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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (15 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 300. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will confirm the Oireachtas public representative inquiry phone number and email for the Workplace Relations Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41709/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reports (15 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 350. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the HSE's Valproate response project report; if this report has been submitted to his Department; if so, if he will now publish the report in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41710/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (15 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 544. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the National Transport Authority advisory council to be set up under section 17 of the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008; when this advisory council will be set up; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41707/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes (15 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the Gateway local authority labour activation scheme; if an appraisal of the scheme has been carried out by her Department; if it was fair that Gateway participants came off the scheme on a lower rate of social welfare and without their fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (15 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the application form for exceptional needs payments is available online on her Department’s website; if not, the reason for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41711/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: The main objective of a carbon tax should be to get people to change their behaviour, particularly as regards home heating. Does the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment accept that a major problem for many people is that they cannot afford to avail of the grant schemes because of how they operate, with substantial amounts of money needed up front? The Minister has...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: I asked about the reform of that scheme.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: I am sorry, but I did not ask about that.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: With all due respect, I asked about reform of the grant scheme, not the initiative in the midlands.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister ignored the question.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (17 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to backdating a school transport grant in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42695/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Data (17 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an arrangement has been put in place for bundle five PPP schools that sets a limit of 300 hours for the availability of the school after 6 p.m. in the evening; the names and locations of schools built under PPP with such an arrangement; the extent to which these arrangements apply to the main school building; and if separate...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (17 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 191. To ask the Minister for Health if respite will be provided for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42694/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Budget 2020 (17 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 313. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the role in the pre-budget period of the social inclusion unit; if the unit is consulted as part of the budget process; if an assessment is carried out by the unit in advance of the impact of budget proposals on poverty levels; and the reason budget 2020 was not poverty proofed. [42859/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: The business this week shall be as set out in the first revised report of the Business Committee, dated 22 October 2019. In relation to today's business, it is proposed that the Dáil shall sit later than 10 p.m. and adjourn at the conclusion of Private Members’ Business which shall be taken for two hours at the conclusion of statements on developments in Spain. No. 37, statements...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: I support Deputy Boyd Barrett. It is important to have a debate this week on the runaway costs of the children's hospital and on what is the precise role of the chief procurement officer. Has he gone back to continuing in that role? Why did he step down from the hospital board? I supported Deputy Boyd Barrett at the Business Committee in his request for this debate. It is a pity that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Adoption Legislation (22 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to allow same-sex couples to avail of the same adoptive leave and benefit which straight couples and single-male adopters are entitled to in the context of the Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42973/19]

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (23 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Minister of State for facilitating these statements. I start by commending all Ministers and civil servants who have been involved in what has been a herculean task, not just in recent months but in the past two or three years. During that time Brexit has dominated European discourse and also discourse here. I would never underestimate the amount of time, energy and goodwill...

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (23 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: I reiterate the question I raised earlier. Up to now there has been significant emphasis on the importance of protecting the integrity of the Single Market. In the past week, circumstances have changed and we have not heard too much about that. Will the Minister of State talk us through how in the absence of the backstop the integrity of the Single Market will be protected within Ireland...

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (23 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: Who will police that?