Results 13,561-13,580 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Conventions Ratification (1 Oct 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Government's plans in respect of the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33757/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (1 Oct 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support and facilitate the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre in conducting a second sexual abuse and violence in Ireland study. [33759/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (1 Oct 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 155. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will support and facilitate the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre in conducting a second sexual abuse and violence in Ireland study. [33762/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (1 Oct 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 181. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support and facilitate the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre in conducting a second sexual abuse and violence in Ireland study. [33761/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (1 Oct 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average waiting time for the registration of teachers with the Teaching Council of Ireland, given the necessity for a person who has trained as a primary school teacher abroad to be certified as competent to teach Irish, through Marino College in Dublin 3, where registration is required by November 2015. [33758/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (1 Oct 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support and facilitate the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre in conducting a second Sexual Abuse and Violence in Ireland study. [33760/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (30 Sep 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 139. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist a person with special needs (details supplied) in Dublin 11 in accessing day-centre facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33564/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Restructuring (29 Sep 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 228. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the future role of credit unions; if he is committed to supporting the strategic development of credit unions in order that they can extend the range of services offered so that the public can have a wider choice of financial services providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32732/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (29 Sep 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views regarding a situation whereby a person with special needs (details supplied) in Dublin 9 is still in need of school transport provision, since application was made in March 2015; and if she will ensure that this matter is resolved immediately. [33104/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Derelict Sites (24 Sep 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 203. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the current inadequacy of options available to local authorities in dealing with problems associated with derelict or abandoned buildings when the owner of a building cannot be identified; and his plans to address this problem. [32628/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Fisheries Protection (24 Sep 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 218. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will review and increase the fines in place for the pollution of rivers, given the very small court fine imposed in a recent case (details supplied) which had resulted in the killing of 5,000 fish. [32627/15]

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Róisín Shortall: With the approval of the House, I would like to share my time with Deputy Billy Timmins. The central question that arises in this debate is "Does it matter whether the Taoiseach tells the truth?". I think it matters quite a lot, and the public thinks it matters as well, in spite of the impression that is being created - or that the Government is trying to create - that nobody is really...

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Róisín Shortall: There is some difficulty with that all right.

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Róisín Shortall: It has to do with telling the truth.

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Róisín Shortall: It is not true.

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Róisín Shortall: Circling the wagons.

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Róisín Shortall: Untrue. Untrue.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (22 Sep 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 407. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason a person's (details supplied) employment status in relation to their pension was changed from constable to labourer; and the implications on the rate for payment to this person. [30778/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (22 Sep 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 706. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 136 of 8 July 2015, while the development of a protocol by Tusla in relation to the Vienna Convention is welcomed, given the lack of information available on the nationality of the young persons in the care of the State makes it impossible to measure the success of these initiatives, if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Expenditure (22 Sep 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 1174. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will reaffirm Ireland's commitment to reaching the targeted 0.7% of gross national product for oversees development aid; when he envisages that this will take place; the measures his Department is taking to ensure this is achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32027/15]