Parliamentary questions

State Claims Agency

Róisín Shortall

150. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if all of the women or their legal representatives have been contacted in regard to the commitment to address legal cases associated with CervicalCheck by way of mediation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24198/18]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Róisín Shortall

151. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if a report (details supplied) will be made available to all of the women and families concerned in relation to the CervicalCheck issue as soon as it is completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24199/18]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Róisín Shortall

152. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of women who developed cervical cancer but were not included in the CervicalCheck audit; if the number of women in this cohort has been established; and when they will be contacted in this regard [24200/18]

Law Reform Commission Recommendations

Róisín Shortall

180. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action he has taken in respect of each of the recommendations relevant to his Department made by the Law Reform Commission’s Report on Harmful Communications and Digital Safety. [24116/18]

Road Traffic Accidents Data

Róisín Shortall

207. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of cyclist fatalities in each of the past five years and to date in 2018; the principal causes of such fatalities; and the steps he is taking to ensure the number of fatalities is reduced. [24203/18]

Road Traffic Accidents Data

Róisín Shortall

208. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of serious injuries suffered by cyclists in each of the past five years and to date in 2018; the principal causes of such serious injuries; and the steps he is taking to ensure the number of serious injuries is reduced. [24204/18]

Road Traffic Accidents Data

Róisín Shortall

209. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of injuries suffered by cyclists involving Luas tracks and that required hospital treatment in each of the past five years and to date in 2018; and the steps he is taking to ensure the number of injuries is reduced. [24205/18]

Cycling Policy

Róisín Shortall

210. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the prevalence of cycling here is monitored; the knowledge of his Department of the trends in the prevalence of cycling here; his strategy to increase the number of persons cycling here; and the number of persons commuting by bicycle. [24206/18]

Cycling Facilities Data

Róisín Shortall

211. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on cycling infrastructure in each of the past five years by areas of spending; the five biggest projects covered in this spend; and the percentage of his Department's capital budget and current budget devoted to cycling projects in each of these years. [24207/18]

Affordable Childcare Scheme Expenditure

Róisín Shortall

217. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the projected full-year cost of the affordable childcare scheme in each of the next three years; the additional benefits and the broadening of eligibility criteria planned under the scheme for each of those years; the number of additional children who are expected to be accommodated in each of the years as a result of these changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24108/18]

Community Childcare Subvention Programme

Róisín Shortall

218. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children receiving the benefit of the September measures; and the percentage this represents of children resident here in the age groups covered by the measures by year of age (details supplied). [24114/18]

Parental Leave Expenditure

Róisín Shortall

231. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of introducing one week's entitlement to paid parental leave based on the rate of maternity benefit and based on both parents being eligible and if the entitlement is being restricted to one parent or shared between them. [24081/18]

Child Benefit Data

Róisín Shortall

232. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of children aged one and two years of age, respectively, for which child benefit payments are made; the total and average costs of the payments; and the cost of the payments by each extra euro by which the benefit is raised. [24084/18]

Paediatric Services

Róisín Shortall

160. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce the 14 month waiting list for children in CHO9 to access the community ophthalmic physician; his plans to allow those waiting that may be suitable to be treated at a lower level of complexity to see an optometrist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23897/18]

Schools Health and Safety

Róisín Shortall

161. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the reason the sixth class vision screening has been abolished; his plans to restore the screening programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23898/18]

Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans

Róisín Shortall

162. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce the waiting lists for cataract surgery for public patients; if a cost-benefit analysis of the spending by the NTPF on the procurement of cataract services from the private system has been carried out; if so, the results of the analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23899/18]

Waste Disposal Charges

Róisín Shortall

194. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the specific environmental requirements that are set down in respect of charges that may be applied by waste companies to encourage householders to divert waste from the residual or general waste bin, that is, have higher waste charges for general waste bins than recycling bins; the specific statutory basis for these requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23860/18]

Waste Disposal Charges

Róisín Shortall

506. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if new requirements are being introduced to require waste companies to charge for recyclable material collected in the recyclables bin later in 2018; and if so, the approximate timeline for same. [23797/18]

Departmental Expenditure

Róisín Shortall

590. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated saving in each of the years since the inception of sections 13 and 14 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2013. [23132/18]

Ticket Touting

Róisín Shortall

5. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to curb ticket touting; and the timeframe for the passing of legislation is this regard. [23060/18]

Public Sector Pensions

Róisín Shortall

63. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all existing public servants can work beyond 66 years of age under a new scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23084/18]

School Staff

Róisín Shortall

72. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding teaching numbers at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the reason for the proposed change; if the matter will be reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23087/18]

Garda Deployment

Róisín Shortall

92. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the number of Garda sergeants in a station (details supplied) has been halved since 2010; the steps he is taking to address this situation in view of the ongoing gangland feud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23083/18]

Rent Pressure Zones

Róisín Shortall

229. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of his commitment to bring student residences in under the rules of the Residential Tenancies Board in respect of rent pressure zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23043/18]

National Digital Strategy Implementation

Róisín Shortall

104. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Taoiseach the status of the national digital strategy; if he plans to include a digital safety commissioner as part of this strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22387/18]

Health Strategies

Róisín Shortall

420. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of a national oral health policy. [22544/18]

Hospital Beds Data

Róisín Shortall

427. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of public inpatient beds for children under 18 years of age by location; and the way in which this capacity compares with demand. [22565/18]

Hospital Admissions

Róisín Shortall

428. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of children under 18 years of age who were admitted to adult inpatient units in each of the past five years [22566/18]

Proposed Legislation

Róisín Shortall

474. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the promised digital safety commissioner; his plans to make the appointment by the end of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22386/18]

Local Authority Housing

Róisín Shortall

604. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will report on the enforcement of Part IV of the Housing Act 1966; the number of notices served under section 65 in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22388/18]

Disease Management

Róisín Shortall

172. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to outline the steps he is taking to meet Ireland's pledge to eliminate hepatitis C as part of the World Health Organization programme; the progress that has been made to date; the reason a new national strategy has not been developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21788/18]

Disease Management

Róisín Shortall

173. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if funding can be made available as part of the hepatitis C elimination programme to allow for schemes to reach high-risk populations to be put on a secure financial footing beyond pilot studies to continue their work; his plans for a scoping exercise to ascertain the service needs within existing programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21789/18]

National Cervical Screening Programme Data

Róisín Shortall

164. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of clinicians that were contacted by CervicalCheck on foot of the smear test review; and if all of these clinicians have made contact with all their patients that are covered by the audit. [21706/18]

National Cervical Screening Programme Data

Róisín Shortall

165. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the status of the cases of cervical cancer that were not audited; the number of these cases in which the woman had had a smear test; the number of persons that have not been contacted; the reason for same; if all of the women have been contacted; and his views on their situation. [21707/18]

Syrian Conflict

Róisín Shortall

98. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the work he undertook to encourage EU and UN member states to pursue a full diplomatic resolution to the Syrian conflict in relation to the EU UN Syria Donor Conference in Brussels that took place on 24 and 25 April 2018; the steps he will take to ensure an increase in humanitarian assistance to displaced Syrians who require urgent assistance after seven years of conflict; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20813/18]

Passport Applications Administration

Róisín Shortall

99. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is now a legal requirement for Irish citizens to have a public services card to renew a passport; if so, the relevant primary or secondary legislation in which this requirement is stated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20814/18]

Labour Court Recommendations

Róisín Shortall

222. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will implement the 2008 Labour Court recommendation regarding pension provision for supervisors of community employment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20843/18]

Multidenominational Schools

Róisín Shortall

244. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a statement (details supplied); and his further views on whether that to be truly multi-denominational a school must give equal weight to the background of all students and ensure the majority view is not allowed to dictate the ethos of the school. [20819/18]

Departmental Reports

Róisín Shortall

262. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish the report into the death of a person (details supplied) which was conducted by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21044/18]

Garda Deployment

Róisín Shortall

287. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the significant drop in Garda numbers (details supplied); if he will raise the matter with An Garda Síochána in view of the ongoing gangland feud in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21480/18]

Commissions of Inquiry

Róisín Shortall

303. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to reports that the location and content of the Garda file relating to a person (details supplied) are unknown; the steps he is taking to locate the file; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21045/18]

Commissions of Inquiry

Róisín Shortall

304. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the files relating to the death of a person (details supplied) that are held by his Department; if he will publish them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21046/18]

Patient Transport

Róisín Shortall

331. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the protocols for transporting patients between two facilities (details supplied); if it is standard practice for residents in this rehabilitation facility to have to cover the cost of specialised transport, for example, wheelchair accessible taxis to and from hospital follow-up appointments when the person is an inpatient receiving rehabilitative treatment; his views on whether it is acceptable for patients such as this to have to cover these transport costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20795/18]

HSE Reports

Róisín Shortall

401. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the report into the death of a person (details supplied) which was conducted by the Midlands Health Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21043/18]

Rail Network Expansion

Róisín Shortall

494. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if in the planning for the capital improvement works in preparation for the proposed electrification of the Maynooth commuter train service, the previously proposed flyover or bridge at the site of the Coolmine Road level crossing, Dublin 15 is envisaged as part of the works. [20872/18]

Housing Agency Data

Róisín Shortall

578. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the types of land controlled or owned by the Housing Agency (details supplied); the amount that is zoned residential; and the local authorities in which the land parcels are located. [20967/18]

State Claims Agency Data

Róisín Shortall

86. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance the amount spent on solicitors' fees, barristers' fees, guardians ad litem and settlements in personal injury, property damage and clinical negligence claims dealt with by the State Claims Agency in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20761/18]

Hospital Services

Róisín Shortall

232. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health his views on the finding of a recent report into the standard of care at Portiuncula Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20754/18]

Medical Negligence Claims

Róisín Shortall

233. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE on solicitors' fees, barristers' fees, guardians ad litem and settlements in cases related to personal injury and medical negligence for each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20760/18]

Social Welfare Payments Administration

Róisín Shortall

291. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processing time for applications for each social welfare payment in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20755/18]

Social Welfare Appeals

Róisín Shortall

292. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processing time for appeals for each social welfare payment in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20756/18]

Social Welfare Appeals

Róisín Shortall

293. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of decisions overturned on appeal for each social welfare payment by written and oral appeals in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20757/18]

Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times

Róisín Shortall

294. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the wait time for case files to be forwarded to the appeals office for each social welfare payment section, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20758/18]

Social Welfare Appeals

Róisín Shortall

295. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in issuing the files of a person (details supplied) on foot of a request from the appeals office; when she expects these files will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20759/18]

Garda Operations

Róisín Shortall

151. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 1 May 2018, if he will direct officials in his Department who are engaged with the cross-agency group to meet with representatives of organisations (details supplied) in order that they may contribute their local expertise to finding a solution to the issue. [20508/18]

HSE Governance

Róisín Shortall

160. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health when his attention was drawn to a request to appoint the director general of the HSE to the board of a private company; and if he expressed a view on that appointment. [20507/18]

HSE Governance

Róisín Shortall

214. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the rationale for allowing the director general of the HSE to be appointed to the board of a private company; the date on which that request was made to him; the date on which he granted the request; the manner in which the request was made to him; the steps he has taken to ascertain if a conflict of interest may arise out of the appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20506/18]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Róisín Shortall

142. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements which will be made to accommodate a child (details supplied) in Dublin 9 with a place in an autism specific unit in a mainstream school in their locality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19640/18]

Youth Justice Strategy

Róisín Shortall

185. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Garda youth diversion projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19638/18]

Youth Justice Strategy

Róisín Shortall

186. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Garda youth diversion projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19639/18]

Citizenship Ceremonies

Róisín Shortall

196. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the waiting times for citizenship ceremonies; and the reason for the long delays. [19752/18]

Health Services Staff Data

Róisín Shortall

251. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to the announcement on 9 June 2017 regarding the recruitment of 114 assistant psychologists, the number of the 114 who are newly recruited front-line staff as opposed to staff who were previously working unpaid and were subsequently awarded pay with the creation of the graded assistant psychologist post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19644/18]

Health Services Staff Data

Róisín Shortall

252. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of unpaid assistant psychologists working in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19645/18]

Local Authority Housing Data

Róisín Shortall

464. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated value of a site (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the way in which it is proposed that Dublin City Council will realise the full value of this site in a transaction to develop housing at the location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19642/18]

Mortgage Insurance

Róisín Shortall

465. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason for the high cost of the compulsory mortgage protection insurance for Rebuilding Ireland home loan applicants; the reason applicants are debarred from sourcing their own more competitively priced mortgage protection insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19643/18]

National Maternity Hospital Administration

Róisín Shortall

201. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health his views on recent reports that the values and vision of Mary Aikenhead will underpin the new St. Vincent's company; his further views on whether this is compatible with ensuring the clinical independence of the national maternity hospital and the previous assurances that were given in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19470/18]

National Maternity Hospital Administration

Róisín Shortall

202. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the status of the negotiations of the legal framework to protect the independence of the new National Maternity Hospital and the State's investment in it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19471/18]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Róisín Shortall

203. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the timeline surrounding the failure of the national cervical cancer screening programme to notify women of incorrect results; the date on which the attention of the screening programme was drawn to the incorrect results in relation to a person (details supplied); if its attention was drawn to other cases before that date; if so, the number; the steps it took to review results once the person's case was brought to its attention; the date his Department was informed of the person's case and the wider issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19472/18]

Home Loan Scheme

Róisín Shortall

273. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a council (details supplied) is refusing to consider a family for a Rebuilding Ireland loan on the basis of a historical bad debt, in spite of the fact that a bank had approved the same family for a loan which was insufficient to meet their housing needs despite knowing of the bad debt; the rules and regulations relating to historical bad debts and the Rebuilding Ireland loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19473/18]

Defence Forces Remuneration

Róisín Shortall

66. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 20 March 2018, the steps he is taking to respond to the matter of pay and conditions for the Defence Forces; the challenges in the Defence Forces that the Public Service Pay Commission has been tasked with; if the management of the Defence Forces has made its submission to the commission as requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19243/18]

Defence Forces Reserve

Róisín Shortall

67. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if members of the Reserve Defence Forces have legal protection regarding the safeguarding of their positions in their regular employment if they are absent due to RDF missions abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19244/18]

Disability Activation Projects

Róisín Shortall

123. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in implementing the recommendations of the Make Work Pay report (details supplied) in view of the fact that 71% of persons of working age who have a disability are not in employment; the actions he plans to take in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19164/18]

Home Care Packages Provision

Róisín Shortall

126. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the assessments that have taken place into the extent of the inability of the HSE to provide home care hours to the level and duration recommended by its occupational therapists in respect of persons under the HSE's care; the basis on which a specific number of hours set down in an occupational therapist's report can be ignored by HSE staff organising home care; the extent of HIQA's role in relation to the assignment of home care hours; and the way in which to ensure that persons receive the number of hours of home care that have been recommended by occupational therapist staff. [19182/18]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Róisín Shortall

198. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will provide data (details supplied) published by his Department in respect of affordable housing in each of the years 2012 to 2017. [19163/18]

Garda Operations

Róisín Shortall

189. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 20 March 2018, the status of the work of the multi-stakeholder group and the meeting that was due to be held on 25 April. [18807/18]

Hospital Charges

Róisín Shortall

261. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 157 of 13 December 2017 and 121 of 24 January 2018, if his officials have examined the matter and provided him with advice following his receipt of the petition in favour of removing the inpatient day case charge imposed on haemochromatosis patients; if a decision will be made on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18790/18]

Drug and Alcohol Task Forces

Róisín Shortall

303. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the status of cutbacks facing a community service (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19018/18]

Electoral Register

Róisín Shortall

470. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the new format of the electoral register as produced by Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council; his views on whether it is not user friendly, uses double the number of pages to previous years' registers and is particularly confusing for election staff in which a Dáil Éireann constituency straddles two local authorities which use two different formats; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19044/18]

Property Tax Exemptions

Róisín Shortall

66. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance the number of properties that are exempt from the local property tax by different exemption categories; and the estimated revenue forgone by the State in each of these categories. [18523/18]

Community Employment Schemes Supervisors

Róisín Shortall

90. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a date has been set for a meeting of the high level forum on community employment supervisor pensions; if his attention has been drawn to the anger and frustration of community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors; his views on the fact that their contribution to improving the life chances of scheme participants and to their overall local communities is not being properly recognised at the end of their careers in spite of a Labour Court ruling in their favour; his further views on whether the Government may be undermining the Labour Court by ignoring its recommendation; and the steps he will take to resolve the matter. [18444/18]

School Funding

Róisín Shortall

105. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills the per capita cost to schools of providing primary and secondary education; and the way in which this compares with the average per capita support provided by his Department; the studies commissioned or undertaken by his Department in recent years on the adequacy of State supports to schools; his plans to undertake such studies in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18382/18]

Voluntary Sector Remuneration

Róisín Shortall

123. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health his plans for the restoration of full pay for staff in section 39 organisations; the approach he plans to take for restoration of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18519/18]

HIV-AIDS Programmes

Róisín Shortall

148. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the reason a sexual health website that has been promoted in HSE advertising and literature does not exist (details supplied); the steps he will take to rectify the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18454/18]

HIV-AIDS Programmes

Róisín Shortall

149. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that the attention of doctors is drawn to the correct protocols for the issuance of prescriptions for PrEP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18455/18]

HIV-AIDS Programmes

Róisín Shortall

150. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that the clinics that are supporting PrEP users (details supplied) can remain in operation in advance of the PrEP working group concluding its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18452/18]

HIV-AIDS Programmes

Róisín Shortall

151. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the status of the work of the PrEP working group; the number of meetings the group has held to date in 2018; the timeframe for the group to complete its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18453/18]

Travel Trade Sector

Róisín Shortall

214. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the methods by which persons can vindicate their rights under the Package Holidays and Travel Trade Act 1995 in cases in which an issue with a package holiday arises; the redress mechanisms that can be pursued by persons against travel agents under the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18541/18]

One-Parent Family Payment Payments

Róisín Shortall

217. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions she will take to address the fall in benefits to lone parents (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18381/18]

Garda Investigations

Róisín Shortall

108. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in the examination of child abuse material in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18217/18]

Garda Investigations

Róisín Shortall

109. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases in which items or data seized as part of investigations into suspected child abuse are awaiting examination by length of time in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18218/18]

Garda Investigations

Róisín Shortall

110. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases in which items of suspected child abuse material are awaiting examination, by length of time examination has been pending in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18219/18]

Garda Deployment

Róisín Shortall

111. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda allocation in each Garda station in the Dublin Metropolitan Region, DMR, north and north central areas by grade for each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18220/18]

Primary Care Services Provision

Róisín Shortall

154. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the reason the minor injury clinic was dropped from the list of facilities available at the new health centre in Kilmore West; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18245/18]

Commencement of Legislation

Róisín Shortall

168. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 917 of 17 April 2018, the details of the drafting issues that have caused the delays in respect of Parts 2 and 3 of this Act; the timeframe for the rectification of these issues and the commencement of the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18293/18]

Greyhound Industry

Róisín Shortall

192. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to amend to the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017 to ensure that the State does not allow the export of greyhounds to countries in which animal welfare standards are poor and not in line with Irish animal welfare standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18295/18]

Parking Regulations

Róisín Shortall

214. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review with Dublin City Council its policy of paid parking and clamping of vehicles which are parked in designated spaces while using charging points in view of the campaign to encourage people to switch to electric vehicles, EVs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18314/18]

Garda Vetting

Róisín Shortall

296. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that under new vetting procedures gardaí are no longer vetting all staff and board members operating in children's organisations and that only certain roles must go through the vetting process; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that there are no guidelines available as to the way in which to define roles or space on the forms to achieve this (details supplied); the way in which he plans to address these gaps in the new system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18047/18]

Medicinal Products

Róisín Shortall

369. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will engage with an organisation (details supplied) and representatives from the pharmaceutical industry to ensure that persons suffering with multiple sclerosis can access new medicines as early as possible; the steps he will take to reduce the delays in accessing new medicines for this condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17545/18]

Pension Provisions

Róisín Shortall

492. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available to the members of the two CIÉ pension schemes for independent legal advice; if an independent investigation will be initiated into the governance of the two pension schemes; if all outstanding questions raised by CIÉ employees relating to the pension scheme will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17542/18]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Róisín Shortall

5. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the recently announced funding for the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, to procure medical procedures in private hospitals represents best value for money; if a cost-benefit analysis on this €50 million investment has been carried out; his further views on whether this policy could represent a perverse incentive in the public system and is delaying reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17264/18]