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Health (General Practitioner Services) Bill 2014: Motion to Instruct Committee (26 Jun 2014)

Róisín Shortall: It is the Government that needs to decide.

Health (General Practitioner Services) Bill 2014: Motion to Instruct Committee (26 Jun 2014)

Róisín Shortall: Is it proposed to withdraw GP visit cards from children when they turn six years of age? How will this happen in practice?

Health (General Practitioner Services) Bill 2014: Motion to Instruct Committee (26 Jun 2014)

Róisín Shortall: In the few minutes I have available to me, I want to make a small number of points. First, it is wrong that Members of this House who are not in parties or the Technical Group should have to fight for time. I very much recognise the fact that the Ceann Comhairle recognises that our group, the others, should have entitlements. I wish this principle were recognised by the Government Whips. ...

Order of Business (26 Jun 2014)

Róisín Shortall: It is not fair.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Jun 2014)

Róisín Shortall: I would like to make two further brief points on this issue. The Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, said the issue about which we are speaking was not raised on Second Stage. It was. I raised it, as I am sure other Deputies did. We queried it with the Minister of State and sought clarification on it. Also, whatever about the undertakings she is now giving, we have nothing in...

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2014)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Deputy Thomas P. Broughan for allowing me to share time. I want to confine my comments to what was originally section 33 of this legislation in regard to the pension provision of the IASS. I make the point that it is very unsatisfactory to deal with such a significant issue in the context of a Bill which is designed to address something entirely different in regard to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Sector Staff (25 Jun 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who has spent over two years as a contracted clerical officer within a State agency was placed as a new entrant on the pay scale when they moved to another State body, despite their pension/PRD contributions being retained due to the length of their service; the reason for this discrepancy; and...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2014)

Róisín Shortall: I will not speak for too long because I have already expressed my opinion on this legislation. This is no way to legislate. The Government has denied what Members on this side were saying to the Minister of State last week. We were all outlining to the Minister of State the major flaw in the legislation. At the 11th hour, she is now saying to us that what we contend is not the case and...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2014)

Róisín Shortall: If so, that is the first time the Minister of State has clarified that point. Even if that is the case, it is not a lot of use to people because the Government has already instructed councils to give priority to homeless people. Therefore, the small few council houses that are available will be given to people who are homeless. Prioritised thereafter will be those with certain medical...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2014)

Róisín Shortall: Yes, but in small numbers. In the meantime, the Government is using this measure to remove up to 50,000 people from the housing waiting list. If that is not massaging figures, I do not know what is. The other point is that the programme for Government-----

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2014)

Róisín Shortall: I supported the commitment to develop a new housing support scheme to replace the rent supplement and remove the poverty traps. That scheme makes a lot of sense but nobody expected for a moment that, by introducing it, the Government would at the same time deem people to have their housing needs met, such that people would effectively lose their places on the housing waiting list. It should...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (24 Jun 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the future of the CSPE course as part of the junior certificate cycle; his plans to remove the compulsory status of this subject; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27026/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Research and Training Expenditure (24 Jun 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 533. To ask the Minister for Health the current financial supports his Department provides to chronic pain syndrome research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26653/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (24 Jun 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 534. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the addition of chronic pain syndrome to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26654/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments (24 Jun 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 633. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the reimbursement of persons who were previously denied access to the long-term illness scheme due to holding a medical card; if persons who had their applications rejected but have not yet reapplied for the scheme will be reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27205/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (24 Jun 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 704. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of early child care providers that have closed due to financial constraints in each of the past five years and to date in 2014; the number of child care places this represents; and if he will provide a tabular breakdown of these details by area and date of closure. [27300/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (19 Jun 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 194. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of each of the clinical care programmes, if there are implementation plans in place for the programmes; and if not, the target month for their development; the person who is charged with producing an implementation plan in each case; and the person responsible for implementing the plans once they are in place [26488/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (18 Jun 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the planned closure of the Ballymun training centre and instead provide the capital funding needed to transfer the centre to the previously agreed alternative premises; the measures that will be taken to support staff and students in the event of the centre's closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26300/14]

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

Róisín Shortall: Are there time constraints on it?

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

Róisín Shortall: The Taoiseach only realises that now.