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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Expenditure (19 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 133. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of providing a home care package for each CHO area, in tabular form; the total number of home care packages provided within each CHO; the number of persons currently waiting for home care package allocation within each CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31073/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (19 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 135. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address serious concerns of parents of girls who are reporting adverse reactions to the HPV vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31111/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Data (18 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 189. To ask the Minister for Finance further to box one on page C.22 of the budget book, when each of the adjustments to the fiscal space calculation became known to his Department; and the reason these were not flagged as part of the pre-budget process with the budgetary oversight committee or to opposition Deputies well in advance of the budget. [30620/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Data (18 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 190. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the €155 million adjustment that was made to the carryover effect of budget 2016. [30621/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (18 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 191. To ask the Minister for Finance the uptake of the special assignee relief programme in each of the years since its inception; and the amount of revenue foregone in each of those years. [30741/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (18 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 199. To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the cost of introducing refundable tax credits. [30862/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (18 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the pupil-teacher ratios that will apply in 2017 as a result of budget 2017. [30861/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (18 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a 2015 National Development Finance Agency project (details supplied); his views on the fact that this project violates his Department's guidelines on social mix; the reason for his Department's decision to endorse this development as a public private partnership initiative...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (18 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 137 of 29 September 2016 and 135 of 6 October 2016, if he will make public the exact data on which the site at a location (details supplied) was selected for development; his views on the fact that this area already has an extremely high concentration of social housing; and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will publish the results of the national housing needs assessment; and the reasons for the delay in doing so. [30832/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Personal Micro Credit Scheme (18 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to an issue with the It Makes Sense personal micro-credit loan scheme which is being run in conjunction with his Department (details supplied); the status of the nationwide roll-out of the scheme; if he will provide an updated list of participating credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30516/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Funding (18 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when funding will be made available to an organisation (details supplied); his views on the negative impact the uncertainty regarding funding is having on this organisation's ability to provide support to persons with disabilities to secure employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30611/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (18 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 383. To ask the Minister for Health the timescale he is working to for the taking of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 in view of the fact that it has been published since December 2015 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31113/16]

Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: If it costs €600,000, it is not a starter home.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Registration (13 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 33. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider altering the current services threshold for VAT registration in order that the significant step effect for small businesses whose turnover exceeds €37,500 is eradicated. [30122/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks Rental Scheme (13 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he plans to increase funding to schoolbook rental schemes as indicated in the action plan for education 2016-2019 despite these schemes not being fully comprehensive or available in all schools and evidence from an organisation (details supplied) to suggest it would cost the State just €40 million to provide all school...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: As Deputy Catherine Murphy has said, the main aim of a budget should be to set out a long-term strategic objective for the country. Unfortunately, there was no indication that the Government took that approach yesterday. It was much more about keeping all the Government-supporting Deputies on board. There is a little bit for everybody to try to keep Fianna Fáil and the Independents...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: International Health Care Systems: Dr. Josep Figueras (12 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I remind people to turn off their mobile telephones or to put them on airplane mode. I would like to welcome those watching the live streaming of this meeting. I would especially like to welcome Dr. Josep Figueras to our meeting. He will provide us with a briefing on international health care systems. Dr. Figueras is the director of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Polices...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: International Health Care Systems: Dr. Josep Figueras (12 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Perhaps Dr. Figueras should give an initial presentation on how Ireland rates relative to other European countries in terms of our health care system and then we might go through it area by area. Is that okay?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: International Health Care Systems: Dr. Josep Figueras (12 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Yes.