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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (12 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give consideration to the inclusion of former residents of an institution (details supplied) in the redress scheme under the aegis of Mr. Justice Quirke. [12641/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (12 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the role of child art psychotherapy in Child Welfare and Protection Services; if she intends to make such psychotherapeutic services available to children who are involved with child protection social workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12670/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (12 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details of the funding allocation made to the CDYSB for each of the past five years with details of the element of this which was for the running of the CDYSM itself in each year; and if she will outline the steps that are being taken to ameliorate the most negative impacts on youth services of the significant funding...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (12 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will explain the circumstance surrounding the recent downward revision of the 2013 budget allocation agreed last December with the CDYSB; and if she will outline the way it is proposed to achieve a further €600,000 in cuts in a manner that does do significant damage to existing services and where the burden is equitably shared....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Thalidomide Victim Compensation (12 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Health the way he intends to honour the commitment in the Programme for Government to continue to engage in discussions with the Irish Thalidomide Survivors Society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13112/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (12 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the number of consultant neurologists currently employed in the health service; the current out-patient waiting times in each case; the way in which this ratio of neurologists to population compares with European norms; and his plans, if any, to address the current long waiting times where over 5,000 people are waiting more than a year to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the Health Service Executive to expedite a decision on an application for occupational therapy assessment in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11, particularly in view of the fact that the closing date for applying for support hours at second level is imminent and without the required assessment, it will be very difficult for the...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: -----in the expected yield this year compared with a full year?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: In that case there will not be any yield this year. Perhaps I could have a note on it.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: Yes with increased costs, not directly as a levy for insurance so it is for the industry.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: On a related question, why is the expected yield different this year from a full year? Will we not have a full year's yield this year?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister of State is not getting any answers. This relates to gifts or inheritance taken after 6 December 2012. Why is there a difference-----

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: I agree with Deputy Michael McGrath. This is a ticking time bomb. Vast numbers of people are leaving private health insurance or downgrading their cover and it is not sustainable. We have come very close to a tipping point and action is required. While we all subscribe to the principle of community rating and risk equalisation, the fact is that the system will collapse unless there is a...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: I want to sum up on that. There is no question that insurance companies will have to pay a second levy in a calendar year or that policyholders would have to do so.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: Does the Minister of State agree with the general principle being suggested here, namely, that it is only prudent if one applies some kind of cost-benefit analysis to any kind of tax break or exemption that is available? To say that we have always had it is not good enough. Tax breaks cost the State an awful lot of money. As the Minister of State and other Ministers constantly say, there...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: That was supposed to be my question.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: I would like to comment.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: I wish to make a comment which is not related to FTT. In the context of Deputy Twomey's other point, the relevant information is available somewhere in Revenue but the difficulty is that it is not collated. A ministerial direction is required to ensure that said information will be collected and then presented to us in order that we might make meaningful value judgments. Another area where...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: Are separate figures compiled for tax forgone as a result of these exemptions?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: This is the general problem in Revenue. There are many schemes which are very costly to the State in terms of tax forgone. I refer to pension schemes most particularly. However, an analysis of tax forgone is not possible because the figures are not compiled in the required manner. There is a significant lack of transparency about various tax reliefs and schemes. Frankly, it is not good...