Results 12,961-12,980 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (16 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the purchase of land at Charlesland, Greystones, County Wicklow for the provision of a new community national school; the size of the land under negotiation; the proposed size of the school; the proposed date of completion; if his Department will be responsible for the build or if it is intended to transfer that role to the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions (16 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 776. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to increase the State pension by €25 over five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25786/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions (16 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 820. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost to the Exchequer for every 1% increase in social protection payments, with a breakdown of this cost by payment type. [26337/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions (16 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 821. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost to the Exchequer for every 1% cent increase in the rate of child benefit in respect of children aged 12 years of age and over. [26340/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Live Register Data (16 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 694. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to address the problem of persons who are not counted among the live register figures and who do not have access to education, training and activation options of those who are included in the Live Register; and if his attention has been drawn to the social exclusion felt by these persons. [24660/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (16 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 777. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will commit to reinstating the telephone allowance in the upcoming budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25787/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Payments (16 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 778. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will commit to reversing the cuts to the fuel allowance in the upcoming budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25788/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Local Drugs Task Forces (16 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 814. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will ensure that his Department is centrally involved and formally represented in each Local Drugs Task Force given the key role his Department plays in activation and training. [26198/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (16 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 822. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost to the Exchequer if eligibility criteria were altered to allow lone parents in employment whose children are between seven and 14 years of age to receive both the jobseeker's transition payment and family income supplement if they meet the qualifying criteria. [26341/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Personal Micro Credit Scheme (16 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 823. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current scope of the personal micro-credit initiative. [26342/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (16 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 822. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost to the Exchequer if eligibility criteria were altered to allow lone parents in employment whose children are between seven and 14 years of age to receive both the jobseeker's transition payment and family income supplement if they meet the qualifying criteria. [26341/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Personal Micro Credit Scheme (16 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 823. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current scope of the personal micro-credit initiative. [26342/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (16 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 966. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will respond to the serious concerns raised by a number of organisations (details supplied) with respect to proposed changes to section 40 of the Wildlife Act that would permit the setting of gorse fires in March and the cutting of hedgerows in August; if she is satisfied that this proposal will not adversely affect the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Data (16 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 1324. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital bed days required by the number of patients undergoing full and partial lower limb amputation procedures in 2014 and 2015 by county; the number of these patients who had diabetes and the number of bed days they required, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25717/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Oversight (16 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 1342. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to re-orienting the funding stream for home care packages and home help hours to a demand-led model as opposed to the current block grant system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25789/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (16 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 1442. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed Primary Care Centre for Finglas; if the HSE has identified sites and begun to draw up plans for this centre; if the provision of this facility remains a priority for the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26174/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Applications Data (16 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 1475. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on a waiting list for a wheelchair; the waiting times for children to receive wheelchairs; the funding provided annually since 2010 for the provision of wheelchairs for children on a county-by-county basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26329/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Functions (16 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 1476. To ask the Minister for Health the Department which is responsible for the provision of nursing hours to enable disabled children to attend primary school; and the age at which a child with disabilities is entitled to attend school under the Constitution. [26330/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Fish Farming (16 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 1677. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will liaise with Inland Fisheries Ireland to prevent the closure of the commercial trout farms examined in the 2015 expert analysis to support optimised production of freshwater trout report by Canadian Aquaculture Systems; his Department's position in relation to these purposed closures; his views on the impact...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Building Energy Rating Compliance (16 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 1707. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will publish the analysis of the consultation on minimum thermal efficiency standards in rental properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26338/16]