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Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Shame.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (5 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: A very conservative approach is being taken to this. Revenue has constantly denied the existence of an issue. All of us as public representatives from our experience in canvassing or delivering leaflets see it, especially at election time when calling to a clearly vacant house and there is nobody on the register. It is a significant problem, yet there seems to be no great appetite to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (5 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Absolutely, but I do not like the way it is shaping up because it does not come across like there is a serious effort by Revenue or Government to force this issue and bring the houses back into use. That is the purpose of it. The manual concentrates overly on exemptions. How does Revenue verify applications for exemptions? Will the Minister provide information on that? It is not clear...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (5 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: That is less than a sixth of what the census is telling us. You are not serious about this unless you do a public campaign on it. You are kind of talking to yourselves.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (5 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: It does not sound serious.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (5 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacant properties upon which the vacant homes tax will be levied; the source of this calculation; his plans, if any, to expand the cohort of liable properties; the expected revenue from this new tax; the steps the Revenue Commissioners will take in the event of a non-payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43388/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (5 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Anybody with their eyes open knows there is a considerable number of vacant homes around the country. It makes no sense whatsoever to leave these homes vacant in the context of a housing crisis. Nor does it makes any sense from a climate perspective. We know that most other countries have long had regulations in place to address this waste. The Government has been very slow to address it,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered recommendation one of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare that, given the medium-to long-term threats to the State’s fiscal sustainability, the tax base should be broadened; if he will commit to implementing this recommendation; if he intends to act on this key recommendation in budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (4 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 127. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 13 July 2023, if, in relation to RTÉ pensioners, many of whom are surviving on low to middle incomes, she intends to sanction RTÉ to release funds so that the pensions' trustees can pay out the pension increase, which has been frozen for a number of years; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (4 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 212. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a discretionary medical card for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43023/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (4 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 216. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline he is working towards for the publication of his amendments to the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022; when he expects this Bill to reach Committee Stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43036/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 217. To ask the Minister for Health for a progress report on the spending of funding allocated in budget 2023 for the development of a national paediatric diabetes audit, in conjunction with NOCA, following the publication of a detailed feasibility study; the status of the recruitment of a programme manager and data analytics staff; if recruitment has been paused in view of the recruitment...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 218. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the spending of the €110,000 which was allocated in budget 2023 for the development of a diabetes register; if unused funding from budget 2023 will carry over to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43073/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 219. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request that the HSE immediately begin recruiting the project manager post for the diabetes register; to provide a timeline as to when the HSE recruitment freeze will end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43086/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Sep 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I want to ask the Tánaiste about the long-promised statutory right to home care. This was promised in 2018. It was supposed to be in place by 2021. Two years later, there is no sign of the legislation. The advisory group recommended improved pay and conditions for the staff, who are very badly paid. Over the summer, the Government cynically agreed to pay those new rates and improve...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Sep 2023)

Róisín Shortall: It has cut them this year.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Sep 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The Government has cut the hours this year.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Sep 2023)

Róisín Shortall: There are 2 million hours cut this year.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Sep 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Where is the legislation?