Results 361-380 of 23,476 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (8 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 291. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm if a funding application falls under the remit of his Department (details supplied); the steps he is taking to resolve this matter; the engagements he has had with the Department of Health and the HSE in respect of this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5964/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 302. To ask the Minister for Health to provide further details in relation to the Budget 2024 allocation to the transgender model of care; the status of plans to develop an updated model of care and appoint a clinical lead for transgender services; the timeline he is working towards; to confirm if the new model will adhere to the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 303. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports of transgender patients resorting to self-medicating and self-administrating practices, as a result of inadequate trans healthcare services (details supplied); the steps he is taking to address issues with the National Gender Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5847/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 304. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for an instruction to GPs from the National Gender Service (details supplied); the evidence base for this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5848/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 305. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the National Gender Service continues to take the position that transgenderism is a mental health disorder, despite the Word Health Organisation's guidelines which state that it is not (details supplied); the evidence base for this position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5849/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (8 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 337. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to correspondence (details supplied); if this funding application falls under the remit of his Department or the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; the engagements he has had with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and the HSE in respect of this issue; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (7 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to support and promote the provision of home economics teacher training courses in the greater Dublin area; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5264/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on earlier proposals for the provision of new school buildings at a site in Dublin 9 (details supplied); the stage at which these developments are; the likely timescale for the development of each building; the proposals to build two new multidenominational second-level schools at the site; the proposals to move a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (7 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he has received any reports or briefings from Uisce Éireann with regard to the timeframe for water connections to new housing developments and one-off houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5263/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Directives (1 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the interests of transparency, he will re-examine the statutory instrument that came into effect on 23 June 2023 relating to the Irish register of beneficial ownership of companies, which has effectively denied the public, including business journalists, access to public interest information; if he will consider amending this SI in line with...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 220. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a report (details supplied) into global wealth inequality, which included findings on Ireland; if he will consider a third rate of income tax, given the scale of wealth inequality in Ireland; the steps he is taking to address the unequal distribution of wealth in this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4838/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (1 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans in respect of the State’s remaining 40.8% stake in a bank (details supplied); if he intends to recover the State’s full €20.8 billion investment in the bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4845/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 170. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE website no longer has a facility for the public to record Covid-19 infections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4435/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Dental Services (30 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 518. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce waiting lists for dental services, both public and private; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3859/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Dental Services (30 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 519. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to prevent dentists from withdrawing from the dental treatment services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3860/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Inquiries (30 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 552. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the appointment of the sodium valproate inquiry chair; the timeline he is working towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4138/24]

Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I wish to begin by thanking LGBT Ireland and Equality for Children for their work on this Bill and the Labour Party for sponsoring it. The Social Democrats are happy to support this legislation. While the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 represented a significant step in the right direction for LGBTQ+ families, it was undoubtedly rife with inequalities and inconsistencies, so much...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (25 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3544/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (25 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3545/24]