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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation Strategy: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. It is clear that a great deal of work has been done on the detailed planning for the implementation of Sláintecare and the outworking of many aspects of the recommendations. That is commendable. The missing piece is the funding required to make these recommendations happen in the short term as opposed to stretching out over future years,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation Strategy: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: Will that model be ready for the allocation of the 1,000 posts?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation Strategy: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: The additional staff will not be used just to reduce waiting lists.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation Strategy: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: Can Mr. Sullivan answer the question about the GP contract?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation Strategy: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: There is also-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation Strategy: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: It is not a part of the contract but is anything happening on the commitment to introduce that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation Strategy: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: Yes, I believe it was ten.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation Strategy: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: I did not get a reply to my question on legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation Strategy: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: Does that mean legislation will be introduced in two years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation Strategy: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: That is an unnecessary delay. Our fears about departmental capture are being realised.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: I support Deputy Boyd Barrett. It is important to have a debate this week on the runaway costs of the children's hospital and on what is the precise role of the chief procurement officer. Has he gone back to continuing in that role? Why did he step down from the hospital board? I supported Deputy Boyd Barrett at the Business Committee in his request for this debate. It is a pity that...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: The business this week shall be as set out in the first revised report of the Business Committee, dated 22 October 2019. In relation to today's business, it is proposed that the Dáil shall sit later than 10 p.m. and adjourn at the conclusion of Private Members’ Business which shall be taken for two hours at the conclusion of statements on developments in Spain. No. 37, statements...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Adoption Legislation (22 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to allow same-sex couples to avail of the same adoptive leave and benefit which straight couples and single-male adopters are entitled to in the context of the Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42973/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: The main objective of a carbon tax should be to get people to change their behaviour, particularly as regards home heating. Does the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment accept that a major problem for many people is that they cannot afford to avail of the grant schemes because of how they operate, with substantial amounts of money needed up front? The Minister has...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: I asked about the reform of that scheme.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: I am sorry, but I did not ask about that.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: With all due respect, I asked about reform of the grant scheme, not the initiative in the midlands.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister ignored the question.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (17 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to backdating a school transport grant in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42695/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Data (17 Oct 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an arrangement has been put in place for bundle five PPP schools that sets a limit of 300 hours for the availability of the school after 6 p.m. in the evening; the names and locations of schools built under PPP with such an arrangement; the extent to which these arrangements apply to the main school building; and if separate...