Results 14,681-14,700 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (10 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly in the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme whereby some applicants are being forced to foot legal fees in local authority areas in which there is no dedicated council law department; his views on whether this geographic lottery and the associated costs is an unfair burden on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Student Accommodation (10 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the phenomenon of five night leasing affecting students in which a student must leave the property and take away all belongings on Friday to return on Sunday evening in order that the property can be used for rental (details supplied) over the weekend; and if this issue will be addressed in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Student Accommodation (10 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the requirements in relation to the maximum number of bed spaces per square metre in student accommodation. [41387/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Regulations (11 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 115. To ask the Minister for Health if the concerns raised by qualified registered pharmaceutical assistants in regard to the new rules being drawn up by an organisation (details supplied) in connection with section 30 of the Pharmacy Act 2007 will be taken into account; if this group has been meaningfully consulted on these proposed changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (11 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 130. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with scoliosis on waiting lists for spinal surgery by hospital; the number of these operations that have been carried out in 2018 by hospitals in which these occurred; and the remaining spare capacity for these operations in these hospitals. [41683/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (11 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 131. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Mulvey report with regard to the ownership and governance of the proposed new national maternity hospital (details supplied); and the way in which he plans to proceed in order to address both of these issues. [41684/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (11 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 132. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the proposed new national maternity hospital will not be a State-run hospital; and the reason there is a need for the involvement of a voluntary organisation. [41685/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (11 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 133. To ask the Minister for Health the timescale for completion of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology investigation into the accuracy of smear test analysis in all laboratories used by CervicalCheck; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41686/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (11 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 139. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for homecare package applications; the breakdown by community healthcare organisations; the details of the financial allocation made to each CHO for 2018, in tabular form; the way in which this relates to existing demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41735/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (11 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the requirements that are set down in relation to the energy efficiency of boilers that are installed in new homes and new businesses as replacements in existing homes and businesses. [41637/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commencement of Legislation (11 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the sections and subsections of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 that have not been commenced to date. [41607/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála Data (11 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the full-time equivalent staffing levels at An Bord Pleanála in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41612/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála Appeals (11 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it will be possible to make online appeal submissions to An Bord Pleanála via its website as is the case with local authority planning applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41613/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála Appeals (11 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the current issues with An Bord Pleanála’s website whereby it is reported that appeal files submitted since January 2018 are not available to view on the Board’s website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41614/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (11 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 112, 170 and 253 of 4 October 2018, his plans to engage with other relevant Ministers with regard to the rent a room scheme to address the barriers to uptake (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41640/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (16 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 91 of 23 November 2017, 68 of 17 January 2018 and 187 of 21 March 2018, the status of lands at a location (details supplied) for which Fingal County Council has sought a deed of waiver to transfer the land to its ownership; the timeframe for his Department to make a decision and respond to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (16 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding his Department contributes to medicines research and development annually; the budget holders, for example, the Irish Research Council, responsible to his Department; the extent of its funding allocations for medicines research and development; the principles which guide this funding; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses Fees (16 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason charges of over €3,000 have recently been imposed on asylum seekers residing in direct provision centres by the Cork Education and Training Board in respect of PLC courses; the basis for applying such charges in view of the fact that no charges were previously applied; if other further education institutes have applied the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (16 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 312. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí in each division and district of the Dublin metropolitan region of An Garda Síochána; the population served in each area; and the comparable figures for each year of each of the past ten years. [42289/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Assisted Decision Making (16 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 313. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the financial allocation from his budget for 2019 for the decision support service; when he expects the service to be fully operational; the envisaged timescale for the full commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42346/18]