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Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I do not think the Minister’s senior officials share that view.

Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: At this stage in the country's development it is time to get rid of section 7(3)(c) of the Equal Status Act. It is impossible to justify the retention of that discriminatory legislation on any grounds. We talked about this over a long period last year. It is almost a year since we had Committee Stage and there was a very strong view right across the committee that this measure needed to...

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (29 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I generally support this amendment. Its objective is very desirable. I would express some concern regarding the fact that the process is very convoluted and could be drawn out over a very long period. It again highlights the issue that we have schools that are fully funded by the State, with staff paid by the State and yet the State is not in a position to instruct the schools to open, for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (29 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 506. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if new requirements are being introduced to require waste companies to charge for recyclable material collected in the recyclables bin later in 2018; and if so, the approximate timeline for same. [23797/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (29 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated saving in each of the years since the inception of sections 13 and 14 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2013. [23132/18]

Topical Issue Debates: Anti-Social Behaviour (24 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Minister for his reply. I very much welcome the establishment of the multi-agency group to look at this issue but progress is painfully slow. To a large extent the genie is now out of the bottle. It has become standard practice in some communities for youngsters to have these vehicles. Obviously the law has to be enforced in respect of those over 16 years of age. There has to...

Topical Issue Debates: Anti-Social Behaviour (24 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I have suggested what the Minister should be doing.

Topical Issue Debates: Anti-Social Behaviour (24 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Minister for coming into the House to respond to this issue, which I, together with other Members, have raised in recent years without a satisfactory response or indeed much response at all. The use of scramblers, quad bikes and motorbikes by young people has become the most common issue being raised in my constituency at community meetings. In safety forums in the Finglas and...

UK Withdrawal from the European Union: Statements (24 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: When we had statements in the House last November, I asked the Tánaiste for his assessment of the likelihood of a no-deal Brexit and the contingency plans that were being put in place in the event of that happening. Six months have passed and it has to be said that we have no further clarity on what the UK will propose as its alternative solution to the so called backstop agreement from...

Pay Inequality in the Public Service: Statements (Resumed) (24 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister of State is just recycling a reply to a parliamentary question.

Pay Inequality in the Public Service: Statements (Resumed) (24 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I am sharing time with Deputy Catherine Martin. In the few minutes I have I will just confine my comments to the report published March 16 entitled "Examination of Remaining Salary Scale Issues in Respect of Post January 2011 Recruits at Entry Grades". The purpose of that report was to lay out the options for the resolution of the unequal pay structures that were institutionalised as part...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ticket Touting (24 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: The Government is not going to do anything.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ticket Touting (24 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: When will we see that legislation?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ticket Touting (24 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 5. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to curb ticket touting; and the timeframe for the passing of legislation is this regard. [23060/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ticket Touting (24 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: My question relates to the widespread problem of ticket touting and the secondary sale of tickets for concerts and sporting events. This matter is of serious concern and annoyance to the public. What, if anything, is the Government doing about the problem?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ticket Touting (24 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Minister of State but he described the problem and did not answer the question. This is a matter for public concern for several years and it is getting worse, particularly in respect of concerts. Last February, I asked the Minister a question about this and the reply that was following the public consultation, there were discussions going on with all the interested parties and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ticket Touting (24 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister of State stated the obvious again regarding the problem. What legislative plans does the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, have to address this undoubted and widespread problem? There have been promises to tackle it. Last February, she said she would bring forward proposals "in the near future". Reference to Private Members' Bills is beside the point. Neither of those Bills is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ticket Touting (24 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: Of course.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ticket Touting (24 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: She has been considering them for a long time.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (24 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all existing public servants can work beyond 66 years of age under a new scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23084/18]