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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 424. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will consider allowing for childcare assistants who are undergoing training to be included in staff-children ratios, provided they are under the supervision of fully qualified childcare staff; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 507. To ask the Minister for Health the reporting arrangements in place for the HSE public-only consultant contract; the persons responsible for oversight and reporting; the most recent reporting in this regard; to whom these reports are made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20220/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 601. To ask the Minister for Health to provide on update on the work of the commission on care for older people; the number of meetings held since the appointment of the chairman and other members; the timeline for completion of each module, and the date at which he expects the report to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20699/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 602. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in each CHO, in tabular form; the number of vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20700/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 603. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in each health centre in CHO 7, in tabular form; and the number of vacancies. [20701/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 604. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the ongoing shortage of public health nurses in Dublin mid-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20702/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 605. To ask the Minister for Health the salary paid to student public health nurses; to provide details of the rates paid to student nurses from comparable postgraduate courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20703/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 606. To ask the Minister for Health if he had engaged with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to increase the number of postgraduate college places in public health nursing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20705/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 609. To ask the Minister for Health to provide further details in relation to the planned elective hospitals for Blanchardstown and Crumlin; the timeline he is working towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20719/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 610. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on a waiting list for dental and orthodontic treatment, by age, CHO and wait time, in tabular form. [20720/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 611. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on a waiting list for dental and orthodontic treatment at the end of February in each of the years between 2018-2023, by age, CHO and wait time, in tabular form. [20721/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 612. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the rates for each treatment under the dental treatment service scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20722/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 613. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists participating in the dental treatment service scheme, by LHO and CHO, in tabular form. [20723/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 657. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places in each postgraduate public health nursing course, in each of the years since 2019, in tabular form; the number of applicants; the number of admissions; and the number of graduates. [20704/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: On a point of order, my understanding is that both the Department and the HSE were asked to concentrate on two particular areas. Is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I take it that was communicated to them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: There was no mention of digital health from the Department and there was a brief mention from the HSE without an actual update on the framework. The other issue was population health and preventative health strategies, which was a major part of Sláintecare. That was not mentioned by either group.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: We can speak to the clerk to the committee about that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I wish to start with the digital health framework. Where is that now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: What is the reason for the delay? This committee had two sessions over the past year or so on digital health and the importance of it. We were told that the framework would be published in September, and then we were told it would be in March. We are now into May. What was the reason for the delay?