Results 15,681-15,700 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test Data (5 Nov 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 933. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driver testers in whole-time equivalent terms allocated to each driver test centre; and the basis on which these allocations are made. [44919/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (5 Nov 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 952. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will respond to the demands put forward by an organisation (details supplied) for inclusive public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45180/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (5 Nov 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 958. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to respond to the request by the National Transport Authority that it be given power to enforce the laws in relation to bus lane usage; if new legislation is being progressed which will give the authority the power to use automatic number plate recognition to carry out enforcement; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (5 Nov 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 959. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding commuters that wish to take their bicycles onto trains, trams and buses; his plans to ensure that greater provision can be made for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45304/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (5 Nov 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 1151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the net change in State-owned social housing units; if he will provide a breakdown based on new completed units, units purchased, sale of units and demolitions and voids in each of the years 1995 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44936/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (5 Nov 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 1152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units owned by the State at the end of each of the years 1995 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44937/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (7 Nov 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 155. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the operation of the maternity and infant care scheme in respect of postnatal general practitioner visits; if there has been a change to the schedule of permitted reasons for additional visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45914/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles (7 Nov 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which he plans to address the concerns of wheelchair users that the new buses being purchased to ensure that the entire public bus fleet is wheelchair accessible, notwithstanding the fact that they are compliant with UNECE regulation 107, are not sufficient for those who use a larger motorised wheelchair to accommodate their...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (7 Nov 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 560 of 24 September 2019, the status of actions he is taking following the report of the baseline review group; and when he plans to publish the report. [45925/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)

Róisín Shortall: In December 2018, the Minister for Health announced that agreement had been reached with St. Vincent's Healthcare Group for the Sisters of Charity to withdraw completely from that operation. He said it was guaranteed that the new National Maternity Hospital would be retained in public ownership and with public ethos. Eleven months later, that agreement has yet to be finalised. We were...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)

Róisín Shortall: You have been talking about it for a year now. It has taken more than a year.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)

Róisín Shortall: You should not be spending public money on it.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Agreements (12 Nov 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position of Ireland on the draft legally binding instrument to regulate in international law the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises. [46682/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Agreements (12 Nov 2019)

Róisín Shortall: My question relates to the need to progress the draft UN legally binding instrument to regulate international law and the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises in respect of human rights abuses. The figures that have been documented in recent years are concerning. There have been 2,000 attacks on activists since 2015. Last year alone, 321 human rights...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Agreements (12 Nov 2019)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister has repeated those lines a number of times in recent months. Does the Minister accept that there is a major gap in the regulation of corporate activities by states and in access to remedy for victims of human rights violations? The transnational or global nature of business has not been met with global regulation and binding measures. A number of the points the Tánaiste...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Agreements (12 Nov 2019)

Róisín Shortall: It is fair to say that Ireland has not led to date. Recently, in September, the Tánaiste said that officials in his Department were in the process of reviewing the draft to assess whether Ireland's wide-ranging concerns in respect of the earlier document had been addressed. When will this review by officials be available? He said Ireland will continue to work with other EU partners to...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Agreements (12 Nov 2019)

Róisín Shortall: When will the review be available?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (12 Nov 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the investment made in public and private higher education as a proportion of national income, that is GDP and GNI; the way in which this compares to key competitor countries such as the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46595/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Data (12 Nov 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 315. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 23 October 2019, the number of persons eligible for the GMS and drugs payment scheme, respectively, by LHO area in each of the years 2008 to 2011; and the number of persons that availed of the long-term illness scheme by LHO area in each of the years 2008 to 2011 (details supplied). [46103/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (13 Nov 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 6 February 2019, his plans to provide additional school accommodation for Meakstown, Dublin 11; if the high number of new residential units built in the area will be taken into account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46790/19]