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National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister is unaware of his status.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Róisín Shortall: As far as the Minister knows-----

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Róisín Shortall: There is no accountability.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Róisín Shortall: They are very expensive lessons.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Róisín Shortall: I am sharing time with Deputy Eamon Ryan. It is quite clear that what we have here is a most shocking failure of governance and an inability to protect the public purse on the part of the Departments of Health and Public Expenditure and Reform, under their respective Ministers. It is simply not credible that the Minister for Health did not tell his colleagues for over two months that there...

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Róisín Shortall: It is not credible that he did not tell his colleagues and if he did not, he certainly should have. The Minister has not answered that. Everybody is coming out with this mantra that the Minister did the right thing, but he did not do the right thing and that is quite clear. Let us go to 9 November. On 9 November, the Minister talked about the Government taking a decision based on three...

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Róisín Shortall: It was out of control and that was clear.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Róisín Shortall: I know what the three options are. I asked the Minister if he costed them.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Róisín Shortall: I did not.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Róisín Shortall: One of the most expensive in the world.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Róisín Shortall: Did the Minister factor in the cost of the maternity hospital?

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Róisín Shortall: I can take from what the Minister is saying that he did not factor in the cost of the maternity hospital.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Róisín Shortall: I want to ask about the head of the Office of Government Procurement, OGP, briefly. Can it be clarified that he would have been in a position to inform his Minister of the cost overrun and that he was not a company director?

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Róisín Shortall: When did the Minister do that?

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (12 Feb 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 679. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers allocated to the Ballymun area by type of service provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6666/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (12 Feb 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 722. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will receive the payments that she is owed without further delay. [6664/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (12 Feb 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 723. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1113 of 15 January 2019, the steps she will take to reduce the number of incorrect decisions made by deciding officers when examining carer's allowance, disability allowance and domiciliary care allowance applications that necessitate appeals and prolong financial hardship for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (12 Feb 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 752. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Part V housing output for 2018 by local authority will be provided. [6443/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Service Pay Commission Reports (7 Feb 2019)

Róisín Shortall: The difficulty is that the constant line from the Minister, his Department and the Government is that there is no evidence of any difficulty in recruiting and retaining nurses. That is the line that is being put out, and it is entirely unhelpful to the current situation. It flies in the face of the evidence before our eyes. The HSE has said that difficulties in recruitment and retention...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Service Pay Commission Reports (7 Feb 2019)

Róisín Shortall: If that is the case, why is it that procedures are cancelled because of a shortage of theatre nurses? Why is it that our child health programmes and our vaccination programmes are hopelessly inadequate in terms of coverage as a result of the lack of public health nurses? This is the evidence before the Minister's eyes, yet the Government continues to create the impression that there is no...