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Social Welfare Code. (23 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: I do not understand why the Minister says we must distinguish between part-time and full-time work. That is the exact point I am making. We need flexibility in the scheme so that people are encouraged or enabled to take up any job opportunities, even for one or two days a week or for a temporary job of a few hours. We need that kind of flexibility. The scheme as it operates at present was...

Social Welfare Code. (23 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: In the current circumstances, the Minister needs to facilitate flexibility.

Social Welfare Code. (23 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister is missing the point.

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (18 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the legal instrument which allows a distinction to be drawn on the application of the pension levy for employees of voluntary bodies with pension schemes on the basis of whether or not those voluntary bodies receive funding for core Health Service Executive services or non core HSE services; and if she will set out the position in...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 173: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the target he has set for 2010 for the transfer of persons in receipt of rent supplement to the rental accommodation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8547/10]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (18 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 180: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide the data available to him in relation to rents charged under the rental accommodation scheme by each local authority with a breakdown by bedroom number and by housing type. [8549/10]

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (17 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on her Department's preparations prior to the expiry of the bilateral agreement 2004 to 2009 between Ireland and Vietnam; if she will detail the planning and co-ordination of these preparations; the reason neither the Adoption Board nor a company (details supplied) were informed of the planned full...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (17 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the rationale for the dismantling of the local front office service throughout the Health Service Executive for the processing of medical card applications and its replacement by a centralised back office operation. [8348/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated year cost for 2010 of the primary care reimbursement service with a breakdown of costs for staff, premises, equipment, security and so on. [8349/10]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (17 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff and their grades in the primary care reimbursement service, PCRS, at 31 December 2008; the number of staff and their grades in the PCRS at 30 June 2009; the number of staff and their grades in the PCRS at 31 December 2009; if the staff member was recruited from outside or inside the Health Service Executive in each...

Written Answers — Juvenile Offenders: Juvenile Offenders (17 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Question No. 193 of 4 February 2010, if he will report on the precise occasions on which the youth justice service engaged with staff interests in the Finglas child and adolescent service in respect of his Department's proposals to relocate this service to Oberstown; and if, in the absence of basic information...

Written Answers — Juvenile Offenders: Juvenile Offenders (17 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the widespread concern among the public and the Garda regarding juvenile crime; if he has familiarised himself with the reason for the reluctance of the Children Court to hand down custodial sentences; his views on the fact that in many cases there is no deterrent to young persons in...

Written Answers — Juvenile Offenders: Juvenile Offenders (17 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the report of the expert group on children's detention services, which recommends the development of 167 places for young persons detained by the courts; if the provision of this number of places is still his objective; if not, the number of places it is proposed to provide and the basis for this...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (17 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 164: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way in which social contributions made while working in Jersey are counted when determining entitlement to a state contributory pension. [8225/10]

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: We are discussing it because this is the Parliament.

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Who decided that he made a genuine mistake?

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister should keep talking.

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Why will the Taoiseach not answer the question?

Written Answers — UN Conventions: UN Conventions (16 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability, Article 11, he will ensure that issues of disability will be included in all aspects of planning and relief through humanitarian intervention. [7173/10]

Written Answers — Diplomatic Representation: Diplomatic Representation (16 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the current contacts between the Government and that of the Cote d'Ivoire. [7172/10]