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

Róisín Shortall: I am interested in the overall figure, not just Saturday figures.

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

Róisín Shortall: It would be good to see them.

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

Róisín Shortall: All of that is very positive and it is just important that we measure it. We need systems in place to do that. I want to go back to points that were made about children's mental health services. A comment was made or an indication was given that they are standardised across the country. There has, understandably, been a lot of political focus on child and adolescent mental health...

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

Róisín Shortall: In Cork specifically, what is the issue?

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

Róisín Shortall: Mr. McCallion would accept that a waiting list of over 4,000 is not on.

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

Róisín Shortall: Nearly 1,000 people are waiting for appointments with CAMHS. I will raise a couple of issues about UHL. When the term "clinical advice" is used, it often shuts down any debate. I would always give way to clinical advice but it is clear that there was a problem with the reconfiguration of the hospital groups. The mid-west's is the only hospital group that does not have a model 3 hospital....

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

Róisín Shortall: I earlier raised the issue of value for money and I am not sure there are robust systems in place. Is any consideration being given to money following the patient as a means of establishing value for money and bringing clarity to spending?

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

Róisín Shortall: Hospitals, for example, would be funded on the basis of the number of procedures they carry out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: WHO Treaty on Pandemic Preparedness: Department of Health (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Mr. Watt for the briefing. These points are very important to stress. This agreement will not interfere with national competencies and the principle underpinning this, that no country is safe until all countries are safe, is very important. That was brought home to everybody during Covid. I am curious to know who is leading on this for Ireland. Who is negotiating it? What will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: WHO Treaty on Pandemic Preparedness: Department of Health (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Is there a wider group at national level feeding into that from the Department of Health and other relevant agencies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: WHO Treaty on Pandemic Preparedness: Department of Health (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: What about outside of the health perspective of it? One of the issues raised about how we handled Covid was that there were other areas of expertise that should feed into that such as education or children.

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

Róisín Shortall: I am asking about children's services in Cork. What is the problem there? The Department made a point about access being equal across the country but there is obviously a specific issue in Cork in respect of children's services.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: WHO Treaty on Pandemic Preparedness: Department of Health (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: My final question relates to intellectual property. That was an obstacle last time in getting early access to vaccines and so on. Is that being tackled to make new developments widely available? Is there a way of doing that or will commercial interests still dominate in that area?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (2 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on reform of the ethics in public office legislation, given that the review of the statutory framework was completed in December 2022; the reason for the delay in publishing the heads of Bill; if he expects this Bill to be introduced this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20037/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (2 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: The programme for Government contains a commitment to reform and consolidate the ethics in public office legislation. When are we going to see that legislation? It is over four years since the commitment was given.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (2 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: There have been incredible delays in all of this. It is 14 months since the review report was published. We know the important areas that are covered by it. We should not have any further delay. It is 20 years now since SIPO started identifying the serious gaps in its powers. It is supposed to be a watchdog but it seems to be more of a lapdog at this stage because of the failure of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (2 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: That is a really disappointing response that the Minister expects the heads of the Bill to go to Government in a short number of months when, at most, there is a year left in this Government. It is quite clear that even if we do see the heads of this legislation in the next few months, it will entail pre-legislative scrutiny, drafting and then the passage of legislation. I do not see any...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (2 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: There is no evidence of that.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (2 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: There is not a hope in hell of this legislation being through before the general election. That is the bottom line on this.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Process (2 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 251. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline he is working towards in commencing Report Stage of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19911/24]