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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ventilation and Covid-19: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I asked whether the expert group has produced a report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ventilation and Covid-19: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I have been interested in ventilation for some time but I also listen very carefully to the public health advice given at a political level or by NPHET. One rarely hears ventilation being mentioned. I am curious as to why that is the case. Has the group made recommendations in the reports it has produced? To whom did those reports go?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ventilation and Covid-19: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: It is my understanding that neither of the reports and none of those letters have been published. Is that the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ventilation and Covid-19: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Perhaps this committee can play a role in getting access to those letters and recommendations and publishing them. It seems crazy to have an expert group looking at this area, making recommendations and advising the Government when no one is hearing about it. That just does not make any sense at all. It is something the committee should take up. I am very short on time. May I ask Ms...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ventilation and Covid-19: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Why is Dr. Hegarty's advice falling on deaf ears on the part of NPHET and the Government?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Can the Minister tell us what exactly is the Government's policy for apartment living? We know what the Green Party policy is supposed to be. It says it wants sustainable, high-quality developments that are located a 15-minute walk or cycle from a city centre. However, does it only want people to be able to rent this kind of housing, and rent in insecure tenancies? That is all that is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: There is very little reality in what the Minister is saying. It does not bear any relationship to the existing situation. He had an opportunity this week to do something about that and ensure there were controls introduced for all homes. The question is whether he regards apartments as homes. Is it his view that first-time buyers have a right to purchase apartments? At the moment, they...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Does the Minister accept that the aspiration of purchasing a home in Dublin city centre does not exist for young people?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: What of long-term leasing?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: He and his party are not doing it.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (20 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department is taking to reduce the supply and demand of single-use plastics in Ireland; the plans being put in place by his Department to reduce supply and demand of single-use plastics over the next decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27220/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (20 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 301. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of youth workers excluding Garda youth diversion workers funded to work in the north County Dublin area in each of the past ten years; his plans to increase the number of youth workers in the area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27372/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 344. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission produces information literature translated into various languages in order that persons from diverse ethnic backgrounds can understand their rights in this regard and in order that they can fully engage with GSOC should they need to do so; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 345. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the recruitment of members of An Garda Síochána from diverse ethnic backgrounds including Traveller, Roma, black Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27371/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (25 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide clarity on the position of drivers who will reach 70 years of age shortly in relation to the extension of their driver licence; if they will be contacted individually to confirm that the validity of their licence has been extended; and if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty of contacting and obtaining...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an example of the way the disability allowance means test operates step by step in circumstances (details supplied); and the maximum figures for the spouse’s employment that are possible under the means test under such circumstances which would still entitle the disability allowance applicant to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Programme (25 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 437. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the target month in 2022 for the full commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. [27927/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Functions (25 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 438. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when responsibility for disability matters will be fully transferred from the Department of Health to his Department; the specific functions and areas that will be transferred; the specific budget that will be transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27929/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (25 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider extending the SUSI grant scheme to include online and part-time higher education courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27928/21]

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: A national emergency existed last year and this House passed a number of pieces of emergency legislation, which the Minister is now seeking to extend beyond their express expiry date on 9 June. The legislation before us provides for one extension and further three-monthly extensions of the four pieces of emergency legislation we passed last year. This legislation conferred wide-ranging and...