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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Rates (12 Jun 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 1276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to help reduce the cost of local authority rates on businesses. [24442/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (12 Jun 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 1285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary question No. 2074 of 11 September 2017, if his attention has been drawn to the wide variation in the capacity of local authorities to collect commercial rates; if his Department has considered offering assistance to local authorities to improve their capacity to maximise the important revenue stream...

Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2018)

Róisín Shortall: Answer the question and stop trying to run down the clock.

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Róisín Shortall: On the Scally report, most parties agreed to the scoping inquiry model on the grounds that this was likely to be the fastest way of getting to the facts of the situation. People want the facts relating to the cytology labs, information related to matters such as the tendering process, the nature of the contracts, the accuracy rates and whether one laboratory might have a higher than average...

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Róisín Shortall: It is the fourth module and it should be the first.

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Róisín Shortall: Which labs are being investigated?

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Order for Report Stage [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Minister of State for speaking to amendments Nos. 1 and 2, which have been grouped. I am happy to support them to ensure the name and Title of the Bill better reflect what is being provided for. What is being provided for is pretty modest in European terms. The Minister of State spoke of the importance of paid parental leave and there is no doubt that is true. All of us would...

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Róisín Shortall: As I cannot agree with the points made by the Minister of State on the amendment, I cannot support it for several reasons. The Minister of State cited the possibility of constitutional difficulties. This is the first time that he has raised that issue. We have been through Second and Committee Stages and it never arose. I am not sure what he is talking about when he refers to a cumulative...

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Minister of State for his statement on this amendment.

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I would welcome some clarification on what the Minister of State intends doing with his amendments. He is talking about them being consequential on the proposed section 3. I wish to know how they stand before I contribute.

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Róisín Shortall: None of them?

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 7: In page 4, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:"Amendment of section 7 of Principal Act 3. Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended—(a) in subsection (1) by substituting "26 weeks" for "18 weeks" in each place where it occurs, and (b) in paragraph (a) of subsection (2)—(i) by substituting "26 weeks" for "18 weeks" in each place where it...

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Róisín Shortall: Is that amendment No. 7?

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Minister of State. I appreciate the support. It is a technical amendment given that the Bill is about extending the entitlement from 18 weeks to 26 weeks. It is just to bring other sections in line with that.

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I accept what the Minister of State is saying. It is a technical issue. Perhaps we could address that in the Seanad by changing the term "enactment" to "passing". I would be quite happy to do that in the Seanad if the Minister of State agrees to it. The Bill, as it stands, proposes that the Act will come into force within three months. That is a reasonable period for people to adjust. I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (13 Jun 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 142. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 172 and 173 of 17 May 2018, the target elimination date for hepatitis C in view of the contradictory information provided in the response which is 2030 and the statements made by the national hepatitis C treatment programme manager who gives the target date as 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25891/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Jun 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 143. To ask the Minister for Health if a small amount of ring-fenced funding will be made available to develop a national elimination plan to work in tandem with the NHCTP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25892/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Jun 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 145. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied); and his views on the recommendations on HCV care enclosed therein. [25894/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (13 Jun 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 144. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 172 and 173 of 17 May 2018, if funds will be made available to deliver HCV care in primary care settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25893/18]