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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments (17 May 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 172. To ask the Minister for Finance to mandate the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund to divest itself of fossil fuel investments; if maintaining these investments is counter to the Government's recent commitment to the Conference of the Parties 21 Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9397/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments (17 May 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 173. To ask the Minister for Finance the companies that the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund has invested in which are involved in fossil fuel extraction or burning; the amount the fund has invested; and the return on this investment by year. [9398/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Support Services Funding (17 May 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 498. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why he ceased funding to an organisation (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9375/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Contracts (17 May 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 1213. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the options open to persons (details supplied) who wish to leave the Defence Forces to pursue an alternative career. [9475/16]

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 May 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Now more than ever and for everyone's sake we need an effective Government capable of tackling the big issues facing this country and correcting the mistakes of the past. Good government should be about creating the kind of country that ensures everyone can live life with dignity and opportunity. One cannot help thinking, on reading the new programme of partnership Government, that while...

Climate Change: Statements (4 May 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I am glad to have an opportunity to contribute to this debate because the manner in which we tackle or fail to tackle climate change has major implications for our future social and economic development. It affects the sustainability of our environment and our economy. It also affects several major employment sectors, including agriculture, tourism and multinationals. It is critical to the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Payments (4 May 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to restore the winter fuel allowance for a period to acknowledge the reality that many older persons are finding it difficult to heat their homes during the recent cold spell; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9113/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Inquiry (4 May 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to accede to a request by persons for a commission of inquiry into the disappearance of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8854/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (28 Apr 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 116. To ask the Minister for Health his progress in disentangling St. Vincent's University Hospital, a publicly funded hospital, from the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group; if the Health Service Executive proceeded with its proposal to employ forensic accountants for this purpose; the outcome of this exercise; and the steps he is taking to ensure full transparency and accountability in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (28 Apr 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 117. To ask the Minister for Health the main elements of the 2012 agreement reached with St. Vincent's Healthcare Group in respect of relocating the National Maternity Hospital to the Elm Park campus in County Dublin; if he will provide a clear undertaking on behalf of the taxpayer that the publicly funded National Maternity Hospital will retain its independent governance structure in its new...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (27 Apr 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 51. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for allocating time -related savings on the recruitment of mental health staff to other services and the reason these cannot be retained for other mental health services of investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8592/16]

Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Apr 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Acting Chairman-----

Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Apr 2016)

Róisín Shortall: It was my understanding that we were listed in the order-----

Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Apr 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. We need to have the matter clarified because as we were listed in the order, we assumed we would be called automatically.

Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Apr 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Thank you. I wish to share time with Deputy Catherine Murphy. Decades of chronic under-resourcing and, probably more important, the lack of integration have hampered the effective development of mental health services. This lack of appropriate services owing in the main to inadequate resources has very much stigmatised people who suffer with a mental illness. The new Government must...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Registration (26 Apr 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 182. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the ownership of a plot of land (details supplied) in Dublin 9, given the ongoing issue regarding right of way on the land. [8052/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Agreements (26 Apr 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 218. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, with regard to the recent European Union-Turkish migration agreement, she considers Turkey a safe third country for migrants to seek refuge in, given Turkey's human rights record, the recent condemnation of the agreement by the Council of Europe and the backlog of 200,000 asylum applications that the Turkish Government is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (26 Apr 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 307. To ask the Minister for Health the specific legislative basis that allows the Health Service Executive to request payment from the estate of a deceased person, in circumstances where an overpayment was assessed after the death of a person in respect of the level of support awarded to the deceased person under the nursing home support service scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...

Health Services: Statements (20 Apr 2016)

Róisín Shortall: But not in a policy vacuum Deputy.

Health Services: Statements (20 Apr 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Hear, hear.