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Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: It is-----

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: Is that under paragraph [o]?

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: That is the problem.

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: Why is the Tánaiste rushing this matter? Why will she not allow Deputies sufficient time to give the terms of reference adequate consideration? all parties, apart from Fianna Fáil, have made that request.

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: Why is the Tánaiste rushing this?

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: -----and that they have cleared this. Will the Tánaiste confirm whether she has actually taken the time to do that?

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: It is not possible to investigate properly this whole saga while a person against whom many of the allegations have been made remains at the head of An Garda Síochána. I repeat the call for us as a Parliament to call on the Garda Commissioner to step aside without prejudice for the duration of this inquiry. It is not possible for the inquiry to be carried out adequately while she...

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. My final point is that the HSE must be included.

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: We will regret this day of forcing this through.

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: No, it is not.

Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: I am sharing time with Deputies Eamon Ryan and Seamus Healy. On Tuesday, I said this process cannot and must not be a ready-up between the Government and Fianna Fáil. Regrettably, that is what it has turned out to be. It is a very serious error to proceed on this basis in forcing through the terms of reference without allowing adequate time for consideration of their implications....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in granting an illness benefit claim for a person (details supplied) who has been on sick leave since 28 November 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8008/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 219. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 9 February 2017, the target date or dates for the introduction of new legislation. [7841/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Funding (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 247. To ask the Minister for Health the details of any new funding provided for drug services in 2017; the proportion of this that will be allocated to the proposed injecting facility and the proportion that will be provided for other services as identified by local drugs task forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8009/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 250. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce the waiting time for children with scoliosis to undergo critical surgery; the expected waiting times for urgent cases when the new unit opens in Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin; when he expects to clear the waiting list for this surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8016/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 251. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funding for the provision of a specialist clinic (details supplied) is ring-fenced; if he will direct the HSE to provide an explanation for the reason provision for this clinic was not made in its 2017 service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8017/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 316. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when her attention was frst drawn to the existence of the Tusla files in respect of a person (details supplied); the action she took on learning of the existence of these files; if she alerted any of her Cabinet colleagues at the time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8013/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (16 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 317. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the name of the data protection officer in Tusla; the actions he or she undertook to ensure the security of personal data and the storing of such to prevent its entry into the public domain in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8014/17]

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: It is hard to believe that in the space of six short years a Government would go from being so popular, and having such an enormous majority and such goodwill behind it, to a position where one of the parties in that Government was practically wiped out. The other party somehow, by chance, was returned to Government but having received a right drubbing in last year's election. It is not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (15 Feb 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the status of the process to determine patronage of a new primary school to serve an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7549/17]