the number; the steps it...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (3 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a council (details supplied) is refusing to consider a family for a Rebuilding Ireland loan on the basis of a historical bad debt, in spite of the fact that a bank had approved the same family for a loan which was insufficient to meet their housing needs despite knowing of the...

Order of Business (8 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I wish to raise the question of recruitment of a new director general for the HSE and promised legislation. As has been said, Sláintecare recommends several items of accountability legislation pertaining to reinstating the independent board and ensuring accountability for the Minister, senior managers and clinicians. Would it not make sense to hold off on appointing a new director...

Health Service Reform: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I commend Deputy Harty for tabling the motion. It is a matter of deep regret that almost 12 months after the publication of the Sláintecare report, so little progress has been made. There have certainly been plenty of positive noises from the Minister but actions speak louder than words and, unfortunately, the level of action from the Minister in this regard has been very...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage Insurance (8 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 465. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the high cost of the compulsory mortgage protection insurance for Rebuilding Ireland home loan applicants; the reason applicants are debarred from sourcing their own more competitively priced mortgage protection insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19643/18]