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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (2 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 228. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the way in which current medical card criteria discriminates against persons who hold an occupational pension instead of a State pension whereby a person whose only income is an occupational pension but at the same value as the State contributory pension will not automatically qualify for a medical card whereas a person...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (2 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 243. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information which is available on the incidence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder per maternity hospital for each of the past five years and the actions being taken to reduce these figures [21006/13]

Other Questions: Anti-Social Behaviour (1 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 11. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made to date on reviewing section 62 of the Housing Act 1966, in view of a court ruling (details supplied); the target month in 2013 to which he is working to have legislation passed and commenced; and the issues that have arisen in relation to dealing with serious anti-social behaviour addressed. [20418/13]

Other Questions: Anti-Social Behaviour (1 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Minister of State, but I got no sense of urgency from her response. We must accept the fact that people who pay their rent and live with the scourge of neighbours' anti-social behaviour also have human rights and are entitled to live in peace and harmony, free from the types of trouble caused by anti-social tenants. Their rights should be upheld. Does the Minister of State...

Other Questions: Anti-Social Behaviour (1 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: When?

Other Questions: Anti-Social Behaviour (1 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: With all due respect, saying "sometime this year" is not good enough. Officials cannot take action. While nobody wants to see anyone being made homeless, councils must have the ultimate sanction of evicting people who make life hell for their neighbours. This behaviour can be found in many communities. We need urgent action. Law-abiding tenants in local authority housing deserve better.

Other Questions: Anti-Social Behaviour (1 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: For what month is the Minister of State aiming?

Other Questions: Anti-Social Behaviour (1 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: Will that be before the summer?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (1 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [20739/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Maternity Benefit Issues (30 Apr 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 174. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the full impact of tax proposals on maternity benefit; if his attention has been drawn to the negative impact this change will have specifically on women who receive no top up from an employer and who are dependent solely on statutory maternity benefit. [20047/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Issues (30 Apr 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 401. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will approve the proposed new allocations scheme for Dublin City Council's housing department in order to facilitate Dublin City Council to move away from a points based system to a time on the list system; the date on which this new system will come into operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (30 Apr 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 568. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a home care package is approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20128/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Energy Conservation (30 Apr 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 570. To ask the Minister for Health if he has given due consideration to proposals put forward by Energy Action Ireland in relation to funding to continue to deliver essential retrofitting and insulation works; and if he has given consideration to proposals to use the Health Service Executive network of professional, vocational and trusted staff to deliver advice in relation to this service...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Administration (25 Apr 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider amending the eligibility criteria for the jobbridge scheme to allow a person complete more than one internship beyond the current limit of nine months to facilitate those who have not yet secured employment and who wish to improve their employment prospects by gaining more experience. [19667/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Decision (25 Apr 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 213. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the proposed new alternative scheme to the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant; if he will outline if representative bodies have been involved in consultations relating to the new scheme to replace this grant; if he will provide a timeframe for the introduction of a new scheme; if the new proposal will be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (25 Apr 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 232. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated and the outturn in respect of local schemes (details supplied) in each of the past five years with a breakdown by its constituent parts [19668/13]

Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Apr 2013)

Róisín Shortall: There is always a tendency for Ministers and their Departments to hold the line on something and maintain that they are right. Obviously, they have done a lot of the work on it and there is generally a reluctance to accept amendments from the Opposition. That is standard practice regardless of the Minister's party, but it is an old-fashioned way of doing business in many ways and...

Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Apr 2013)

Róisín Shortall: I have not heard that. The Moran report has made it clear that the generic substitutes for drugs for persons with epilepsy that are listed among the categories for use and for prescribing for people with epilepsy are currently not safe. If the Minister accepts that, action must be taken to avoid the potential risk for people in the event - and it is not an unlikely event - that somewhere...

Other Questions: Rent Support Schemes (24 Apr 2013)

Róisín Shortall: I also wish to focus on Fingal, which is an area close to home for the Minister and me. The issue in question is the rent cap for accommodation for lone parents with one child, which is currently €775 per month. I am aware of the case of a person who has been in accommodation for the past seven years. The rent was reduced previously, she negotiated it down to €950 and it has...

Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (24 Apr 2013)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister of State's response is disappointing. These concerns are not vexatious or frivolous in any way. As other Members have stated, there is not a queue of people objecting to generic substitution. The group to whom we refer is the only group objecting. It is doing so on very good grounds. Does the Minister of State accept that it is not currently safe to substitute generic drugs...