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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Meetings (29 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 320. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the open policy forum that took place on 15 November 2018 with the Departments of Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, his Department and an association (details supplied); if he will provide the records and minutes available from the forum; his views on whether civil society interest groups should be invited to further open policy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Products (29 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 321. To ask the Minister for Health if further information will be provided on Ireland’s membership of the BeNeLuxA initiative; the number of meetings he and his officials attended as part of the initiative; the main outcomes to date; the main objectives of the initiative for 2019; his views on whether momentum should be renewed on strengthening the balance in the pharmaceutical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (29 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 323. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 157 of 13 December 2017, 121 of 24 January 2018, 242 of 5 July 2018 and 576 of 18 September 2018, the position regarding proposals in respect of removing the venesection inpatient day case charge for patients with hereditary haemochromatosis; when considerations will be finalised on same; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (29 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 324. To ask the Minister for Health his views on phone applications such as an application (details supplied); his further views on encouraging and supporting persons who wish to use these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3824/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Regulations (29 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 439. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the concerns raised by many clinical pharmacists regarding the draft statutory instrument he has published to implement the falsified medicine directive; if his attention has been drawn to the concerns raised that the proposal will move onerous responsibilities from the hospitals onto pharmacists; his further views on whether this is in the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (29 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 202 and 274 of 3 May 2017, Nos. 112, 170, 226 and 253 of 4 October 2018 and No. 215 of 11 October 2018, if she has considered the situation of persons in receipt of long-term social welfare payments who are debarred from renting out a spare room in their home at the risk of losing...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: I want to return to the issue of the nurses' strike. I find it very hard to understand the Taoiseach's thinking. What is his strategy, or does he have any strategy at all for resolving this issue? Sometimes I think it is more about being seen to be tough than playing his part as leader of this country in dealing with a very serious and pressing issue. The question must be asked whether...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: There is no pay claim.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: The front-line-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: The Taoiseach is quoting the public service stability agreement, PSSA, quite a lot. That agreement allows for additional measures to address problems with recruitment and retention. In fact, clause 4 specifically allows for Government action in respect of those two issues. The Government needs to engage. The General Secretary of congress, Patricia King, has been reported as stating that a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: We are discussing this particular issue-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: -----not "issues such as this". Will the Taoiseach meet Patricia King?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: It is the Taoiseach's responsibility-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: -----to take action to avert further strikes.

Juvenile Crime: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Fianna Fáil for tabling this important motion. We have not discussed juvenile crime in the House for some time. Many of us were waiting for the audit to be completed and the report released. To a large extent we are still talking in a vacuum because we have not got our hands on the final report yet. While it was completed some time ago, all kinds of excuses were used for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (30 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the increase in the compulsory retirement age from 65 to 70 years of age for all pre-2004 public servants and those working in public service bodies is binding across all of the public service with respect to the Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018; the directions he has given to public service bodies in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (30 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new permanent school building for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the reason for the delay in the new building being completed; the target date for completion; if the school can remain in its temporary premises until the new building is completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4502/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inspector of Prisons (30 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken to give effect to the decision by his predecessor to combine the role of the Inspector of Prisons with that of the Office of the Ombudsman; and the timescale concerned. [4677/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Voluntary Sector Funding (30 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 200. To ask the Minister for Health if funding and support will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) to allow it remain open and continue to provide services to the deaf community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4623/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (31 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with autism in Cork city and county on waiting lists for secondary school places; and the number of secondary school places allocated for children with autism in Cork city and county. [4718/19]