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Tue, 28 Feb 2017
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Social and Affordable Housing Provision
Róisín Shortall
397. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of the proposed affordable rental scheme that has been mentioned in the context of the development of several Dublin City Council developments, including Oscar Traynor Road and O'Devaney Gardens, in view of the fact Dublin City Council has indicated it has no details of an affordable rental scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10275/17]
Tue, 28 Feb 2017
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State Pension (Contributory)
Róisín Shortall
408. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost to the Exchequer in a full year of reversing the 2012 changes to the banding system of the State pension (contributory). [9615/17]
Tue, 28 Feb 2017
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Child and Family Agency Services
Róisín Shortall
639. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the areas in which the community mothers programme is still in operation; the number of staff allocated to this programme; and his plans for the restoration of this programme in view of its effectiveness in the past. [10301/17]
Tue, 28 Feb 2017
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HSE Staff Data
Róisín Shortall
640. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses per health area with a breakdown in respect of those providing older persons services and those providing children's services. [10302/17]
Tue, 28 Feb 2017
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Health Services Data
Róisín Shortall
644. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the current policy in respect of developmental checks on newborn babies following their arrival home; the age at which these are carried out; the current coverage of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10358/17]
Tue, 28 Feb 2017
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Cycling Facilities Funding
Róisín Shortall
777. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of the 2017 transport budget that is allocated to cycling; and if he will provide a detailed breakdown of this allocation. [10279/17]
Thu, 23 Feb 2017
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Róisín Shortall
352. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to media reports (details supplied); if the Health Service Executive, HSE, has considered the suitability of this system to assist in the reduction of waiting lists here as has been achieved in Macedonia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9506/17]
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Tax Reliefs Costs
Róisín Shortall
99. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance the total cost, and the categories of expenses in each case, of income tax relief for medical expenses over each of the past five years. [9079/17]
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Social and Affordable Housing
Róisín Shortall
118. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his Department's current guidelines with respect to (details supplied); his plans to make any changes to these; if so, the rationale for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8977/17]
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Health Insurance Claims
Róisín Shortall
204. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the status of current private insurance fees owed to hospitals broken down by hospital group. [9077/17]
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Departmental Schemes
Róisín Shortall
228. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 581 of 24 January 2017, if he will provide details of the basis on which decisions on funding allocations were made for the first instalment of the digital skills for citizens scheme for 2017; and the criteria which applied. [9078/17]
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Adoption Legislation
Róisín Shortall
255. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will grant adopted persons unfettered access to their birth certificates and adoption records. [9260/17]
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Adoption Legislation
Róisín Shortall
256. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will remove the proposed undertaking in section 41 of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016. [9261/17]
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Adoption Legislation
Róisín Shortall
257. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the compelling reasons ground for refusing the release of information in the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 only applies when adopted persons are seeking information. [9262/17]
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]