Results 21-40 of 131 for going forward speaker:Róisín Shortall

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: ...23 dedicated hospital detox and stabilisation beds throughout the country. The number of rehabilitation beds is also risibly low. The issues are clearly multifaceted, but the question is: what is going to be done about them? What we need is a multi-agency approach about which there needs to be urgency. That is why I call on the Taoiseach to head up a task force to rejuvenate and clean...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Róisín Shortall: ...€23 billion on the health service and we find ourselves year on year with money allocated for different services and the HSE incapable of recruiting people because there has been little or no forward planning in relation to workforce. It beggars belief that given the level of unmet need in the country, our biggest problem in the health service is that we cannot get staff. We are...

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

Róisín Shortall: I thank the witnesses for all their ongoing work. I want to pay tribute to Ms O'Connor. I have known her for many years, both locally on the northside of Dublin and at a national level, and her service has been exemplary. She has provided outstanding leadership within the public health service and she will be a huge loss to it. I wish her well in her new career and thank her for all her...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I warmly welcome both groups here this morning. I thank them for their submissions and for their ongoing work over so many years. In their submissions and comments here this morning, both groups make a really compelling case for the review to include recommendations on the legislation itself, as opposed to the operation of the Act. We had this debate with the Minister some months ago but...

Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Second Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: ...it well and hoping it will complete its work in the timeline outlined, to acknowledge it is really important that as well as making recommendations on policy with regard to international surrogacy going forward, there is a real urgency about addressing that legal limbo in which so many existing parents find themselves along with their children. Those legal gaps need to be addressed as a...

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: ...Democrats might have done some things differently during the pandemic, we all accept that major efforts were made to scale up radically the role of the State, efforts which many possibly on the Government benches could not have imagined themselves undertaking. While this is not necessarily the view of the Minister present, I know some of his colleagues would be very much in favour of a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overcrowding Crisis in Hospitals: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Sure. I am talking about going forward. The historical issues would need to be addressed separately.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: ...Departments, and the level of funding needed raise the question whether there is a need for a senior Minister. While the Bill is certainly an improvement, we have to ask ourselves what exactly is going to happen now. The fear is that all the Bill will entail is the movement of a Minister of State, albeit one who is able and has been a good fighter for the sector, from one Department to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: .... This meeting is really an update on the lifting of restrictions. It is very welcome to hear the upbeat projections forecast by the Chief Medical Officer. We are all greatly relieved and looking forward to getting back to normality in our lives and doing things we have missed for so long. This is a great tribute to everybody involved in the national effort against Covid. I want to...

National Maternity Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: At the outset I commend Deputies Joan Collins and Pringle on bringing forward this motion. It is a very good and timely motion because we have been waiting many years for movement on a new national maternity hospital. This was first announced in 2013 and there have been three Ministers for Health since. Issues started to arise in 2016 and I have lost count of the number of parliamentary...

Appropriation Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: ...decisions needed to be taken very quickly. In the main, the decisions that were taken in the early months of the pandemic were correct. Substantial spending was needed in the health area. The Government needed to step in regarding creating a single-tier health service. It needed to step in to provide income support for many people who lost their jobs and to provide support for...

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: .... Unless he can do that, I strongly urge him to accept this amendment. It would be intolerable for anybody to find themselves in these circumstances. I commend Deputy Smith on bringing forward this amendment. I look forward to hearing the Minister's clarification on it. I, too, welcome what the Minister has said about providing better communication regarding statutory instruments...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: ...agrees with that personally. He has been in this House a long time and he understands the work SAs do. I am sure he will accept that the level of pay that is provided for them is wholly inadequate. What are we going to do about that? Unfortunately, the first two amendments here have been ruled out of order. It would have been reasonable for the Minister to allow some room within the...

Covid-19: Reframing the Challenge, Continuing our Recovery and Reconnecting: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Róisín Shortall: .... It is a genuine setback for individuals, families and the country generally. The starting point at this stage should be determining why we are in the situation we are in and why the numbers are going out of control and trending so high, given that we have had a really successful vaccination programme. It is important to note the points that were made by NPHET in its letter. It...

Long-Term Residential Care: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jul 2021)

Róisín Shortall: ...É Investigates" programme. I commend Mr. Barry O'Kelly on the work he did in that programme. There is no question but that the homes covered in that programme, as well as the whistleblowers who came forward and disclosed some of the awful practices that were going on in these nursing homes, require further investigation. There is a need for a public investigation into those...

Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: ...this country has been a hot topic for many years and the source of much annoyance and anger for consumers. High insurance premiums add significantly to the cost base of our economy. As premiums go up and up, this plays directly into the increase in the cost of living. Affordable insurance, therefore, is fundamental to the long-term interests of our society and communities, not least in...

Health (Amendment) Act 2021: Motion (27 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: ...announced tomorrow. It would have been helpful if there had been more discussion and particularly more briefing in that regard. As I have said a few times now, there has been no briefing from the Government for the Opposition on any aspect of the response to Covid since last December. That is not helpful or in any way collaborative, and we need collaboration in the context of a national...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Human Rights and Mental Health: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: ...which such a review could be carried out, with the Oireachtas considering the outcome of that review prior to the summer recess. Otherwise we will run into a position where the legislation will be going forward until November. I take on board the points made by the witness and thank him for his advice on the matter.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2021)

Róisín Shortall: ...regard. We also need to see it from Government in terms of making provision for senior politicians in respect of the provision of supports during pregnancy and the early months of motherhood. We look forward to that, particularly in the context of the findings of the Citizens' Assembly at the weekend. We look forward to early action from the Government in that regard. A new...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (27 Apr 2021)

Róisín Shortall: ...to the question of expanding services and dealing with issues over recruitment and retention, which are pressing issues in all kinds of disciplines right across the health service. Is there work going on at Department or HSE level to do essential forward planning to ensure our colleges have enough places to train the people who will be needed over the coming years? We need to address the...