Results 9,901-9,920 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Review (4 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 170. To ask the Minister for Health if changes to the assessment of rental income that is generated under the rent-a-room scheme for the calculation of means in order that it does not impact on income assessment for medical general practitioner visit cards will be considered in view of the ongoing housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40579/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (4 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 142. To ask the Minister for Health the number on the home care application waiting list; the length of time the average application is on the waiting list; the details of recent reductions in the budget available for home care packages, in tabular form where appropriate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40456/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (4 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 153. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 349 of 9 May 2017, the position regarding considerations on the issue raised; the steps taken to address this anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40498/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (4 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 169. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medi-plasters are no longer reimbursable on the medical card in view of the effectiveness of these in dealing with chronic pain and the €100 monthly cost involved; if the decision will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40576/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (4 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 226. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, in view of the ongoing housing crisis, changes to the rent-a-room scheme will be considered that would remove the barriers for uptake by which persons with spare bedrooms do not wish to rent them out, as the income generated from doing so would render them ineligible for certain means-tested social welfare payments; the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (4 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if changes to the assessment of rental income that is generated under the rent-a-room scheme for the calculation of means in order that it does not impact on means-tested payments will be considered in view of the ongoing housing crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40578/18]

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: Listening to some Members, one would think we were proposing to ban alcohol. We need to get this into perspective. The point of sports sponsorship is to create an association between alcohol and positive events in life, particularly positive events for young people, such as sport and music events. They do that because it works. They plough millions of euro into it every year because it...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: The reason we have finally reached this point, and will hopefully pass this legislation, is because our society, across all age groups, has an unhealthy relationship with alcohol. A particularly concerning aspect is that our young people are so exposed to alcohol. Many adults tend to have an ambivalent attitude to alcohol and the exposure of children to the it. We know from recent surveys...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: No, it was not.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister denied that his ideological outlook on life or politics was a factor in his failure, and that of the Government, to address the housing crisis. I do not accept that. There are many solutions and they are, in many ways, self-evident. They have been proposed by all parties in the House, housing experts and non-governmental organisations. However, they have not been adopted by...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (3 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans to correct the changes from 2012 that disadvantaged over 40,000 pensioners; if her plans to contact those who were affected by rate band changes in autumn 2018 are on schedule; when she expects these letters to issue; when she anticipates the new rates to take effect for this cohort; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (3 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rationale for compelling applicants to take out specified local authority mortgage protection insurance which is often more expensive than self-sourced market MPI in the context of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; if he is satisfied that the practice of restricting consumers' ability to shop around for...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: Earlier this year, the lack of rent controls in purpose-built student accommodation was highlighted by students in Dublin City University, DCU, when the owners of Shanowen Hall hiked rents by 27% to €1,000 per month per person. At the time, the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, gave a commitment that he would bring student rentals under the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Prosecutions Data (2 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions for unauthorised possession of prescription drugs that have taken place in the past 12 months by Garda division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39789/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (2 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí in each Garda district; the population served by each district; and the way in which these staffing levels compare with the same period in 2008. [39790/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Dealing (2 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the widespread availability of cocaine, including crack cocaine in many communities; and if he will report on the Garda strategy to address this matter. [39791/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (2 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to receive the audit of cases being carried out into the juvenile diversion programme; and if same will be published at an early date. [39792/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (2 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 327. To ask the Minister for Health the recourse or redress available for persons who were subject to electroconvulsive therapy in earlier years and who suffered long-term negative effects in view of the damage caused by the health service. [39428/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Action Plan (2 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 328. To ask the Minister for Health if the Sláintecare evaluation was commissioned by the HSE or his Department (details supplied); the reason it has not been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39429/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Civil Registration Service (2 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 329. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 29 March 2018, the status of the implementation of the recommendations contained in the civil registrations national review report; the details of the working group that has been established on foot of this report; the number of times it has met since its establishment; the number of recommendations from the...