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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Warmer Homes Scheme Data (5 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 312. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding allocations to each community-based organisation, CBO, in each of the past three years and in 2019 for the purpose of carrying out energy efficiency retrofits on the homes of persons on low incomes; the number of homes which were upgraded by each CBO; and his plans in respect the continuation of the work....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (5 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 349. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to ensure that the national childcare scheme will not penalise certain categories of lone parents in which it will act as a disincentive to taking up training, education or employment as identified by a group (details supplied); the action she will take in relation to same in the coming years and not merely the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (5 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 350. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) for the establishment of an early years and school age agency to replace Departments and agencies in order to ensure a streamlined, seamless and all-encompassing system in order that early child education and welfare issues are responded to appropriately and to achieve better...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (5 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the issue of pensions for community employment supervisors which has been promised for some time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50872/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (10 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 349. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the ongoing provision of a position (details supplied) at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin in view of the fact that the current specialist is due to leave by year end without a replacement provided for; if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of families whose children are attending Crumlin for pain...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (11 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: It is disappointing that neither the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Coveney, nor the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy McEntee, are here to respond to the debate. I imagine they have good reason for not being here but it is important that those of us on this side of the House have an opportunity to get answers to our...

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: I will start by commending Deputy John Curran on bringing forward this legislation. It is important legislation. I know Deputy Curran has extensive experience in this area and he speaks with authority on the matter. I also know how much work is involved in actually producing a Bill - well done to him. I hope the Bill progresses swiftly. I note that the Government is supporting the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (11 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the requirements set down by the Office of Government Procurement or other bodies for contracting parties to publish details on an annual basis or at other intervals of its activities in respect of public procurement using Article 20 of the 2014 EU public procurement directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52014/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses (11 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 127. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe the social considerations advisory group is working towards for completion of its work on the incorporation of social considerations into public procurement projects; the progress made by the group on social considerations in respect of employment opportunities for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions Staff (11 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the staff to student ratio in publicly-funded higher education institutions here; the corresponding ratios from 2009 to 2014; the comparator figures from benchmark EU countries such as Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52012/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reports (11 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 178. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 350 of 15 October 2019 and 160 of 23 October 2019, if he has received a briefing from his officials on the HSE valproate response project report; if a decision has been made to publish or not publish the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51897/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Pharmacy Services (12 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the unwinding of FEMPI for community pharmacists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52199/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital Status (12 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 268. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plan to relocate the National Maternity Hospital to the grounds of St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin; the timescale for a response from the Vatican for the divesting of the site; if the site and hospital building will be publicly owned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52434/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital Status (12 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 269. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed governance structure that will apply in the new national maternity hospital in view of his commitment that it will be a public hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52435/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications (12 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 340. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a partial capacity benefit claim by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52298/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (17 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a student grant application to SUSI by a person (details supplied); the reason the application was refused; if they can appeal same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53084/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (17 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí allocated to the Garda stations in Ballymun, Finglas and Santry; the overall number of gardaí in the stations; the number of community gardaí in the stations in each year since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53326/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (17 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to the drugs unit at the Garda stations in Ballymun, Finglas and Santry; and the number of gardaí assigned to the drugs unit in the stations in each year since 2008. [53327/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (17 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 405. To ask the Minister for Health if the full €55 million in development funding allocated to mental health in 2019 has been released to the HSE by his Department further to his previous commitment (details supplied); the amount of 2019 development funding released to date to the HSE; the month this funding was released or part thereof; the reason development funding for mental...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (17 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 406. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of mental health development funding for 2019 that has been spent to date; the breakdown of this expenditure by activity and cost, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52959/19]