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Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: I fully support the amendment tabled by Deputy Dara Calleary. It is regrettable that we have to go to these lengths to raise policy issues and give this House an opportunity to express what I expect is a majority view. If we were permitted to express that view and a motion were tabled calling for the immediate restoration of full pay for new entrants, it would undoubtedly be carried by the...

Order of Business (5 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: Last week the Taoiseach announced a review into the handling of critical emails which went astray in the Department of Justice and Equality and the Department's failure to comply with a disclosure order from the Charleton tribunal. The Taoiseach suggested that the review would be headed up by the Secretary to the Government. I, as did many others, made the point that this would not be...

Order of Business (5 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: I add my voice to those of colleagues in objecting to the handling of this issue. The Government was aware that several groups and Members in the House had concerns about the PESCO proposals and had requested that adequate time be allowed for proper scrutiny and debate. There was not agreement at the Business Committee to handle it in this manner. It should go back to the Business Committee...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Catchment Areas (5 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the areas covered by each of the 314 school planning areas; the boundaries of each of these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51963/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Catchment Areas (5 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the school planning area that covers Meakstown, Dublin 11; the schools and the capacity of each in that area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51964/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Communications (5 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he did not inform the Taoiseach regarding the former Garda Commissioner's legal strategy in a case (details supplied) in view of the fact that he knew that the Taoiseach had provided incorrect information to Dáil Éireann on the 14 and 15 of November 2017 and that fact that he was told of this strategy on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Communications (5 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the email accounts of his predecessor and her special advisers were examined as part of the trawl for documents relevant to the Charleton Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51925/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Independent Review Mechanism (5 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the opinion from counsel on findings of the 320 cases that precipitated establishment of the independent review mechanism has not been provided to complainants; if these opinions will be made available to complainants in the interest of transparency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51926/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Regulations (5 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 439. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a legal restriction on Fingal County Council introducing a parking enforcement clamping service in its administrative area similar to that which is in place in Dublin city; if not, the legal process by which the council can introduce clamping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51626/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (5 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to allowing those providing care to a disabled person the right to sign on for credits in circumstances in which a carer's allowance is not paid but it is not possible for a person to access employment due to caring responsibilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51831/17]

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Nov 2017)

Róisín Shortall: This is the annual event at which we look at the 2013 permanent risk equalisation scheme and make the normal annual adjustments to elements of it. There are three provisions in this legislation that propose changes to the rates to come into effect in April 2018, to make related amendments to stamp duty legislation, to adjust the lifetime community rating system and to extend the Minister's...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Commissioner Appointment (30 Nov 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans in respect of the recruitment of a new Garda commissioner; and the timeframe to which he is working. [51391/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Disciplinary Proceedings (30 Nov 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the announcement in November 2017 by the acting Garda Commissioner that no person is to be held accountable for the 1.9 million false breath tests; his further views on the importance of this for discipline within the Force and the right of the public to expect that Garda data is credible; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (30 Nov 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 173. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.971 of 17 January 2017, the status of the provision of promised funding for St. James's Hospital narcolepsy service; when funding will be provided for this clinic; his views on the situation whereby Ireland is one of the only countries in Europe without a dedicated sleep clinic; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Contracts (30 Nov 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 174. To ask the Minister for Health further to a recent media programme (details supplied) which reported on a number of consultants that were found not to be in compliance with their contacts, his views on whether this issue does not solely relate to these specific consultants that were highlighted in the programme but rather there are significant numbers of consultants in certain hospitals...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (29 Nov 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if has guidelines or regulations in place setting out the standards for cleanliness and hygiene which primary schools must meet, for example around toilet facilities and eating areas for school pupils; if so, if these guidelines are publically available on his Department's website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50809/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (29 Nov 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider exempting children with dyspraxia from the requirement to learn Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51246/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (29 Nov 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 302. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 22 November 2017, if he will request the NTPF to ensure that the public or private status of patients on hospital waiting lists is collected in all future audits of waiting lists in order to achieve a full picture in respect of the problems already identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50860/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Contracts (29 Nov 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 303. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 22 November 2017, the person or body responsible for ensuring compliance with the consultants contract; if it is the hospital groups or a designated person within the HSE; if he will provide all data available to him on such compliance in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (29 Nov 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 364. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide more dedicated funding and assistance for those living with dyspraxia, or developmental co-ordination disorder; if he will ensure that sufficient funding is set aside in the HSE services plan for this purpose; if he will review his Department's decision to refuse funding for an education officer and information officer for a charity...