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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (24 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the number of Garda sergeants in a station (details supplied) has been halved since 2010; the steps he is taking to address this situation in view of the ongoing gangland feud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23083/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (24 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his commitment to bring student residences in under the rules of the Residential Tenancies Board in respect of rent pressure zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23043/18]

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (29 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I generally support this amendment. Its objective is very desirable. I would express some concern regarding the fact that the process is very convoluted and could be drawn out over a very long period. It again highlights the issue that we have schools that are fully funded by the State, with staff paid by the State and yet the State is not in a position to instruct the schools to open, for...

Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: At this stage in the country's development it is time to get rid of section 7(3)(c) of the Equal Status Act. It is impossible to justify the retention of that discriminatory legislation on any grounds. We talked about this over a long period last year. It is almost a year since we had Committee Stage and there was a very strong view right across the committee that this measure needed to...

Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I do not think the Minister’s senior officials share that view.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (29 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 506. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if new requirements are being introduced to require waste companies to charge for recyclable material collected in the recyclables bin later in 2018; and if so, the approximate timeline for same. [23797/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (29 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated saving in each of the years since the inception of sections 13 and 14 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2013. [23132/18]

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I will speak to amendments Nos. 6, 31 and 139 which concern the same issue. They would place a requirement on schools to place religious instruction or what is referred to as faith formation at the end of the school day in order that children who do not share the same belief system as that of the patron could avoid participating in it. Parents have a constitutional right to have their...

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister cannot conclude that, just because parents are Catholic, they want their children to be given special treatment in school and to be separated from non-Catholic children. That is not the case. In the main, parents want our education system to be inclusive of all children, theirs and others', but it patently is not that at the moment. For some time, several people have been...

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett was given an extra two minutes because he had tabled an amendment. Do the rest of us who have tabled amendments in the group also get additional speaking time?

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: Okay.

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 6:In page 4, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:“(2) Section 15 of the Act of 1998 is amended in subsection (2) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (g):“(h) in performing the functions conferred on it, and notwithstanding paragraph (b), a board shall uphold equal respect and dignity for all pupils, regardless of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Paediatric Services (30 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 160. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce the 14 month waiting list for children in CHO9 to access the community ophthalmic physician; his plans to allow those waiting that may be suitable to be treated at a lower level of complexity to see an optometrist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23897/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Schools Health and Safety (30 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 161. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the sixth class vision screening has been abolished; his plans to restore the screening programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23898/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans (30 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 162. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce the waiting lists for cataract surgery for public patients; if a cost-benefit analysis of the spending by the NTPF on the procurement of cataract services from the private system has been carried out; if so, the results of the analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23899/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (30 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the specific environmental requirements that are set down in respect of charges that may be applied by waste companies to encourage householders to divert waste from the residual or general waste bin, that is, have higher waste charges for general waste bins than recycling bins; the specific statutory basis for these...

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I wish to raise the question of ensuring that our education system reflects the diversity of modern Ireland in the context of yesterday's debate on the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill. While I welcome the fact that this House voted to remove the baptism barrier as an important first step in improving access to education, I am disappointed that the Government and Fianna Fáil voted...

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: It is regrettable that the Tánaiste has dodged the question completely here. I have raised this matter with the Minister for Education and Skills in parliamentary questions in recent weeks, but he has avoided the question entirely. I have read a quote in which the Secretary General of the Department of Education and Skills sets out his understanding of what multidenominational...

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: It needs to be an honest approach.

Questions on Promised Legislation (31 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: There is much concern among the women affected by the CervicalCheck controversy about the delay in the Government actually following through on commitments made several weeks ago concerning putting in place the kinds of services and supports they require, as well as the response to the handling of legal cases. The other area of promised legislation where there is concern regards the...