Results 18,521-18,540 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (3 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects to bring forward legislation to give workers a right to work remotely; if he is undertaking engagement with employers and trade unions on the draft legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53548/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (3 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timescale for the delivery of MetroLink; the details of the estimated timing of each of the key milestones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53616/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (3 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plan in place for in-school teaching in relation to children in ASD classes in mainstream schools to ensure that those with additional needs are catered for in the event of a further school closures; if such plans have been agreed to by all of the education partners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53547/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the fuel allowance for a pensioner (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53521/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 165. To ask the Minister for Health the details of plans to roll-out booster Covid-19 vaccines in respect of the order of the priority groups to receive same; the arrangements for administering vaccinations, that is, the role to be played by general practitioners, pharmacists and vaccination centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53615/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Strategies (4 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 377. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the national stroke strategy; the steps he is taking to expedite publication; if he plans to publish a fully funded implementation plan alongside the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53930/21]

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019: Motion (9 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I am happy to contribute to this debate. I do not have any difficulty with the motion in front of us. It would not make sense in the present exceptional circumstances to allocate €500 million to a rainy day fund but it has not made a lot of sense up to now either. Deputy Richmond said that any sensible household puts money away in a rainy day fund but you do not do that when there...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (9 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 119. 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 Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2022 (9 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 292. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which the demographic costs for disability for 2022 were calculated in Budget 2022; the details of the allocations to specific areas of disability, that is, residential, therapies, respite and so on that are meant to meet demographic costs; and the way these relate to the demographic evidence outlined in the Disability...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Programme (9 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 488. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date he is working to for the publication of the disability (miscellaneous provisions) Bill; and when he expects to give legal effect to the commitment in the Programme for Government to double the target for employment of persons with disabilities in the public service to 6%. [54288/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (9 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 497. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are supports in place for families who may be called into a meeting with Tusla, but who may not be familiar with process and who require some non-judgmental advice and advocacy before attending such a meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54641/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 530. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will request An Garda Síochána to report on the outcome of Operation Tombola over the 2021 Halloween period in relation to the tackling of the increased use of fireworks and bonfires in Dublin; if additional Garda resources were put in place over the Halloween period; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 545. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding opening hours for pubs as opposed to nightclubs with late licences; if they are allowed to open late again under the current Covid-19 regulations given some publicans are reporting confusion in relation to the current rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54644/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (9 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 597. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the figure earmarked in tables 1a and 1b of the Disability Capacity Review to 2032: A Review of Social Care Demand and Capacity Requirements to 2032, by each type of disability, that is each row in the table service has been achieved in budget 2022 (details supplied); and the amount of this €220 million shortfall that will be met...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (9 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 598. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions he has had with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on the way to address the shortfalls in disability funding identified by the Disability Capacity Review to 2032: A Review of Social Care Demand and Capacity Requirements to 2032; and the way in which the review was factored into the determination of his Department's budget...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Budgets (9 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 599. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress on transferring the disability budget from his Department to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. [54287/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (9 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 600. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a minimum amount of Tetrahydrocannabinol or THC content that a cannabis product seeking to be added to the Medical Cannabis Access Programme must contain in order to be approved for inclusion under the programme; if he will provide further details on this minimum threshold; if products with minimal trace amounts of THC can be added to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (9 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 601. To ask the Minister for Health if he is giving consideration to the campaign by an organisation (details supplied) for an additional 100 neurology nurse specialists across Ireland, which includes eight additional nurses for the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54291/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 682. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure compliance with the Covid-19 regulations for pubs and restaurants; the number of compliance checks and enforcement actions taken to date; the number of staff deployed to ensure compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54642/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (9 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 687. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which St. Vincent's Healthcare Group sought an operating licence from his Department for the proposed maternity hospital; if this licence is a condition of the lease on offer to Government of the land on which the new facility is to be built; if he will now publish both the lease and the licence; and, if not, the reason therefor. [54763/21]