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Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...what his assessment of that table is and if he would accept that it somewhat misrepresents the actual impact of budget 2024. That is exactly what the numbers look like when one looks behind the spin. Disturbingly also, I read that Social Justice Ireland calculates that the gap between the bottom and the middle will grow in 2024, despite the temporary once-off measures. It is a very...

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

Róisín Shortall: ...to spend at least €286 each week to cover basic needs. Core welfare rates only cover about 77% of what is required to meet basic needs this year, and budget 2024’s meagre €12 per week increase means this will not even keep up with inflation. For months, organisations from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to Age Action to Social Justice Ireland and many others have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (28 Sep 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of her Department's review of eligibility requirements for family reunification; the timeline she is working towards; if this review will address issues related to family reunification for non-EEA healthcare assistants under the general employment permit (details supplied); the engagements she has had with the...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Róisín Shortall: We have been told it could be a year, if not longer, until Dr. Nayagam reports. The general principle is that justice delayed is justice denied. Too often, we see a major problem being put into a review and who knows when we will ever get the results of that review, and it will be redacted. All of these things generally happen. That is not good enough in these circumstances. Will the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (1 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will amend section 9 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 in the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022, which is currently before the Houses of the Oireachtas to provide for a criminal offence of coercive control similar to but more expanded to that provided in section 39 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of a recent media report (details supplied), if he accepts that the 22 reports referred to, which the administrators gave to the court, should be publicly available; if these documents are in the possession of his Department; if so will he make them available; if they are not, if he will take steps to require the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (25 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 428. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration is being given to reducing the minimum salary for family reunification concerning non-EEA healthcare assistants under the general employment permit, in view of changes to the scheme in 2021 that set the annual minimum salary at €27,000 for healthcare assistants under the general employment permit; and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (22 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the turnover of staff in her Department for each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and the percentage of total staff this represents in each category. [9277/23]

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...top of the relevant section in Dr. Scally's report, in the context of the duty of candour, the following appears: I deserve to know the truth To be told the truth I deserve answers I deserve justice I deserve for this never to have happened I deserve closure I deserve for it to be over Those things will never happen until there is an absolute duty of candour, which will ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reviews (14 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 498. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will publish the review of the immigrant investor programme, submitted in November 2020; the reason for the delay in publishing this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6762/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reviews (14 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 499. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering curtailing or suspending new applications to the immigrant investor programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6763/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Wards of Court (14 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 500. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people, under-18 and over-18 years of age, who were taken into wardship in December 2022 and January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6764/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reviews (14 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he plans to publish the prison health needs assessment; if he will provide a timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6768/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (8 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 317. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration is being given to banning the sale and importation of nitrous oxide canisters, commonly known as laughing gas, in view of its widespread use for recreational purposes by young people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5803/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Sittings (2 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 368. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average number of proceedings in each of the years since 2018, by court (details supplied), in tabular form; the steps being taken to ensure that right of citizens to a trial and due course of law in a reasonable timeframe are upheld; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5529/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (2 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 369. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each of the years since 2018, by division, in tabular form. [5530/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gangland Crime (31 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to strengthen the law concerning gangland crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4073/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 466. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda National Vetting Bureau presented annual reports to his Department in each of the years 2016 to 2021; if he will provide a copy of each report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3151/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Mr. O'Connor spoke about alignment of Garda powers with prohibited conduct. Does that entail amendments to primary legislation in the justice area?