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Written Answers — Department of Health: Voluntary Sector Funding (30 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 200. To ask the Minister for Health if funding and support will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) to allow it remain open and continue to provide services to the deaf community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4623/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (29 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason registration for external candidates for the leaving certificate is not open on the website of the State Examinations Commission in view of the fact that the closing date is 7 February 2019; if his attention has been drawn to the concern this is causing students and parents; and if there will be an extension for students in view of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Meetings (29 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 320. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the open policy forum that took place on 15 November 2018 with the Departments of Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, his Department and an association (details supplied); if he will provide the records and minutes available from the forum; his views on whether civil society interest groups should be invited to further open policy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Products (29 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 321. To ask the Minister for Health if further information will be provided on Ireland’s membership of the BeNeLuxA initiative; the number of meetings he and his officials attended as part of the initiative; the main outcomes to date; the main objectives of the initiative for 2019; his views on whether momentum should be renewed on strengthening the balance in the pharmaceutical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (29 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 323. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 157 of 13 December 2017, 121 of 24 January 2018, 242 of 5 July 2018 and 576 of 18 September 2018, the position regarding proposals in respect of removing the venesection inpatient day case charge for patients with hereditary haemochromatosis; when considerations will be finalised on same; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (29 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 324. To ask the Minister for Health his views on phone applications such as an application (details supplied); his further views on encouraging and supporting persons who wish to use these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3824/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Regulations (29 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 439. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the concerns raised by many clinical pharmacists regarding the draft statutory instrument he has published to implement the falsified medicine directive; if his attention has been drawn to the concerns raised that the proposal will move onerous responsibilities from the hospitals onto pharmacists; his further views on whether this is in the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (29 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 202 and 274 of 3 May 2017, Nos. 112, 170, 226 and 253 of 4 October 2018 and No. 215 of 11 October 2018, if she has considered the situation of persons in receipt of long-term social welfare payments who are debarred from renting out a spare room in their home at the risk of losing...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (24 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by the manufacturers and distributors of food supplements, vitamins and minerals regarding the increase in VAT on their products from 0% to 23%; the rationale for this increase; if he will respond to a request for a meeting from a group (details supplied) to discuss the issue; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Deferrals (24 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons availing of the deferral option under Part 12 of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 (as amended) by county and postcode in Dublin. [3644/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (24 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports and schemes available to financially assist working persons that wish to change career and move into teaching (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3539/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Local Area Plans (24 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department continues to hold a reservation (details supplied) in the Trim Development Plan 2014-2020; and his plans to continue with this request in the next Trim development plan when it comes up for revision in 2019. [3615/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (24 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for a hysterectomy for public patients at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3522/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (24 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 205. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre at a location (details supplied); if the provision of the centre remains a high priority for the HSE; the timescale for the completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3635/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (24 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 206. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision an out-of-hours general practitioner service for an area (details supplied); when the service will begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3636/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 207. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that the HSE national immunisation office will update its delivery and communication strategies for the HPV vaccine programme in advance of the extension of the vaccine to boys in September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3637/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (24 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the staffing numbers by local authority in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3641/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (24 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of grants and subsidies provided to local authorities in 2017 and 2018, by local authority. [3642/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Tax Yield (24 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the baseline figure in the context of the local property tax for each local authority for 2019. [3643/19]

Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: I commend Senator Black on her extensive work on the Bill and I am very pleased that she has joined us. In an interview recorded in 1976 the then Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin, said the settlement movement was akin to a cancer for Israel that would eventually undermine the democratic nature of the country. More than 40 years later we can see how accurate was his assessment. The...