Results 9,821-9,840 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (24 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on restraint of vulnerable children in schools. [44128/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific aspects of the Education for Persons with Special Needs Act 2004 that have been implemented; and the timeline for the implementation of the remainder. [44124/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Digital Strategy for Schools (24 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the banning of recreational electronic devices, phones, tablet computers and other screen devices with Internet capabilities from primary and secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44194/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (24 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 249. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 891 of 7 September 2018, the number of children aged 0 to 18 years of age on waiting lists for an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005; the number of these that are overdue; the length of time they have been waiting by community healthcare organisation area; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Decision Making (24 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 256. To ask the Minister for Health the timescale for the full commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015, in particular Part 8 of the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44191/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities Funding (24 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 293. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation to cycling projected in 2019; and the percentage this represents of all land transport funding. [44196/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Costs (24 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 294. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average cost of the care of a child in a foster setting per annum; and the average cost of the care of a child in an institutional setting by the type of institution in question. [44195/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (24 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 661 on 16 October 2018, the details of the respective budget allocated to each of the housing categories as set out in each of the rows in the table provided; and the way in which the estimate of delivering each target number has been costed. [44231/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (24 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the person or body with responsibility for the maintenance of local authority owned properties within privately owned multi-unit developments in view of the growing reliance by local authorities on acquisitions as opposed to direct builds for housing supply; the options open to a tenant in cases in which both the management...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: With respect, I put it to the Taoiseach that he is not in a position to give the guarantee he gave here today. It is simply not possible under the law as it stands to give that guarantee. This is not about protecting an investment; it is about ownership. When it comes to ownership, the Constitution will always trump any agreement that has been done between the Government and a private...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2018)

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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: There is growing concern about the proposed new national maternity hospital. That concern is based on two issues: the question of ownership and the question of ethos. On ownership, most people simply cannot fathom why the State would even contemplate gifting a valuable asset worth more than €300 million to a private entity. That must stop. Does the Taoiseach agree? There is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (23 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the non-transferability of carer's leave between spouses with the same employer will be examined as part of the process of bringing forward new family leave legislation; and the reason spouses with the same employer are allowed transfer some of their leave to each other under current parental leave legislation but no such...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Better Energy Homes Scheme Applications (23 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 540. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a response to a query to the SEAI (details supplied) will be answered in view of the fact the matter has been ongoing for a number of months. [43475/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Tax Collection (23 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 563. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the precise extra costs on an annual basis for motor tax offices and the driver and vehicle computer services division of the administration of non-annual motor tax payments; and the way in which these relate to the extra payments made by drivers making non-annual motor tax payments. [43339/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (23 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 689. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of building control management system, BCMS, certificates of compliance on completion of homes for multi-unit developments (details supplied) in County Dublin during 2016, 2017 and the first six months of 2018. [43474/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal (18 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to address the reported backlog of cases at the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal, with reports of persons waiting many years for decisions on their claims; the number of cases awaiting decision submitted in each year for the past ten years and which remain unresolved; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition Law (18 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 178. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which administrative or civil fines for breaches of competition law are available to enforcement bodies here; and her plans to improve enforcement options in this regard. [42858/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2019 (18 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 232. To ask the Minister for Health if the €25 reduction in income limits for general practitioner visit cards announced in budget 2019 will apply across all relevant age brackets and categories, for example, single person living alone, single person living with family and so on; when the changes to the income limits will take effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (18 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 233. To ask the Minister for Health if work was carried out by his Department or the HSE to assess the impact that recently announced welfare rate increases would have on the ability of persons to obtain and retain medical cards due to the small increase in income; his views on whether some persons will lose their medical cards or no longer qualify as a result of these increases; and if he...