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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (15 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 171. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give consideration to the introduction of new arrangements for the collection of the vacant site levy whereby the Revenue Commissioners would take over responsibility for collection based on a self-certification system in order to bring these sites into use for housing development and in view of the inability of local authorities to collect...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (15 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of long-term leasing agreements entered into by each of the Dublin local authorities for 2021 and for any other years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38923/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (15 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has provided funding for the Santry river greenway; the projected timeline for the commencement and completion of works on the greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39041/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (15 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has received funding applications from Fingal County Council in relation to the new Meakstown community centre, Dublin 11; the current position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39042/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (15 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to restore pre-2015 apartment standards including in buy-to-lets further to reports that he plans to end the SHD provisions; if he plans to reinstate height limits on apartment developments in line with city and county development plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39058/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (15 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his specific plans and timescale for bringing underused and vacant housing stock into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39059/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he plans to deal with the serious problem of land hoarding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39060/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (15 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will give consideration to the introduction of new arrangements for the collection of the vacant site levy whereby the Revenue Commissioners would take over responsibility for collection based on a self-certification system in order to bring these sites into use for housing development and in view of the inability of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (15 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the inequitable treatment of persons on invalidity pension that wish to move on to partial capacity benefit and to establish themselves as self-employed (details supplied); if these significant disincentives to taking up employment will be examined and addressed; and if the feasibility of applying...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (15 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 264. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the situation for undocumented workers in the hospitality, retail and service sector who have been in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment until now who may be called in for intermittent precarious days and hours of work and who may not be entitled to a jobseeker’s payment thereafter if they don’t...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Communications (15 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of scam calls reported to her Department in view of the surge in fraudulent calls claiming to be from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39037/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (15 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 276. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding restraints are affecting the availability of placements for young person's moving within the children’s residential network; if funding issues are affecting the availability of placements for young persons who are aging out of care or in aftercare; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (15 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 312. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that are being taken to address the surge in scam calls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39036/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 324. To ask the Minister for Health when he will review the EMA approval of a vaccine (details supplied) for 12-15 year olds; if medically vulnerable children in this age cohort will be included in cohorts 4 and 7 for the vaccine roll-out; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31819/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (15 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 326. To ask the Minister for Health the role he envisages rapid antigen testing playing in respect of Ireland's implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31859/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 327. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with a hotel group (details supplied) regarding a mandatory hotel quarantine refund with a view to processing the refund. [31860/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 345. To ask the Minister for Health if steps are being taken to address glitches in the Covid-19 vaccination appointments system given that some persons in the older age cohorts have been overlooked for their appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32071/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Bodies (15 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 346. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the appropriateness of an appointment to the board of Safefood Ireland (details supplied); his views on whether this represents a conflict of interest in the context of Safefood Ireland progressing Ireland’s breastfeeding strategy in addition to the WHO’s recommendations on breastfeeding; if he will review this decision; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (15 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 347. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32073/21]

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I support the amendment. I raised the question of enforcement with the Minister earlier. This plan is totally unenforceable. I put 12 questions to the Minister on Second Stage about who will do the enforcement, how it will be done and how the weaknesses in what he is proposing in regard to the digital certificate will be addressed. There are serious problems in that regard and the...