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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: Sure.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I note what the members are saying and what the Minister of State has said, but this will not come in overnight. There will be a few weeks at least of a delay by the time it gets back into the Dáil and goes to the Seanad. We are also talking about an extension of eight weeks which can be taken over a 12-year period. I do not think this is unreasonable. We have to take a positive view...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I will respond to some of the points made by the Minister of State. I agree that pre-legislative scrutiny is a good thing and a good practice that we have developed but that is where one is talking about a new measure. This is not a new measure. It is an existing measure that has been there for some time and is merely an extension of that. I repeat that it is an eight-week extension that...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: No, there is a Government commitment to 12 months paid parental leave and that is a very important thing. We are still waiting for the Government to come forward with that. This is a different measure.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I referred to minor recruitment costs.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: No, there may be minor recruitment costs involved but any costs associated with this are minor. It makes a great deal of sense from the point of view of many people, including employers and families.

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I will repeat what I said last night about everybody in this House being interested in and concerned about child protection. We all share the same objective. The question is as to the best way to do that. We cannot ignore the very strong representations we have heard from Barnardos, the Children's Rights Alliance and the ISPCC. They make a number of very cogent points. The predominant...

Questions on Promised Legislation (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: Alcohol abuse has a hugely negative impact on many aspects of Irish society. It is a very significant factor in our very high rates of mental illness and it also places a huge burden on our health service. It is two and a half years since the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill was first published but the progress of that legislation has been painfully slow and very much dogged by the undue...

Questions on Promised Legislation (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: What is holding it up? Why is the Government not progressing it?

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: There must be a look-back on the larger number of women. The Department of Health estimated that some 320 of the women had had smear tests. It is likely is that some 45 of them received false negative results. It is not an enormous number, but it is an extremely pressing and concerning issue for each of them. They have real concerns about the lack of access to vital information on their...

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: Given the demand from many Deputies for answers about a number of aspects of the cervical cancer issue, it is regrettable and unsatisfactory that neither the Taoiseach nor the Minister for Health is present to respond. Notwithstanding that, more than two weeks ago on 1 May, the Minister for Health informed the House of a considerable additional number of women who had developed cervical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cervical Screening Programme Data (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 164. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinicians that were contacted by CervicalCheck on foot of the smear test review; and if all of these clinicians have made contact with all their patients that are covered by the audit [21706/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cervical Screening Programme Data (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 165. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the cases of cervical cancer that were not audited; the number of these cases in which the woman had had a smear test; the number of persons that have not been contacted; the reason for same; if all of the women have been contacted; and his views on their situation [21707/18]

Data Protection Bill 2018: Report Stage (15 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 13:In page 28, after line 34, to insert the following:Micro-targeting and profiling of children 30.It shall be an offence under this Act for any company or corporate body to process the personal data of a child as defined by section 29 for the purposes of direct marketing, profiling or micro-targeting, for financial gain. Such an offence shall be punishable by an...

Palestine: Statements (15 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I wish to share time with Deputy Eamon Ryan.

Palestine: Statements (15 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I join other Deputies in condemning the massively disproportionate levels of force used against protesters in Gaza in the past 48 hours. The latest death toll is approximately 60, with over 750 wounded by live gunfire. It is outrageous that people armed only with slingshots and rocks can be indiscriminately mown down with ammunition, while, 40 miles away, representatives of the United...

Order of Business (15 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: Tuesday’s business shall be No. 6, motion re report of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach under Standing Order 114 on COM (2018) 147 and COM (2018) 148 re taxation of the digital economy; No. 7, motion re Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Dietician) Regulations 2018, back from committee; No. 8,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (15 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the work he undertook to encourage EU and UN member states to pursue a full diplomatic resolution to the Syrian conflict in relation to the EU UN Syria Donor Conference in Brussels that took place on 24 and 25 April 2018; the steps he will take to ensure an increase in humanitarian assistance to displaced Syrians that require urgent...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Administration (15 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is now a legal requirement for Irish citizens to have a public services card to renew a passport; if so, the relevant primary or secondary legislation in which this requirement is stated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20814/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Labour Court Recommendations (15 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will implement the 2008 Labour Court recommendation regarding pension provision for supervisors of community employment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20843/18]