Results 11,021-11,040 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Contracts (22 Nov 2017)
Róisín Shortall: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the audit of consultant contract compliance as reported to have commenced in May 2017 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49641/17]
- Justice Issues: Statements (21 Nov 2017)
Róisín Shortall: My question related to the action the Tánaiste took in relation to the Garda Commissioner.
- Justice Issues: Statements (21 Nov 2017)
Róisín Shortall: You forgot-----
- Justice Issues: Statements (21 Nov 2017)
Róisín Shortall: The Tánaiste forgot about what the new Commissioner was doing. No one believes that.
- Justice Issues: Statements (21 Nov 2017)
Róisín Shortall: The Tánaiste allowed the Commissioner-----
- Justice Issues: Statements (21 Nov 2017)
Róisín Shortall: What was the chain of communication that led to this email being written? Who wrote it and who was it addressed to? How did the Tánaiste receive it?
- Justice Issues: Statements (21 Nov 2017)
Róisín Shortall: Who wrote it and who was it addressed to?
- Justice Issues: Statements (21 Nov 2017)
Róisín Shortall: Sorry, that was the first question.
- Justice Issues: Statements (21 Nov 2017)
Róisín Shortall: I have only taken one minute, for goodness sake.
- Justice Issues: Statements (21 Nov 2017)
Róisín Shortall: The Tánaiste said did not say how she received it. The Tánaiste is aware of the scurrilous accusations that were circulating about Maurice McCabe regarding a serious criminal complaint and that the complaint had been rejected by the DPP. This campaign to denigrate Maurice McCabe provided the backdrop to the resignation of the previous Garda Commissioner, and the Minister for...
- Justice Issues: Statements (21 Nov 2017)
Róisín Shortall: In light of -----
- Justice Issues: Statements (21 Nov 2017)
Róisín Shortall: I do not think that the evidence bears that out. The Tánaiste is relying a lot on the final paragraph to say that she did not have a legal role in it. It is the two paragraphs prior to that which are relevant. This is a situation where her predecessor had been forced to resign, the Garda Commissioner had been forced to resign as a result of the campaign to denigrate Sergeant McCabe,...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (21 Nov 2017)
Róisín Shortall: 409. To ask the Minister for Health the budgetary allocation for the gay men's health service, GMHS, for each of the past five years; the regional allocation of the funding for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49303/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Nov 2017)
Róisín Shortall: 410. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1309 of 20 June 2017, the proposed relocation of the gay men's health service located at the clinic; and his plans to replicate this service outside of Dublin. [49304/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (21 Nov 2017)
Róisín Shortall: 631. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the Irish Agrément Certificate 04/0198 which was issued initially in 2004 and updated in 2007 with respect to the construction of medium rise timber frame homes has not been updated since; if his attention has been drawn to the requirement for agrément certificates to be reviewed every five years; and if...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (16 Nov 2017)
Róisín Shortall: 4. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the likelihood of a no-deal Brexit situation; the contingency planning that is under way to minimise the adverse effects of this outcome on Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48584/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (16 Nov 2017)
Róisín Shortall: In light of growing concern in the House, among the public and in the business community, including the agribusiness community, about the worsening state of affairs in relation to Brexit, it is important for the Minister to set out the Government's assessment of the likelihood of a no-deal Brexit and explain to the House what contingency planning is under way in his Department.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (16 Nov 2017)
Róisín Shortall: The Minister has not actually provided his assessment of the likelihood of a no-deal Brexit. That is what we are all keen to hear. Recently, the European Commission called on the UK to commit to avoiding a hard border on the island of Ireland, including by ensuring no emergence of regulatory divergence from the rules of the internal market and the customs union which are or may be necessary...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (16 Nov 2017)
Róisín Shortall: We all agree that it would be madness from our point of view and from that of the EU. While we all hope for the best, however, we must clearly prepare for the worst. The worst is becoming more and more likely as time goes on, unfortunately. It is important to recall the comments of Mr. Michel Barnier in the House earlier in the year. He was confident about free movement of people and...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Nov 2017)
Róisín Shortall: The Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016 completed Committee Stage on 28 June 2017, when the Minister indicated his intention effectively to remove the baptism barrier. A lot of time has now elapsed and I am wondering if the Minister is ready to bring forward his amendments in that regard. What timescale is he now working to for the completion of that legislation?