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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Will Mr. Watt clarify whether a Cabinet decision was taken to endorse the second option?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Mr. Watt. When the Sláintecare implementation office was stood down, everybody's fear was that we would end up with departmental capture of Sláintecare, and it is clear that is exactly what has happened. There are no grounds for anybody to think things are going to be done any way differently as a result of this. It is just more of the same from the HSE. The problem with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: That is not what the business case is about. Again, it is black and white.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I want to ask one last question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Just one thing. Mr. Reid talked about delegating in law. What does he mean by that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Okay, we will come back.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: A contract is on offer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Is a time set for that?

Financial Resolution No. 2: Mineral Oils Tax (27 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome these proposals tonight in so far as they go but the problem, of course, is that they do not go far enough. Given the struggles that so many families are encountering at the moment in relation to energy prices, one has to ask why the Government cannot go any further. Over the last few months the Government has been saying consistently that it could do nothing about VAT but then...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (26 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 333. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the steps he is taking to support the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21268/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flexible Work Practices (26 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 538. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way that flexi-leave will be taken into account for those who work less than five days per week further to the publication of the Civil Service Blended Working Policy Framework; if details of the way that blended and hybrid work will take flexi-leave into consideration will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 540. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the details of all circumstances in which employees were seconded from the private sector to the public sector in cases in which the private sector employer continued to pay the employee’s salary in all such cases in the past three years as referenced his recent comments (details supplied); and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 739. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue for a baby (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19988/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 740. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue for a baby (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19989/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (26 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 1227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the decision by a bank (details supplied) to phase out a loan specifically for general-entry medical students; his views on this decision; the engagements that he has had with the bank; the steps that he is taking to address this gap in financial support for medicine students; and if he will make a statement...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Credits (28 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 4. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the research that has been carried out in his Department on the introduction of refundable tax credits; his views on the benefits of such a policy as a means of ensuring greater equity in the tax system as well as a means of addressing the widespread issue of low pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21016/22]