Results 41-60 of 61 for revert speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (24 Apr 2012)

Róisín Shortall: I have asked the Health Service Executive for a report on the issue raised by the Deputy. I will revert to the Deputy on the matter as soon as possible. Operational matters, including the management of the General Medical Services scheme, are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive. As a result, the Department did not undertake reports into an area that falls under the operational...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Delays (25 Sep 2012)

Róisín Shortall: ...been processed within the 15 day target and 213 applications had yet to be processed. I have asked the Health Service Executive for a report on the waiting time for medical card appeals. I will revert to the Deputy on the matter as soon as possible.

Seanad: Long-Term Illness Scheme (2 Feb 2012)

Róisín Shortall: ...is to pursue free universal access to GP care. As I said, we cannot do everything. However, the Senator raised the issue of information being made available. I will check that with the HSE and revert to him on that point.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (30 Nov 2011)

Róisín Shortall: ...submits an appeal within 21 days of a decision, they retain their Medical Card/GP Visit card until the appeal is decided. I have asked the PCRS to verify the circumstances in this case, and I will revert to the Deputy directly in the coming days.

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (8 Mar 2005)

Róisín Shortall: ...Government decided to renege on its commitment to spend 0.7% of GNP on overseas aid by 2007; his views on whether the decision to row back on this commitment was unwise; if the Government will now revert to its previous position and commitment to some of the poorest people on the planet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7738/05]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (26 Sep 2012)

Róisín Shortall: ...and of these, 15 have come into operation since February 2011. My Department has asked the HSE to provide information on the number of these that have become operational since April 2011. I will revert to the Deputy as soon as I have this information.

Drug Treatment Programme (15 Feb 2012)

Róisín Shortall: ...should be no question of services being suspended in the interim. We must ensure services are protected and that the needs of clients are catered for properly. I will examine this matter and revert back to the Deputies concerned.

Written Answers — Prescription Drugs: Prescription Drugs (21 Sep 2011)

Róisín Shortall: ...order to identify those areas which are out of line with best practice. I have asked the HSE for information in relation to the cost of benzodiazepine prescribing to the health service and I will revert to the Deputy with this information.

Medicinal Products (16 May 2012)

Róisín Shortall: My understanding is that tysabri is prescribed on the basis of clinical indications. If there are regional variations, I am not aware of them. I will check and revert to the Deputy later in the day. I agree absolutely with the Deputy that we need to be very vigilant about the prices charged for medicines. In many cases where new drugs are coming onto the market, the suppliers have a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Jul 2020)

Róisín Shortall: ...all due respect, delaying phase 4 is not a strategy. I asked the Taoiseach what the Government is actually doing now which will make the numbers go down. This seems completely ad hoc. We cannot revert to lockdown every time the numbers go up. Last Tuesday's official letter from NPHET to the Government was very clear about foreign travel. It said that there has been a 12% rate of...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: HSE (30 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I will revert to the question on structures. A well-functioning organisation should be able to display its management structure on a one-page diagram. The diagram before me of senior management within the HSE bears no relation to what is happening on the ground in terms of the hospital, community health care organisation, CHO, and mental health service systems or primary care teams. This...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Chair and the Minister for his presentation. At the outset, it would be remiss of us not to revert to the Maura Quinn report which was published this week, given we are discussing expenditure within the Minister’s Department at this meeting. I have to say I was concerned about the approach the Minister took to that report and the statement he issued on its eventual...

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (20 Apr 2011)

Róisín Shortall: ...to the Public Appointments Service, PAS. There is clarity about how he intends to proceed. He wants to make it as open as possible and, if Deputies give him just a little opportunity, he will revert with his consideration of how best to proceed. The majority of the board's members are appointed by the relevant professional bodies. Is Deputy Ó Caoláin suggesting that they all appear...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Service 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (Resumed) (6 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: ...the final Scally report, during Leaders' Questions with the Taoiseach about two weeks ago. I asked at the time in regard to an issue related to the Meenan review and the Taoiseach stated he would revert to me with details on that. He did not do so and I followed up, and the response I got from him just the other day suggested he had asked the Minister to provide the detail on that. The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: ...x20ac;10 as long as list of six conditions are complied with, including that the landlord, St. Vincent's Holdings, retains a controlling stake over the use of the hospital. If these conditions are breached, the rent will revert upwards. If St. Vincent's Holdings is magnanimously offering an annual rent of €10, can the Minister explain why this punitive penalty clause exists? It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Centre for Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin (1 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...people with private health insurance who had Covid-19 could get quicker treatment or a ventilator faster in hospital. As was said, the major problem is that after the main threat of Covid-19, we reverted to type and went back to a situation where people could buy their way into healthcare. This is obviously regrettable. There is no doubt, however, that there are big interests pushing...

Planning and Development (Ministerial Guidelines) Bill 2022: First Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: ...Members' Bill would be a good start for the Minister. It seeks to undo the damage caused in recent years by removing the obligation on planning authorities to comply with section 28 guidelines, thus reverting to a more democratic and sustainable planning framework. On that basis, I commend the Bill to the House.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2022: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: .... Thankfully, we are moving away from the particular pressures of Covid - the big ones at any rate. Given that we would not for one moment think of doing things differently during Covid, why are we reverting to a two-tier system in which money talks and it is tough luck for those who cannot afford it? We need to preserve the lessons learned from Covid about those things that worked very...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (28 Feb 2012)

Róisín Shortall: ...few weeks. I am continuing to engage with the HSE with regard to other possible improvements. I have asked the HSE for a report in the issue of length of time for processing applications and I will revert to the Deputy on the matter as soon as possible.