Results 11,361-11,380 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (26 Jul 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 1318. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the system in place for calibrating and verifying the accuracy of the weight measures used on waste collection trucks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36650/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (26 Jul 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 1465. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department will contribute to the funding of a second Sexual Abuse and Violence in Ireland study as has been recommended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36640/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (26 Jul 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 1489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the analysis that has been carried out on the level of activity in each Intreo office in respect of the number and percentage of persons that they have interviewed in each of the past three years; the actions that have been taken on these interviews; the training and job placement rates, respectively; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (26 Jul 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 1520. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will issue guidelines that would allow staff members, such as classroom assistants and cleaners who work in schools but who claim social welfare over the summer holidays, to be able to resume their social welfare claim as soon as the school holidays start rather than putting them in a situation year on year that can...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (26 Jul 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 1593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the impact of the 2012 band changes to the calculation of the contributory State pension; if her attention has been drawn to reports of its disproportionate impact on women that took a break from the workforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36646/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Functions (26 Jul 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 1665. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to send a circular to each local authority to outline the relevant national policies relating to the promotion of breast-feeding and to encourage each local authority to support breast-feeding mothers in performing their representative duties. [36106/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety Regulations (26 Jul 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 1697. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the terms of reference for the fire safety review that he ordered after the devastating fire at Grenfell Tower; if he will widen the remit of this review to include compliance with Part B (Fire Safety) of the Building Regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36489/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety Regulations (26 Jul 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 1698. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he will take to address the serious problem of structural fire safety defects in a number of timberframe estates here; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of fires in timberframe estates have spread rapidly posing a serious risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36490/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety Regulations (26 Jul 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 1699. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that a structural fire safety audit of social housing stock is carried out to ensure compliance with Part B (Fire Safety) of the Building Regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36491/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (26 Jul 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 1700. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the role of the National Standards Authority of Ireland in regulating the Irish Agreement Boards approval of timberframe constructions systems which have not been adhered to in a number of developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36492/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (26 Jul 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 1701. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will implement section 4.8.2 of the Timber Frame Housing Construction Report published in December 2003 by his Department which calls for a more advanced certification approval system for timberframe housing above two storeys in height. [36493/17]

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Jul 2017)

Róisín Shortall: I have to wonder why we are discussing this Bill, which is only a skeleton of what we were promised. The general scheme of what was then the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2017 was launched in May to great fanfare, including a press statement from the previous Minister and current Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar. The general scheme promised significant reform of the pensions area. For...

Summer Economic Statement 2017: Statements (13 Jul 2017)

Róisín Shortall: We do not have high rates of tax. The Minister of State should stop misleading people.

Summer Economic Statement 2017: Statements (13 Jul 2017)

Róisín Shortall: Any objective assessment of where Ireland is at the moment would show a country and an economy which is struggling badly and is under very severe pressures that arise due to the fact our services are so severely underfunded and our public infrastructure is so wholly inadequate. Given that situation, and we in this House are all too aware of those pressures as we are dealing with them with...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Protection (13 Jul 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 87. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the Consumer Rights Bill, the general scheme of which her Department had previously published; if she is considering greater consumer protection in relation to unfair contract terms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34681/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banking Sector (13 Jul 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 78. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department have taken in response to each of the relevant recommendations of the interim report on the Committee of Public Accounts' examination of bank stabilisation measures. [34317/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fire Safety Regulations (13 Jul 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 86. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the concerns regarding Ireland's furniture fire safety regulations; the actions which her Department has taken in this regard since concerns were raised two years ago; the arrangements for monitoring compliance with these regulations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34670/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (13 Jul 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 88. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the report she received from the ODCE in relation to the collapse of the trial of a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in publishing this report; if she will undertake to publish it without further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34698/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Oireachtas Banking Inquiry (13 Jul 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 193. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department have taken in response to each of the relevant recommendations of the report of the Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis. [34264/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (13 Jul 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 195. To ask the Minister for Finance the action being taken to impose a limit on the rate of interest charged by moneylenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34286/17]