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Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cervical Screening Programme Data (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 165. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the cases of cervical cancer that were not audited; the number of these cases in which the woman had had a smear test; the number of persons that have not been contacted; the reason for same; if all of the women have been contacted; and his views on their situation [21707/18]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Chairman for arranging the time to consider Committee Stage of this Bill. I will keep my comments short. The purpose of this Bill is to extend the existing entitlement to unpaid leave from 18 weeks to 26 weeks. We, in this country, are in a situation where our parental leave entitlements are among the lowest in Europe. In total, there is an entitlement to about 60 weeks. The...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 1:In page 3, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following:"(b) in subsection (2)(a) by substituting "attains the age of 12 years” for “attains the age of 8 years", (c) in subsection (2)(b)(ii) by substituting "attained the age of 10 years but not 12 years" for "attained the age of 6 years but not 8 years",". The purpose of this amendment is to reflect...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I note what the Minister of State is saying. I defer to his advice and I note that we may revisit this on Report Stage with a Government amendment or one of our own.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I wonder why the Minister of State did not table a Committee Stage amendment.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I am wondering about the advice on that. What this amounts to is the committee deleting that section and reinstating it, with the necessary corrections made, on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: All right.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: If I may say, it is a pity this was not brought to anybody's attention beforehand. I am at a disadvantage, insofar as I do not have a copy of the principal Act here. For clarity, will the Minister of State repeat the response that he gave earlier?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I defer to the Minister of State. It did go through a couple of checks, including in the Houses, but I defer to the Minister's advice on this. I suggest we proceed along the lines suggested by the Chairman, that we do not adopt the section if it is inaccurate, bearing in mind what the Minister of State has said, that it is open to members to submit amendments on Report Stage to reinstate...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: Sure.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I note what the members are saying and what the Minister of State has said, but this will not come in overnight. There will be a few weeks at least of a delay by the time it gets back into the Dáil and goes to the Seanad. We are also talking about an extension of eight weeks which can be taken over a 12-year period. I do not think this is unreasonable. We have to take a positive view...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I will respond to some of the points made by the Minister of State. I agree that pre-legislative scrutiny is a good thing and a good practice that we have developed but that is where one is talking about a new measure. This is not a new measure. It is an existing measure that has been there for some time and is merely an extension of that. I repeat that it is an eight-week extension that...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: No, there is a Government commitment to 12 months paid parental leave and that is a very important thing. We are still waiting for the Government to come forward with that. This is a different measure.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I referred to minor recruitment costs.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: No, there may be minor recruitment costs involved but any costs associated with this are minor. It makes a great deal of sense from the point of view of many people, including employers and families.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (17 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 172. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the steps he is taking to meet Ireland's pledge to eliminate hepatitis C as part of the World Health Organization programme; the progress that has been made to date; the reason a new national strategy has not been developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21788/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (17 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 173. To ask the Minister for Health if funding can be made available as part of the hepatitis C elimination programme to allow for schemes to reach high-risk populations to be put on a secure financial footing beyond pilot studies to continue their work; his plans for a scoping exercise to ascertain the service needs within existing programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Order of Business (22 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: It is some considerable time since the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection promised to introduce legislation to prevent companies which are solvent, such as Independent News and Media, INM, from closing down their defined benefit pension schemes but we have not seen that legislation yet. Can we expect it before the summer recess and what is the reason for the delay?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Digital Strategy Implementation (22 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 104. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the national digital strategy; if he plans to include a digital safety commissioner as part of this strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22387/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (22 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 420. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of a national oral health policy. [22544/18]