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Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Is that not public information?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Sorry. An auditor has to put its name to accounts. Presumably-----

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Yes, but-----

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: My question is about the audit and the 304 organisations that receive in excess of €250,000. Do all of those organisations have to pass on their audited accounts to the HSE?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: There was one other question about the auditors - whoever they are - of Console. Did they at any stage raise any concerns with the HSE?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (14 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance further to his speech to Dáil Éireann on 20 April 2016, the progress of the review of policy in the insurance sector that is ongoing in his Department; if there is any existing regulation that can protect consumers from unjustifiable car insurance premium increases; his plans to introduce a regulatory framework beyond the Financial Services...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal Charges (14 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 104. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 7 July 2016, if the customers of a company (details supplied) can retain their current arrangements without having to notify the company. [21897/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmaceutical Sector (14 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 193. To ask the Minister for Health his views on recent media reports of pharmaceutical companies funding training programmes and conference attendances for doctors; if this constitutes a conflict of interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21812/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmaceutical Sector (14 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 219. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the concerns raised in correspondence dated 30 June 2016 from the Healthcare Enterprise Alliance on the ineffectiveness of the proposed medicines pricing agreement. [21896/16]

Citizens' Assembly: Motion (13 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome that the House is finally discussing a proposal to address the issue of the eighth amendment, although it has taken some time for it to come before us. There is a concern that the citizens' assembly could be used as a mechanism for kicking this issue down the road and delaying full engagement on the matter. For this reason, I am concerned about the timescale that has been set out....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Agencies Staff Data (13 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of personal advisers recruited by contractors and currently in operation under the JobPath scheme; the basis on which he deems the qualifications and experience of such personal advisers adequate; the procedures in place to ensure that these qualifications and experience, as required by the tendering process, continue to meet the...

Regulation of Charities: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I join the other Members in congratulating you on your election and wish you well in that post. I thank everyone who has contributed to this debate. I wish to express our appreciation for the support which has been pledged by Members from all sides. We are holding this debate because yet again, the country finds itself dealing with the consequences of light...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (12 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 33. To ask the Minister for Health the way he proposes to cut the costs of medication to the State and to the general public. [20949/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (12 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 86. To ask the Minister for Health the work he has contemplated or plans to determine the areas of greatest need for primary care staff; the extent of unmet demand in each area; the cost of meeting this demand; the staffing requirement in each area; and to develop a system of transparent allocation of such staffing resources [20948/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Fees (12 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 427. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to reinstate the entitlement to free passports for senior citizens that was withdrawn in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21133/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (12 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 519. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to ensure that children who require access to this essential service will not be left waiting beyond the current waiting times in respect to an early intervention team (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20781/16]

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (8 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I am glad to have a chance to speak in this debate. The backdrop to the debate is the question of who in Ireland has taken the brunt of austerity. While there was a recognition that the country was in a very bad place a number of years ago and cutbacks had to be made in certain areas, the burden of that austerity fell disproportionately on those on low and modest incomes. One would have to...

Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (7 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I want to put on record the support of the Social Democrats for this initiative and the motion before the House. We all accept it is an outrage that a 17 year old Irish citizen, having visited Cairo with family members and participated in political protest, should find himself arrested, incarcerated and held in the most appalling conditions for the past three years. It is impossible for us...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (7 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: With regard to waste charges and the regulations to introduce a pay-by-weight scheme, we know the Minister reached agreement with the waste companies to suspend the plan pending a review. Unfortunately, at least one of the waste companies, Greyhound, is ignoring that agreement and is now putting the onus on its customers to opt out of a pay-by-weight scheme. Greyhound has gone ahead with...

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Mr. McCarthy for his presentation. Apart from the annual accounts of the public bodies he oversees, I am curious about the value for money reports and the special reports. By what process does the Comptroller and Auditor General select topics or subjects for the reports and what scope is there for the Committee of Public Accounts to request that he make a particular selection?