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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: The Taoiseach needs to take responsibility.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Will the Taoiseach produce a plan?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Will the Taoiseach produce a plan?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I also raise an issue in relation to the AstraZeneca vaccine. We cannot deny that there is a high level of concern among people in their 60s and those with underlying health conditions who have received their first dose of AstraZeneca. The first concern relates to the length of the interval between doses but a second concern relates to the efficacy of the vaccine in respect of the Delta...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Not against transmissibility.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I have two points to make. The first relates to the changes to home quarantining. Those changes will be meaningless unless there is some element of supervision. At a minimum, what should be done is a linking up of the passenger locator form with the PCR test result, because we simply do not know what is happening, whether people are getting tested or what test results are. My second...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: If I may stick with Dr. Kilgallen at this point, he referred to something very specific, which is the fact that some surgeons only have half a day's access to theatres. That is unbelievable in this day and age. Can he identify the specific reasons for that? Is it inadequate numbers of theatres or numbers of theatre staff? What exactly is causing that incredible logjam in the system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I am keen to identify whether things can be done in the short to medium term that do not necessarily involve big building projects. Such projects also have to go ahead, but what can be done in the short to medium term to improve the situation. I am trying to identify if there are issues there. Dr. Kilgallen has identified problems with theatre staff. There may also be organisational...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: That is exactly the kind of thing I was talking about. The original idea behind the cancer strategy was to cut through those blockages with strong leadership and to make things happen and move things along. I am not aware of the cancer strategy operating like that at the moment.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Parental Leave (15 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 883. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding parent’s leave benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31263/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (15 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 893. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of employees who are on secondment from her Department to other organisations; the number of these who are in receipt of a higher duty allowance; the number of staff who were previously seconded and subsequently returned to work in her Department on a lower grade than their secondment position; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (15 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 920. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of employees in her Department and the bodies under the aegis of her Department who have been in receipt of a higher duty acting allowance for over two years. [31881/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (15 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 984. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure childminders are represented in any decision making group on the future of childminding in Ireland and on recommendations for the childminding role profile; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31422/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the processing of short stay C visas will recommence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30990/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (15 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of employees in her Department and the bodies under the aegis of her Department who have been in receipt of a higher duty acting allowance for over two years. [31879/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (15 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of employees in his Department and the bodies under the aegis of his Department who have been in receipt of a higher duty acting allowance for over two years. [31872/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Staff (15 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1223. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of employees in her Department and the bodies under the aegis of her Department who have been in receipt of a higher duty acting allowance for over two years. [31880/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (16 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the basis for the 35 years' upper age limit for recruitment of new Garda members; if consideration will be given to the fact that this is out of line with recruitment rules that apply in other countries, for example, the UK; when the review on this matter will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I am only seeing the Sláintecare slide with the coloured pattern. The detailed slide is not coming up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I thank everyone for their presentations. I fully appreciate the complexity and breadth of the work involved, however I am concerned as it is hard to establish from the presentation whether the work is almost complete or still at a theoretical level. If there were funding allocations attached to each project and a timescale, it would be more helpful. Much of this seems like name-checking...