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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: How has the Minister assured himself that what is being claimed is actually the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: May I raise a point of order?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: It is a very brief point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: -----when some sources are saying a person does not need a DCC. That is the point I am making. With regard to text documents, Ms Canavan said there will be verification of the digital Covid certificate and that the board of management unit and An Garda Síochána will be conducting spot checks. There is much concern about these proposals regarding travel but also with regard to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I thank all the witnesses for coming before the committee and I thank them and the members of their organisations for the extraordinary work they do in such difficult and stressful circumstances. The country owes a huge debt of gratitude to them, which makes the circumstances in which they are expected to work all the more shocking. Their conditions have not improved, instead they have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: My thanks to Dr. Colleran. I wish to confirm one point. She is saying there is no engagement on the issue of recruitment. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: What about the IMO?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Time is short and this committee wants to make a recommendation arising from this session. We would like to take this up with the Minister for Health as soon as possible. I want confirmation from the witnesses on whether there has been any engagement of any meaningful type in respect of this crisis of recruitment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Protection and Support for Covid-19 Front-line Workers: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: In spite of three reports and promises from the previous two Ministers.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (27 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 22. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the introduction of a four-day work week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39790/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (27 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 45. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to give workers a right to work remotely in co-operation with their employers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40697/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Vaccination Programme (27 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will take steps to address claims that retail workers are being docked pay or required to stay back late to account for time taken to receive a Covid-19 vaccine during a work shift; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40984/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 50. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the specific role the Health and Safety Authority will play in relation to indoor hospitality in respect of enforcement of the regulations on entry to such facilities and in ensuring that the workplace conditions are safe for staff; the additional resources which have been provided for this purpose; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (27 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 13 January 2021, his plans to amend the related statutory instruments in this regard; if he will consider pausing any changes to the statutory instrument until all members of the scheme have had a chance to vote on the proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39455/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (27 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 301. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 30 June 2021, the percentage of notice of opinion and notice of assessments issued under the general anti-avoidance rules which result in an additional tax yield; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39253/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (27 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 302. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 30 June 2021, the penalties or other consequences for the legal, accounting or other professional advisers who were involved in advising or implementing the transaction in cases in which notice of opinion and notice of assessments issued under the general anti-avoidance rules result in an additional tax yield;...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (27 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 317. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to address the difficulties facing co-habiting couples who jointly own a property and who then must pay inheritance tax on their family home when one of them passes away; the right of co-habiting couples to apply to the Revenue Commissioners for a certificate to grant the same tax rights as married couples; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 489. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the EU Digital Covid Certificate used for travel and indoor dining indicates the time period after the second dose after which a person is considered fully vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41291/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 498. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department in consultation with the Department of Health will publish ventilation guidelines for hospitality settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40985/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (27 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 665. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current position regarding circular EL 02/11; if incremental credit can be sanctioned for local authority staff with relevant previous experience; if the circular is having any impact on local authority recruitment drives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39854/21]