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Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...nature of the tax system. It is the kind of thing we expect from Fine Gael. We hear it much of the time from various Fine Gael backbenchers and, indeed, frontbenchers as well. The Taoiseach does a lot of that dog-whistling by talking about people who get up early in the morning and all that kind of thing, without appreciating the scale of the issue of low incomes in the country. We...

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (12 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...surveys are that we should ban disposable vapes - we will not have another delay whereby we will have to go through the entire process of producing more legislation. We are getting close to the dog days of the Government and I do not have confidence there is going to be a second item of legislation. There is no guarantee that is going to happen within the lifetime of the Government....

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (2 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 438. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of dog wardens employed by local authorities in each of the years since 2018, by local authority, in tabular form. [5527/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (2 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 439. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of fines issued under the Control of Dogs Act 1986 in each of the years since 2018, by local authority, in tabular form. [5528/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: ...Paul Reid of the HSE that intensive workforce planning was taking place and we would receive documents to support that assurance. We never received those documents. These problems are going to continue to dog the health service unless and until there are proper workforce plans put in place. I have not seen any evidence of those. When we talked about recruitment previously in this...

Summer Economic Statement: Statements (14 Jul 2022)

Róisín Shortall: ...-cutting measures that are likely to give additional money across the board to all those earning more than approximately €36,800. What on earth is the rationale for that? There cannot be any rationale on any grounds for a measure like that. The kind of dog whistling we are increasingly now hearing from the Tánaiste is an absolute disgrace in the context of growing child...

Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Second Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: ...sector. It has also meant that many couples and single people can no longer aspire to parenthood. A public model of fertility care is really long overdue but the roll-out of this has been dogged by a delay after delay. This lack of urgency has meant that Ireland remains what many people have referred to as a laggard in this regard and reinforces the perception that such treatments are...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is giving consideration to the position for persons with particular needs who bring their dog with them on the bus (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63390/21]

Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Cancer Screening: Motion [Private Members] (8 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: ..., over the years, attempts have been made to implement cancer strategies while, at the same time, there have been problems in the adequacy of diagnostics, bed and staff capacity. Those shortages have dogged cancer services as well as many other aspects of the health service. Of course, all of those were identified within Sláintecare as issues that had to be addressed if we were...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (8 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 928. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of dogs and cats reported stolen in each of the past six months and the corresponding figures for the same months in 2019, in tabular form; the penalties for stealing pets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21785/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (7 Mar 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 209. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of dogs destroyed in each of the past three years for which figures are available by local authority and pound. [11332/19]

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: ...to the transition fund. As it is not in the implementation plan, the national development plan and the budget yesterday, it seems that fears about departmental capture of Sláintecare are very well founded. It appears that "implementation deficit disorder", the disease that has dogged the Civil Service for many years, impacts what has happened to Sláintecare. Many of us were...

United States Immigration Policy: Motion (20 Jun 2018)

Róisín Shortall: ...with this brutalising policy is the idea that cracking down on immigration and suffering condemnation of so-called elites demonstrates his dedication to being on their side. What was once a dog whistle for white nationalists has now been replaced by unabashed xenophobia. We can no longer give credence to the idea that the majority of Trump supporters voted for him in 2016 because of...

Questions on Promised Legislation (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: ...huge burden on our health service. It is two and a half years since the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill was first published but the progress of that legislation has been painfully slow and very much dogged by the undue influence of various vested interests. Why is Fine Gael dragging its heels in respect of this much needed legislation? When will it be back before the House?

Health Service Reform: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: .... When we look at what is most important in the health service, it is a fact that we seem incapable of providing good quality services to our people. That is because the health service has traditionally been dogged by vested interests, which need to be tackled. Equally, there is no accountability within the health service and the HSE does not have an independent oversight board....

Neurological Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2017)

Róisín Shortall: ...strategy by March next year, with a clear timeframe for implementation. Again, this is an example that is very common in respect of the implementation deficit disorder, one of the main conditions that dogs the health service. There is a strategy in place but no implementation. An implementation report was drawn up, but it was met with a scathing response from the Neurological Alliance...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Control of Dogs (5 Apr 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the current scientific evidence on which the legislation governing the control of dogs is based, in particular the evidence that has determined the breeds of dogs listed for control in the regulations; the method by which breed type is currently identified; if he is satisfied that current identification methods are...

Health Care Committee Establishment: Motion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2016)

Róisín Shortall: ...by almost 150 Members. This unprecedented circumstance is an indication of the willingness of everybody to work together in a collaborative manner to try to find solutions to the many problems that dog our health service. I will not take up time speaking about the many problems in the health service, because we are all too familiar with them. Our wide-ranging health services cover a...

Housing Issues: Statements (14 Apr 2016)

Róisín Shortall: ...evidence based approach and obtain expert advice on what are the best solutions in tackling the problem. I do not mean that we should seek advice from vested interests because too often they have dogged and controlled aspects of the debate on housing. We must ignore vested interests, speak to the experts and learn from best practice in other countries. Another critical principle...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Litter Pollution Legislation (25 Nov 2014)

Róisín Shortall: ...Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the Litter Pollution Acts; if he will extend the range of enforcement personnel that may issue fines under Section 22 (Dog related offence) of the Litter Pollution Acts so that there is a wider enforcement scope in countering the problem of dog littering. [45108/14]