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Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: Where is the Minister, Deputy Michael Noonan?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Poverty Data (11 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of children in consistent poverty at the start of each of the past five years to 2015 to date; the target for reduction in each year; and the actual number at the end of each year. [39775/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Crime (11 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 135. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the widespread problem of street dealing and abuse of prescription drugs; the reason no progress has been made on finalising the draft regulations to amend the Misuse of Drugs Act; and the action and timescale he proposes to take in regard to this urgent issue. [39783/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (11 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that the current system of employing school secretaries and caretakers by way of grant aid is wholly unsatisfactory, and results in insecure and low-paid employment; and the steps she will take to address the issue. [39786/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (11 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 157. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the basis for his direction to the Dublin local authorities earlier in 2015 not to rezone any more land for housing; his rationale for this, given the indications that there is significant hoarding of land by housing landowners; his views that this is a factor in the depressed supply of housing; and if he will make a...

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: I do not think anybody believes the Taoiseach.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (10 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 434. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in each of the Dublin hospitals; and the action he is taking to reduce these numbers. [39415/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (10 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 442. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the operation of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning facility at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9, specifically regarding the numbers on the waiting lists for scans, along with the current public waiting time, the procedure by which priority for scans is decided and awarded, the number of trained staff assigned to conduct MRI scans in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (10 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 444. To ask the Minister for Health the analysis that has been carried out of the principal reasons for attendances at hospital emergency departments; and if he will provide a percentage breakdown by main medical condition. [39510/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (5 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 159. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is aware of the disappointment of many parents with children who have turned three years of age since 1 July 2015, and who are in an early education setting, but who will not be accommodated under the Government's early childhood education proposal for three-year-olds, as the start date has been set at September 2016; that because...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (5 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status on the proposed bus rapid transit for the Swords to Drumcondra corridor; the funding that has been provided; and the time frame for completion. [38912/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (4 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current pupil teacher ratio at primary level; at secondary level; the pupil teacher ratio that will exist when the extra teaching resources announced in the Budget are fully in place. [38651/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure (4 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the transport improvements that are planned for the Northside of Dublin in the next five years and ten years respectively. [38650/15]

Leaders' Questions (3 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: The Government has been in office for four and a half years.

Leaders' Questions (3 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: The Government has had four and a half years to deal with it.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (3 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department has sought legal advice in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who is 67 years of age, living alone and in receipt of of a private pension only, as distinct from a single person in near-identical circumstances who is in receipt of a qualifying payment and a private pension; the reason why the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Data (3 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of family income supplement, by the number of children, by single parent households and by two-parent households, at 1 October 2015, in tabular form. [38329/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Data (3 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for family income supplement currently being processed, and awaiting a decision, by her Department. [38330/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Advertising Campaigns (3 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department has plans to run an advertising campaign to promote the uptake of the family income supplement in 2016; the expected cost; have any similar campaigns been initiated in the past four years; and if she will provide details of same. [38331/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (3 Nov 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 596. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish an independent investigation into an incident (details supplied); if she is satisfied with the response of An Garda Síochána to the incident; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38211/15]