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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (14 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 739. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if further consideration has been given to the introduction of an affordable housing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54186/17]

European Council Meeting: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: In the few minutes I have I wish to concentrate on aspects of the agreement reached last week in respect of Brexit. It is remarkable and unfortunate that we have not had Dáil time this week to express our views on the agreement and I hope this will be corrected early in the new year. I have concerns that differing perspectives as to what the Brexit agreement actually means will...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Reviews (13 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 68. To ask the Taoiseach the terms of reference of the review of the Department of Justice and Equality's handling of the trawl of emails relating to the Disclosures Tribunal; and if the failure to search the former Minister's email account and the accounts of her advisers will be included in the terms of reference of the review. [53497/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (13 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax relief claimed on health expenses in each of the past five years; the number of persons or tax units in receipt of this relief in each of the past five years; the number of claims that were investigated in each of the past five years; the number of claims that were disallowed in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (13 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax relief claimed on nursing home expenses in each of the past five years; the number of persons or tax units in receipt of this relief in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53483/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (13 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax relief claimed on the costs of employing a home carer in each of the past five years; the number of persons or tax units in receipt of this relief in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53484/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reviews (13 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the terms of reference of the review of his Department's handling of the trawl of emails relating to the Disclosures Tribunal; if the failure to search the former Minister's email account and the accounts of her advisers will be included in the terms of reference of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (13 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 157. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the new charges being imposed by certain hospital groups for the carrying out of venesection for persons with haemochromatosis; his views on whether it is acceptable that this can result in charges of up to €320 per month for these persons; if he will request the HSE to end these charges; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: EU Treaties (13 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 6 December 2017, the position in respect of Article 31 of the revised European Social Charter which relates to the right to housing and which Ireland has not to date accepted; if the position can be re-examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53400/17]

Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: On 28 November last, while announcing the resignation of the former Tánaiste, the Taoiseach stated:The events of the past few days have exposed major problems once again within a dysfunctional Department of Justice and Equality, including the way important emails were not found and therefore not sent on to the Charleton tribunal during discovery. I am therefore directing that there will...

Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: Can the Taoiseach confirm the timescale he hopes the senior counsel will be working to now? Is it still Christmas or what is the timescale? Also, will the Taoiseach commit to publishing the terms of reference? There has been considerable slippage on this issue and there is much public concern about it. We know the tribunal made three discovery orders. One of them related to records of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (12 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 286. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the HSE to fund PrEP in view of the announcement on 1 November 2017 that the drugs will become available for prescription from 4 December 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52796/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 361. To ask the Minister for Health further to Questions Nos. 1309 of 20 June 2017 and 410 of 21 November 2017, if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing conditions in the GMHS clinic in the Royal City of Dublin Hospital on Baggot Street (details supplied); his views on whether these are suitable conditions for the single GMHS clinic in the country to be operating in; if he will visit...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (12 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 443. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 23 November 2017, the programmes he plans to implement to address congestion in the greater Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52937/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (12 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 444. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure short and medium-term relief for severe congestion on the Swords Road and the Drumcondra Road corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52938/17]

Public Services Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: Yet again the Minister is trying to implement a separate set of conditions for those not covered by the pay deal. It seems that the intention is to punish those unions which rejected the pay agreement. Whatever about having slower pay restoration for the unions that rejected the deal, it is simply unacceptable that they be further punished by applying a brake to increments and what is...

Public Services Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: I want to lend my voice to the points others have made on this. We are supposed to be a free country. People should have the right to express their views and vote for or against a pay agreement. What the Minister has already proposed and what is already happening is that people who vote against this agreement are penalised by slower restoration of pay. There is no justification for this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital Status (7 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 159. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the national maternity hospital on the St. Vincent's hospital campus; his plans for the final agreement to include a lien or a licence; the body with which such a lien or licence would be agreed; when he expects a final agreement to be reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52505/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 160. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for each HSE psychological service, by age and length of time on the list, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52506/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Data (7 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 170. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which data are collected on the level of benefits covered by medical insurance policies; and the way in which this varies over time. [52558/17]