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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (6 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: The housing reports from daft.ieand myhome.iethis week show that house prices continue to spiral out of control. The latest REA house price index indicates the average three-bed semi-detached house in Dublin city now costs more than €400,000. To afford that, a first-time buyer would need a deposit of €40,000 and an income of more than €103,000. In order to buy an...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Colscaradh) 2016: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Divorce) Bill 2016: Second Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: Property rights.

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Colscaradh) 2016: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Divorce) Bill 2016: Second Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: Our divorce laws were archaic in 1995 and the same description can be applied to them today. The purpose of the Bill is to reform our current process of divorce, which is very much welcome. I am aware that this is an area in which Deputy Madigan has a great deal of professional experience and I commend her on introducing the legislation. From the outside, it seems our current approach...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Registration Authority Data (6 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amounts collected in user fees by the Land Registry in each of the past five years; and the cost of eradicating search fees on its datasets. [17243/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (6 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 115. To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the monthly excise and VRT losses due to the fall in sterling after the UK referendum decision to leave the European Union, by exciseable product, in tabular form; and the detail of the monthly loss of VAT accruing in view of the fact all of these items are also liable to VAT at the standard rate. [17405/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (6 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated likely loss of excise duties, VRT and VAT in 2017 and 2018 assuming average euro sterling rates of €1= £0.90 and €1 = £1, as estimated by his department. [17406/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (6 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 117. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he plans to take in 2017 to prevent the loss of trade to Irish retailers as consumers cross the Border into the United Kingdom to purchase goods which are excisable. [17407/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (6 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 118. To ask the Minister for Finance the corresponding increase in road tax required to fund a reduction in current VRT rates by 50%. [17408/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (6 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 119. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VRT and VAT forgone by the decline in new private car sales in the first quarter of 2017 over 2016. [17409/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Eligibility (6 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the income criteria that currently apply in the qualifying criteria for local authority housing; the date when the criteria were last adjusted; the full income criteria applying before the last adjustment; and the specific statutory basis for making changes to these income criteria. [17319/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (6 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 204. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider extending the opening hours of a public amenity and visitor attraction (details supplied); and if he will direct the organisation responsible to provide an explanation of the limited difference between summer and winter opening hours. [17182/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Registration (6 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 362. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount collected in user fees by the Companies Registration Office in each of the past five years; and the cost of eradicating search fees on its datasets. [17242/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Costs (5 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the resources available to persons defending themselves in court; her plans to help reduce the standard costs associated with defending oneself such as printing, photocopying of standard forms and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17058/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (5 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for the 2015 decision to restrict credit unions from holding over €100,000 in savings on behalf of members; if he is satisfied that this requirement does not violate competition law in the banking sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17053/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Control of Dogs (5 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the current scientific evidence on which the legislation governing the control of dogs is based, in particular the evidence that has determined the breeds of dogs listed for control in the regulations; the method by which breed type is currently identified; if he is satisfied that current identification methods are...

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (4 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (4 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Parental Leave Act 1998 to extend unpaid parental leave from 18 weeks to 26 weeks; and to provide for related matters. I seek leave to introduce the Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017. We in the Social Democrats are committed to significantly extending both paid and unpaid parental leave in Ireland. The Bill...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Crime (4 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the provisions in place to tackle drug dealing in the midlands area generally and specifically in Counties Westmeath and Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16342/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Crime (4 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the detail of the increase in drug-related crime in the midlands area in the past five years generally and specifically in Counties Westmeath and Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16343/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Legislation (4 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to reduce the incidence of learner drivers driving unaccompanied; if she is satisfied with the current capacity of An Garda Síochána to enforce this requirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16345/17]