Results 15,041-15,060 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Registration of Births (15 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 1037. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she will take to amend the laws surrounding presumed legitimacy to simplify the process for women seeking a divorce and attempting to register the birth of a child whose father is not their husband from whom they are seeking a divorce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1537/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (15 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 1113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number and percentage of appeals that were upheld on re-examination by the social welfare appeals office in 2017 and 2018 for all payments and benefits under her remit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1535/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (15 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 1125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the review of social housing support household means policy will be expedited; the steps he will take as part of this review to examine the situation of the working homeless that are debarred from accessing council housing and the housing assistance payment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (15 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 1130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to provide a greater number of one-bed social housing units nationally in view of the increased demand for the units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54246/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector Strategy (15 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 1131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress he has made on providing cost rental housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54247/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (15 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 1155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress on legislation to put in place statutory timeframes for planning compliance decisions for residential development permission conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1124/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála (15 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 1184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to ameliorate the long delays with planning appeals to be decided by An Bord Pleanála, in particular the need for the ongoing staffing shortage to be dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1540/19]

Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: I am very happy to have the opportunity to speak in this debate and to discuss the issues and the looming crisis that is coming down the line in respect of the likely nurses' strike. I particularly want to pledge my support to the amendments to the motion which the Social Democrats are very happy to support. Those amendments relate to the issues raised by Sinn Féin in particular. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (16 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 190. To ask the Minister for Health if a catch-up meningitis B programme will be provided for all children; the estimated cost of providing such a programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1971/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (16 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 189. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that have been vaccinated with the meningitis B vaccine since it was introduced in October 2016; the rates of incidence of meningitis B since 2010 per age group; the rates of meningitis B versus meningitis C since 2010; and the rates of meningitis B and C compared to EU rates since 2010. [1970/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Diseases (16 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 193. To ask the Minister for Health the strains of meningitis responsible for the latest outbreak; the age breakdown of those affected; the regions they were based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2018/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Juvenile Offenders (17 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the audit will be published of juvenile crime cases in which senior gardaí failed to take action on a significant number of the cases; the steps he plans to take in respect of the victims of these crimes; the way in which he plans to ensure accountability for these failures; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (17 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 173. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages being provided in each CHO area; the reason funding allocated for this purpose is not aligned with demand; the steps he is taking to ensure adequate funding is provided in 2019 to address the waiting lists for the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2185/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (17 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of the proposed new national children's hospital; the reason the cost is higher than the original estimate; and the steps he plans to take to control the cost and to minimise the impacts on other capital projects. [2186/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (17 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 175. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for cervical smear test results; the number of tests which have timed out; and the steps he is taking to address the backlog. [2187/19]

Ráitis ó Cheannairí na bPáirtithe agus na nGrúpaí - Statements from Party and Group Leaders (21 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: A Cheann Comhairle, 100 years ago on this day, in this place, the Members of the First Dáil gathered together to build a new Ireland. This was not merely an act of rebellion but also an act of creation. It was not enough for our forebears to throw off colonial rule. They wanted to build, for the first time on our island, a State that would be governed for and by all of the people. As...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 300. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for child and adolescent mental health services for Dublin 9; when a child (details supplied) can be given an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2316/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Brexit Issues (22 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 433. To ask the Minister for Health the number of infants who have used clinical milk supplies from Northern Ireland and the UK over the past five years; the contingency plan for access to milk bank supplies from the UK and Northern Ireland in the event of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2847/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Local Authority Facilities (22 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 580. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2317/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Process (22 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the residential tenancies (amendment) Bill; when he will publish the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2313/19]