Results 301-320 of 13,104 for speaker:Róisín Shortall in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the reason for this change in tax treatment for GPs; if he has engaged with the Revenue Commissioners on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44349/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the installation of portacabins and a temporary car park at a school (details supplied); the expected timeline for delivery; the reason this work did not commence during the summer months to ensure that these temporary measures were in place for September 2023 to accommodate the increased enrolment that occurred on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to change the current enrolment criteria for specialist ASD units and classes to accommodate children who are on a waiting list for an assessment of needs but have not acquired that assessment, in view of the current backlog (details supplied); if her Department has a process in place to monitor if schools and preschools will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has engaged with the Minister for Health in relation to the assessment of needs waiting list which could prevent children awaiting assessment from accessing specialist classes; if where a child is awaiting an assessment of needs and cannot acquire a place in a specialist class, there are any plans to accelerate their assessments; if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on the level of home tuition support approved for September 2023 versus the levels approved for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44248/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage Interest Rates (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason local authority home loan mortgage interest rates have risen; his views on this increase; if he is aware of commercial banks now offering lower fixed rates than the State backed scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44347/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 226. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on plans to move all HSE facilities to a single pay-roll system given that this was to be implemented by July 2023 according to a representative organisation (details supplied); the arrangements for Section 38 facilities; the timeline for implementation of a single payroll system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44363/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 230. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering the fortification of bread and flour with folic acid, given its role in the prevention of neural tube defects such as spina bifida; the reason mandatory fortification has not been implemented, in view of the evidence to support this measure and the 2006 recommendation of the National Committee on Folic Acid Food Fortification in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 232. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an ongoing collection of data regarding the relationship between pregnancy outcome indicators and alcohol consumption patterns during pregnancy; if he plans to establish a national register for foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44431/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 233. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to develop clear clinical guidelines for the diagnosis of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44432/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 234. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerning prevalence of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Ireland, along with the absence of dedicated health messaging addressing this issue; if there are plans in place to initiate a new public health awareness campaign outlining the dangers of alcohol consumption, and discouraging its use during pregnancy; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 235. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a comprehensive summary of any task forces or committees established within the past decade that have focused on alcohol consumption during pregnancy, including their respective recommendations and the status of implementing these recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44434/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 236. To ask the Minister for Health the current strategies in place to ensure clinical staff receive sufficient training in foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) to seek information on the efforts being made to enhance awareness of FASD among healthcare professionals and educators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44435/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (11 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 237. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to ensure that individuals with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and their families have access to FASD-informed services in healthcare, education and social services tailored to their specific needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44436/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered recommendation one of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare that, given the medium-to long-term threats to the State’s fiscal sustainability, the tax base should be broadened; if he will commit to implementing this recommendation; if he intends to act on this key recommendation in budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (4 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 127. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 13 July 2023, if, in relation to RTÉ pensioners, many of whom are surviving on low to middle incomes, she intends to sanction RTÉ to release funds so that the pensions' trustees can pay out the pension increase, which has been frozen for a number of years; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (4 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 212. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a discretionary medical card for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43023/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (4 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 216. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline he is working towards for the publication of his amendments to the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022; when he expects this Bill to reach Committee Stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43036/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 217. To ask the Minister for Health for a progress report on the spending of funding allocated in budget 2023 for the development of a national paediatric diabetes audit, in conjunction with NOCA, following the publication of a detailed feasibility study; the status of the recruitment of a programme manager and data analytics staff; if recruitment has been paused in view of the recruitment...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 218. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the spending of the €110,000 which was allocated in budget 2023 for the development of a diabetes register; if unused funding from budget 2023 will carry over to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43073/23]