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Health Service Reform: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I commend Deputy Harty for tabling the motion. It is a matter of deep regret that almost 12 months after the publication of the Sláintecare report, so little progress has been made. There have certainly been plenty of positive noises from the Minister but actions speak louder than words and, unfortunately, the level of action from the Minister in this regard has been very...

Order of Business (8 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I wish to raise the question of recruitment of a new director general for the HSE and promised legislation. As has been said, Sláintecare recommends several items of accountability legislation pertaining to reinstating the independent board and ensuring accountability for the Minister, senior managers and clinicians. Would it not make sense to hold off on appointing a new director...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage Insurance (8 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 465. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the high cost of the compulsory mortgage protection insurance for Rebuilding Ireland home loan applicants; the reason applicants are debarred from sourcing their own more competitively priced mortgage protection insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19643/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (8 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements which will be made to accommodate a child (details supplied) in Dublin 9 with a place in an autism specific unit in a mainstream school in their locality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19640/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Youth Justice Strategy (8 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Garda youth diversion projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19638/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Youth Justice Strategy (8 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Garda youth diversion projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19639/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Ceremonies (8 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 196. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the waiting times for citizenship ceremonies; and the reason for the long delays. [19752/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (8 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 251. To ask the Minister for Health further to the announcement on 9 June 2017 regarding the recruitment of 114 assistant psychologists, the number of the 114 who are newly recruited front-line staff as opposed to staff who were previously working unpaid and were subsequently awarded pay with the creation of the graded assistant psychologist post; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (8 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 252. To ask the Minister for Health the number of unpaid assistant psychologists working in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19645/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (8 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 464. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated value of a site (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the way in which it is proposed that Dublin City Council will realise the full value of this site in a transaction to develop housing at the location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19642/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital Administration (3 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 201. To ask the Minister for Health his views on recent reports that the values and vision of Mary Aikenhead will underpin the new St. Vincent's company; his further views on whether this is compatible with ensuring the clinical independence of the national maternity hospital and the previous assurances that were given in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19470/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital Administration (3 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 202. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the negotiations of the legal framework to protect the independence of the new National Maternity Hospital and the State's investment in it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19471/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (3 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline surrounding the failure of the national cervical cancer screening programme to notify women of incorrect results; the date on which the attention of the screening programme was drawn to the incorrect results in relation to a person (details supplied); if its attention was drawn to other cases before that date; if so, the number; the steps it...

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

Róisín Shortall: 273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a council (details supplied) is refusing to consider a family for a Rebuilding Ireland loan on the basis of a historical bad debt, in spite of the fact that a bank had approved the same family for a loan which was insufficient to meet their housing needs despite knowing of the...

Mental Health Parity Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: While the principle of the Bill is one I wholeheartedly support, it represents only a starting point. I think that is generally accepted. The experience in the UK shows that similar legislation, while having a positive effect on the provision of mental health services, is by no means a panacea. The 2012 Health and Social Care Act in the UK enshrined in law parity of esteem for mental...

Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: Further to earlier questions raised about Mr. Tony O'Brien, my understanding is that the chairman of the board of the company Tony O'Brien is going to serve on is Mr. Thomas Lynch, who is the chair of the Mater. What is the Taoiseach's relationship with Mr. Thomas Lynch? Is it the case that he hosted a fundraising event for the Taoiseach last year?

Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I am sorry, but that is not the question I asked. Is it the case that Mr. Lynch held a fundraising event for the Taoiseach last year?

Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I did not suggest you did.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: That is not legislation.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: That is voluntary, not mandatory.