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Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Róisín Shortall: Everybody else is allowed to ask multiple questions. My second relates to this-----

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Róisín Shortall: My second question relates to what happened last Sunday morning when there was contact between the Taoiseach's Department and the Office of the President. My question is: who initiated that contact and on what basis did he or she do that? Presumably, it was not a senior official acting off his or her own bat in doing that. On whose instruction did an official make contact with the Office...

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Róisín Shortall: I did not ask that. I said-----

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Róisín Shortall: I asked on whose direction was the-----

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Róisín Shortall: The Tánaiste will not answer.

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Róisín Shortall: I asked who directed the official to make contact with the Office of the President.

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Róisín Shortall: Why call that Deputy?

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Róisín Shortall: Yes, but it is the same party.

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Róisín Shortall: By whom?

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Róisín Shortall: I wish to share time with Deputy Eamon Ryan. When the Taoiseach commented yesterday that he would not have chosen a controversy such as this as a welcome into office, I could not help but be reminded of Albert Reynolds's statement of regret which led to the resignation of former judge, Harry Whelahan, from the High Court. Undoubtedly, there are strong historical parallels but in a way...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Maternity Hospital (21 Jun 2017)

Róisín Shortall: It was very clear that public concern was centred on two aspects, the first of which was ethos, while the second was ownership. Perhaps the issue of ethos has been addressed, but we do not know because we do not know the further details of the new entity proposed. On the issue of ownership, people were outraged that a publicly owned facility, valued at €300 million, could be handed...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Maternity Hospital (21 Jun 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 46. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding the ownership of the new National Maternity Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27956/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Maternity Hospital (21 Jun 2017)

Róisín Shortall: It was mid-April when the controversy about the proposed new governance and ownership arrangements for the National Maternity Hospital broke, arising from the disclosure of the Mulvey report. There was widespread public controversy for a number of weeks and, at the end of April, the Minister asked for a month to consider this matter. That month came and went. While I appreciate that the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Maternity Hospital (21 Jun 2017)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Minister. He will be well aware, I am sure, of ongoing concerns on the part of the HSE and his own Department in respect of the very unorthodox corporate structure in St. Vincent's Healthcare Group, whereby it is not possible to identify where public money is actually going, or the extent to which there is intertwining of public and private in respect of consultants' use of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (20 Jun 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 285. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the structures in the tax code which were used to allow a company (details supplied) to lower the tax it owed here to as little as 0.005%; if these structures are still in place; if they are being utilised by other companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27810/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (20 Jun 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 286. To ask the Minister for Finance if information regarding the tax structures that allowed a company (details supplied) to pay extremely low tax here form part of the information that Ireland is bound to exchange with other EU countries since 1 January 2017; if other EU member states have taken action to eliminate these facilitators of aggressive tax planning; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (20 Jun 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 335. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to a proposal by groups (details supplied) to allocate a percentage of the tax raised from betting to be used to fund gambling addiction treatment and prevention programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28814/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Pay Commission (20 Jun 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 395. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to unwind the pay and pension inequality in his annual review of FEMPI measures due before Dáil Éireann by the end of June 2017; his further plans regarding the restoration of pay for teachers and the ending of PSPR in view of the fact that the financial crisis has ended; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (20 Jun 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet with a group (details supplied); the reason a previous request to meet with this group was refused; if he will address the concerns that it has raised with his Department regarding its industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27493/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (20 Jun 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 735. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí at each Garda station at the latest date for which figures are available; and the way in which this compares with the same or similar date 12 months previously in tabular form. [27049/17]