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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Sure, but that is not happening. How will the witnesses make it happen so we have more paediatric consultants available to provide these critical services?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Is the issue not training?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: You are not training enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I accept what Ms Hardiman is saying about planning but why are we only talking about it now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: When will the additional training posts be available?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: That is the last question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I just do not know what we are doing to attract those people. That seems to be where the logjam is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: We cannot wait that long, unfortunately.

Finance (European Stability Mechanism and Single Resolution Fund) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome many of the provisions in this Bill but I also have concerns which I will refer to over the next few minutes. The European Stability Mechanism has been important in providing financial assistance to EU member states experiencing a crisis and so safeguarding the stability of the wider euro area. The Single Resolution Fund, focused as it is on resolving failing banks, is also...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Have they to put up with gridlock for the next ten years? Second, what does the Taoiseach intend to do about our emissions targets, which are not capable of being met in the absence of these projects?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I think that the Taoiseach is misrepresenting what was announced yesterday.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: We have been told that DART+ will not happen and cannot happen until the 2040s, post 2042. In spite of the fact that MetroLink has been promised for more than 20 years, and that we have been promised a rail link for more than 30 years, nothing will happen in relation to the opening of the metro until at least post 2031. That is in another ten years. I ask the Taoiseach what is he saying to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Not for more than ten years.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: It will be more than ten years before it opens.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Did the Taoiseach read the plan?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: At best it will open at phase 2. It is phase 2 for opening.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: It is Government decisions and funding that are required.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: It will not be finished within the national development plan timeframe. It is all ten-plus years away.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: The National Transport Authority announced the greater Dublin transport strategy yesterday. It represents a huge blow to the people of the greater Dublin area and what appears to be an abandonment of our emissions targets in the transport area, as set out in the climate action plan. It was particularly devastating for the north side of Dublin because of the further long fingering of...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (10 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I would like to extend my sincere condolences and those of the Social Democrats to the family, friends and Fine Gael colleagues of the late Austin Currie on his very sad passing. Mr. Currie was a pivotal figure in Irish politics, having played an instrumental role in the civil rights movement, been a founding member of the SDLP, and served as an MP for South Tyrone and, latterly, as a Fine...