Results 13,601-13,620 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Organisations (7 Jul 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 570. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he, his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department have any concerns as to how the receipt of €5 million by the Football Association of Ireland from the Fédération Internationale de Football Association was accounted for by the Football Association of Ireland and-or reported to his Department or to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Organisations (7 Jul 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which there is regulatory oversight of the debt position of national sporting bodies; the reporting requirements that are set down; and the extent to which his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department actively seek such information from national sporting bodies. [27147/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Schemes (2 Jul 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason all class H occupations are excluded from the higher education access route programme, in view of the disparate nature of skill and income levels among own account works; the reason the application of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 for inclusion in the programme was denied, due to the person's parent's occupation; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (2 Jul 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that in October 2012 the National Transport Authority published a report, Bus Rapid Transit Core Dublin Network, in which it was concluded, in relation to the Swords to Dublin city centre route, that while bus rapid transit may provide an interim partial transport solution in the shorter term, a higher capacity rail...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (1 Jul 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 218. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of a new scheme reported in the media which is intended to incentivise general practitioners to reduce the cost of prescribed medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26592/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (1 Jul 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 219. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there has been no public awareness campaign to actively inform patients of their rights in law under the cross-border directive; if he will undertake to provide such a campaign and also to disseminate information to patient bodies and citizens information centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26594/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (1 Jul 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the shortcomings of the allocation system for design and communications graphics computers in respect of schools which are rapidly expanding; if she will re-examine the case of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 under the delivering equality of opportunity in schools programme, which has been allocated 14 computers but...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (1 Jul 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the capitation rates for schools under the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme, for education and training boards, community and comprehensive schools and for schools in the voluntary sector; the reason for the wide variation in these rates, given that their students come from similar...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Aftercare Services (30 Jun 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 396. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 19 May 2015, if he will ensure that a reply from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, is provided to this Deputy as soon as possible. [25994/15]

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2015)

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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Jun 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 156. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of proposals by Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9 to close the taxi rank in the hospital which has been in existence for 20 years; the implications of this for the livelihoods of taxi drivers, who have operated at this rank; and the action which he will take to address these concerns. [25661/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (23 Jun 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 397. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the significant increase in the demand for its services, if he will review the recent cuts to the funding of the rape crisis centres of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25052/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Reports (23 Jun 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 601. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the actions arising from the report of the task force, that concluded its work in 2010, on the planning and land use implications of the siting and location of adult entertainment venues; the main recommendations of the report; the recommendations which were not accepted; the recommendations on which there was no...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Tax Exemptions (23 Jun 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 607. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with reference to the local property tax exemption for residential properties that have been certified as having significant pyritic damage, if the cost of obtaining such certification can be recouped by homeowners, through his Department or through the pyrite remediation scheme. [24957/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Tax Exemptions (23 Jun 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 608. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the Revenue Commissioners require homes included in the pyrite remediation scheme (details supplied) to provide independent certification of pyritic damage when applying for an exemption from local property tax. [24958/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (18 Jun 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of proposals currently under development in a bank (details supplied) to outsource work and staff from its Information Technology Division to a third-party service provider; the discussions his Department has had with this company regarding the possibility of redundancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24378/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Data (18 Jun 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of reserved vehicle registration numbers in each of the past five years; the revenue this has yielded to the State in each of these years; and the anticipated yield to the Exchequer, if current fees were increased by 5%, 10% or 20%, respectively. [24398/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Alcohol Sales (16 Jun 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 474. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 208 of 28 April 2015 and 127 and 143 of 14 May 2015 in respect of distance sales of alcohol, if she is aware of legal advice obtained by senior gardaí in Ballymun, Dublin 11, on foot of a request for direction from the Director of Public Prosecutions, regarding payment on delivery for alcohol sales,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (11 Jun 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the amount of revenue that would be raised by increasing the level of universal social charge paid by employees on the proportion of their salary over €100,000 to match the existing regime for the self-employed. [22880/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax (11 Jun 2015)

Róisín Shortall: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the amount of revenue that would be raised if the effective rate of corporation tax was 12.5%. [22881/15]