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Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Adoption Legislation
Róisín Shortall
258. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the claim that the release of information to an adopted person may endanger the life of a person. [9263/17]
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Adoption Legislation
Róisín Shortall
259. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure that the national adoption contact preference register is put on a statutory footing in the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016. [9264/17]
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Adoption Records Provision
Róisín Shortall
260. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure that information sources holding records pertaining to illegal adoptions, particularly instances where no adoption order exists, will be compelled under the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 to transfer their records to the Adoption Authority of Ireland. [9265/17]
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Adoption Services Provision
Róisín Shortall
261. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the plans in place to reach out to the 2,000 plus people who were sent from Ireland to America for adoption from the 1940s to the 1970s. [9266/17]
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Adoption Authority of Ireland
Róisín Shortall
262. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reinstate the stakeholder adoption advisory groups established by her predecessor (details supplied). [9267/17]
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Child and Family Agency Data
Róisín Shortall
292. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the person or body she consulted prior to the files on persons (details supplied) held by Tusla being deleted; if the metadata were copied before the deletion of the files; if her attention has been drawn to the identity of the person who created the files and accessed them subsequently; if she consulted Tusla's data protection officer prior to the deletion of these files; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9076/17]
Tue, 21 Feb 2017
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Parental Leave
Róisín Shortall
114. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has any means of monitoring the uptake of parental leave across all employment sectors; if so, the details of the uptake rates across sectors; and if she will provide the rates in relation to gender, socioeconomic profile and any other categories. [8733/17]
Tue, 21 Feb 2017
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Land Issues
Róisín Shortall
265. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way in which land costs for residential developments are measured and tracked by his Department or any agency under the remit of his Department; and the latest publication his Department is relying on to inform trends in this area. [8473/17]
Tue, 21 Feb 2017
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Private Rented Accommodation Standards
Róisín Shortall
275. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the action he will take to ensure an improvement in the standard of one bedroom rental accommodation; if he is satisfied with the current level of inspections on such properties being carried out by local authorities; the steps that can be taken by local authorities to compel landlords to improve the standards of their lettings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8559/17]
Tue, 21 Feb 2017
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Middle East Issues
Róisín Shortall
331. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 308 of 14 February 2017, and recent media reports (details supplied), if he will outline the Government's plans with regard to the recognition of Palestinian statehood; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8606/17]
Tue, 21 Feb 2017
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Cultural Policy
Róisín Shortall
375. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the details of the administration and management structures in Creative Ireland; the way in which the Creative Ireland advisory committees will be structured and their membership; her plans to maintain the so-called arm's length approach to Creative Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8617/17]
Tue, 21 Feb 2017
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Nursing Staff Recruitment
Róisín Shortall
472. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to ending the mandatory retirement age for those persons involved in nursing in the public sector in order to help improve staffing levels in view of the current shortage of nurses within the health service and the difficulties in recruiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8554/17]
Tue, 21 Feb 2017
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Animal Welfare
Róisín Shortall
540. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legislation governing the sale, importation and welfare of exotic animals; his plans to update this legislation; if a record exists of such animal imports; and if so, the location that such records are published. [8260/17]
Thu, 16 Feb 2017
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Illness Benefit Payments
Róisín Shortall
179. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in granting an illness benefit claim for a person (details supplied) who has been on sick leave since 28 November 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8008/17]
Thu, 16 Feb 2017
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Home Care Packages
Róisín Shortall
219. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 9 February 2017, the target date or dates for the introduction of new legislation. [7841/17]
Thu, 16 Feb 2017
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Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
Róisín Shortall
247. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the details of any new funding provided for drug services in 2017; the proportion of this that will be allocated to the proposed injecting facility and the proportion that will be provided for other services as identified by local drugs task forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8009/17]
Thu, 16 Feb 2017
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Róisín Shortall
250. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce the waiting time for children with scoliosis to undergo critical surgery; the expected waiting times for urgent cases when the new unit opens in Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin; when he expects to clear the waiting list for this surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8016/17]
Thu, 16 Feb 2017
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HSE Funding
Róisín Shortall
251. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funding for the provision of a specialist clinic (details supplied) is ring-fenced; if he will direct the HSE to provide an explanation for the reason provision for this clinic was not made in its 2017 service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8017/17]
Thu, 16 Feb 2017
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Child and Family Agency
Róisín Shortall
316. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when her attention was first drawn to the existence of the Tusla files in respect of a person (details supplied); the action she took on learning of the existence of these files; if she alerted any of her Cabinet colleagues at the time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8013/17]
Thu, 16 Feb 2017
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Child and Family Agency
Róisín Shortall
317. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the name of the data protection officer in Tusla; the actions he or she undertook to ensure the security of personal data and the storing of such to prevent their entry into the public domain in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8014/17]