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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (15 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a response will issue to correspondence from this Deputy on 3 August 2021 (details supplied) regarding the outsourcing of jobs at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43279/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (15 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position for mature students returning to full-time education who wish to also keep claiming for social welfare credits towards their pension as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43278/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (15 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the Social Welfare Appeals Office will recommence in-person oral hearings with appropriate Covid-19 safety measures in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43535/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (15 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 498. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered matters raised by an organisation (details supplied) in its report; the steps being taken to respond to the report in order to help ensure that Ireland honours its commitments under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and given that Ireland has the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (16 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a driving test date for a health professional (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44418/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (16 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 254. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will engage with the ECCE scheme service providers regarding the need to ensure that children who are not toilet trained will be allowed attend their crèches; if he will ensure that crèches have sufficient funding and resources to ensure that staff have time to take children out of the room to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Maternity Hospital (16 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 309. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to media reports (details supplied) that the HSE's audit and risk committee will not sign off on the corporate structure outlined in the Mulvey proposal for the move of the National Maternity Hospital to St. Vincent’s at Elm Park due to the fact that it would not adequately protect the public interest and would give...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: In a couple of weeks' time, the Minister will come into this Chamber to announce his budget proposals. It is highly likely the Department of Health will again be awarded record levels of funding, potentially in the region of €22 billion. Given the crisis caused by Covid and the more than 900,000 people now on hospital waiting lists, this level of funding is undoubtedly required. The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Sláintecare is an incremental ten-year programme. It is supposed to start in year 1 and build every year from then. It seems the Minister is joining his Cabinet colleagues, in particular, the Minster for Health, in downplaying the seriousness of the crisis that now exists with Sláintecare. He refused to engage in the fundamental problems, namely, the institutional resistance to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: We must hear the truth in this matter and we must have political will and political leadership from the Government. If not, Sláintecare will not succeed.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: What are you doing about it?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (21 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of legislation to regulate electric scooters using public footpaths given the danger to pedestrians in particular elderly pedestrians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44848/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 314. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a passport application for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45019/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: After-School Support Services (21 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 420. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the steps he is taking to ensure access to after-school projects for all children in DEIS areas; the way he plans to support after-school projects negatively impacted by changes to the national childcare scheme; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (21 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 601. To ask the Minister for Health his plans and the detail of measures to ease restrictions on visits for nursing home residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44760/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 26. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether Ireland’s tax system is consistent with Ireland's stated commitment to equitable development and working with poorer countries to move beyond a reliance on aid given the recent revelations by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the tax avoidance activities of a company which show definitively that taxable profits are...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 39. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to any company, other than a company (details supplied) that is using an equivalent of the so-called single malt tax avoidance structure to reduce their tax liability as recently revealed by an organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45722/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 40. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) received any assurances on the operation of the single malt-type structure from the Revenue Commissioners; if his attention or that of his officials was drawn to any other company still using a single malt or equivalent tax avoidance structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45723/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 41. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has undertaken any assessment or analysis of Irish-registered companies' tax-resident in Malta for tax purposes since the signing of the Ireland-Malta Competent Authority Agreement in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45724/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 42. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out any assessment or analysis of Irish-registered companies' tax-resident in tax treaty partner countries other than Malta for tax purposes, since the residency rule changes in the Finance Act 2014 came into force on 31 December 2020 ending the tax avoidance structure know as double Irish; and if he will make a statement on...