Results 41-60 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Can Mr. Doherty tell us a little bit about the current drugs unit within the Department? Does it have many staff members?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: No, I am talking about the funding of the drugs task forces.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Is there good attendance?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: The quarterly meetings are minuted and those minutes are available.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Previously, the DPU dealt with the drugs issue and had direct contacts with drugs task forces. The problem now is that many other responsibilities are being placed on staff who previously had been solely concerned with the drugs issue. Is it the case that people within the HSE and the Department of Health are overstretched because additional responsibilities have been loaded onto them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Is there responsibility for other policy areas, for example, asylum seekers and social exclusion, under their remit?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Does the Minister of State believe the strategy is working?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: So, there are more people looking for treatment now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: That is why I asked whether the Minister of State thinks the strategy is working.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: I am talking about the structures within the Department.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: And not letting other Departments off the hook, too.
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: 21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the increased payments to retired An Post pensioners have still not taken effect; the timeline for payment of these increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45352/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: 22. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of plans to increase payments to retired An Post pensioners; if his Department is still considering this matter; the timeline for payment of these increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45353/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 23 October 2024, if she will clarify what exactly the design tender is, referred to in her previous reply; where that tender can be viewed; the timescale for tenders to close; the likely timescale for the design work on the promised school to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: 91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of fire trucks currently in Dublin Fire Brigade fleet; the number that are operational; the age of each fire truck; the date each was procured; and whom they were procured from, in tabular form. [45349/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: 92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to procure additional fire trucks for Dublin Fire Brigade; if so, if those being considered are new or second-hand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45350/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: 93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will conduct a full audit of the standard of the Dublin Fire Brigade fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45351/24]
- Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: The Minister could facilitate it.
- Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: You could facilitate a change-----
- Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: You facilitated corporate bodies for general practice.