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Order of Business (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Today's Government business shall be No. 8, motion re Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2016, referral to committee without debate; No. 9, motion re change to Standing Order No. 29, to be taken without debate; No. 10, motion re seventh report of the Committee of Selection, to be taken without debate; expressions of sympathy on the death of Mr. Peter Barry; and No. 1, Statute Law...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 414. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the rationale for the allocation of €2.175 million for the building of a centre (details supplied); her views on whether the allocation of funds represents good value for money; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37715/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Blood Donations (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 496. To ask the Minister for Health the categories of the population that are currently prevented from giving blood; and the percentage of the population that falls within these categories. [36846/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 497. To ask the Minister for Health the number of newly recruited speech and language therapists in 2016; the average contract provided to these new recruits; and the number of these which had the contract extended. [36847/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 498. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of speech and language therapists currently employed. [36848/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 499. To ask the Minister for Health the policy of the HSE on the replacement of speech and language staff that are on maternity leave; the percentage of staff on maternity leave which have had their position covered by an additional member of staff in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36849/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Treatment Programmes (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 561. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 20 October 2016, if he will ensure a reply is provided to the question raised without further delay. [37319/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 587. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed changes to the services provided at Tallaght children’s hospital due to occur as part of the development of the children’s hospital at St. James’s in Dublin; if the children’s hospital at St. James’s will become counties Wicklow, Meath and Kildare's only accident and emergency facility for children; the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 588. To ask the Minister for Health the services that will be provided in the proposed Tallaght urgent care centre, UCC; the number and type of beds available for children in Tallaght UCC; the types of illness that fall into the category of urgent as opposed to emergency; the proposed opening hours of the facility; the time at which all children that require overnight care will have to be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 589. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children from County Wicklow that are treated in Tallaght hospital accident and emergency each year, including the number that require overnight stays [37504/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 590. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an article (details supplied) regarding the access for ambulances to the children's hospital at St. James’s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37505/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with the Department of Health to ensure that an anomaly in budget 2017 (details supplied) does not result in groups of pensioners losing their entitlement to medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37617/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Expenditure (24 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average per capita spending allocation to universities and institutes of technology; and the basis on which different per capita allocations are made. [36686/16]

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: It is extraordinary that the Taoiseach was not aware of that, or that his Cabinet colleagues were not aware of it and were not planning action to avoid a greater catastrophe in terms of the homelessness situation. The Taoiseach needs to act urgently in the coming days to address the matter. Last week it was reported in The Irish Times that David Ehrlich of the IRES REIT made the following...

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: We are told a comprehensive strategy is due to be introduced for the rental market. We do not know when that will happen but it will not come quickly enough to address the imminent dangers renters will face from next week. The Taoiseach must commit to addressing this looming problem for so many families in the coming weeks and months. Will he give such a commitment?

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Around this time last year, the then Government introduced the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill to much fanfare. Among its provisions, rent certainty measures were introduced on 4 December 2015. They were not perfect by any means, but they were something. Their effect was that landlords could not increase rents for a two-year period. However, there was a retrospective element to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions (22 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of the State pension in 2015; the number of recipients at year end; the total number of beneficiaries, that is, counting qualified adults; if he will provide a breakdown of these figures by State pension contributory recipients and by State pension non-contributory recipients; and the projected equivalent figures in 2016, 2020, 2025 and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (22 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 329. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional efforts which could be made by his Department to raise a person's (details supplied) case at European and international level; if he will explore these in order to raise this person's plight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35963/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Data (22 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 369. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of public service pensions in 2015, including any lump sums payable to persons upon retirement; the number of recipients at the year's end; and the projected equivalent figures in 2016, 2020, 2025 and 2030. [36346/16]

Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Yes. Last night in my contribution, I was talking about the fact that a couple of groups who are campaigning in this area for the removal of the baptism barrier have received their own independent legal advice to the effect that it would be perfectly constitutional to remove section 7(3)(c) of the Equal Status Act. I do not accept what the Minister is saying in this regard. I believe this...