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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (8 May 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 1085. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients availing of the type 2 diabetes cycle of care programme in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the cost of the programme to date; his plans to extend it to patients with type 2 diabetes who do not have a medical card or general practitioner-only visit card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19994/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Data (8 May 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 1086. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients with type 2 diabetes who had their feet assessed as part of the HSE type 2 diabetes cycle of care programme in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the number of these who were referred to hospital care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19995/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Communications (8 May 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 1427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 350 of 25 October 2018, the reason freephone numbers are not used exclusively for her Department in view of the fact that many who contact it are on limited incomes; her views on whether the use of premium rate of lo-call numbers will result in higher charges for those who do not have...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications Waiting Times (8 May 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 1433. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting time for disability allowance claims which have been successfully appealed to the social welfare appeals office to be processed and awarded after the file has been returned to it; if there is a delay in this regard; if so, the steps she will take to address the delay; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (8 May 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 1523. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the value of development levies accrued in each local authority in each of the years 2016 to 2018, in tabular form. [18573/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (8 May 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 1542. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to assist homeowners who have been assessed for level 1 pyrite damage and who are not currently eligible for assistance with pyrite remediation works; if he will review the situation in this regard (details supplied); if consideration can be given to providing grant contribution towards remediation works for level...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector Strategy (8 May 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 1552. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional resources will be provided to local authorities in order to allow them to effectively enforce short-term letting legislation coming into force on 1 June 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19146/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (8 May 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 1560. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of Part V acquisitions for 2017 and 2018, by local authority, of the number of homes acquired as new homes, existing second-hand homes previously occupied or not and ghost estates. [19384/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2019)

Róisín Shortall: The housing crisis continues unabated with people on average incomes essentially being locked out of the prospect of buying a home of their own and a great many people literally being bled dry by soaring housing rents. The number of people who are homeless continues to rise and, most shameful of all, there are now almost 4,000 children among this number. The cost of housing is now the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2019)

Róisín Shortall: Eight years into government and the Tánaiste is still talking about what he will do about the housing crisis.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2019)

Róisín Shortall: The Government's record has been appalling in this area. It is spending vast amounts of public money on housing but most of that is going into the pockets of private landlords or else it is buying expensive turnkey housing rather than building it directly through local authorities. It has promised for years to introduce an affordable housing scheme. The Tánaiste is still talking about...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2019)

Róisín Shortall: No, it is not. It is about Fine Gael wasting public money.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2019)

Róisín Shortall: Answer the question.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2019)

Róisín Shortall: What is the timeline?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2019)

Róisín Shortall: There is no timeline.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (9 May 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 50. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address concerns raised in correspondence (details suppled) on the proposed industrial action by community employment supervisors; if he will engage with unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20194/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Meetings (9 May 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 90. To ask the Minister for Health if a favourable response will issue to a request for a meeting from representatives of persons (details supplied) living with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20195/19]

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (14 May 2019)

Róisín Shortall: Is it in order to make a couple of closing remarks?

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (14 May 2019)

Róisín Shortall: The main proposals of the Bill are to extend the entitlement to unpaid parental leave from eight to 12 years and the number of weeks from 18 to 26 weeks. It also extends an entitlement to the full 26 weeks to those people who have not availed of the leave to date for whatever reason. It is almost three years since myself and my colleagues in the Social Democrats commenced work on this...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Refurbishment (14 May 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 140. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding plans to reopen a Garda station (details supplied) in County Dublin; when works at the station will be completed for handover to the Garda authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20869/19]