Results 561-580 of 13,178 for in 'Written Answers' speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 455. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he was aware of this issue with professional services witholding tax faced by GPs working for an organisation; the steps he is taking to rectify the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23804/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (18 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 469. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the primary care centre for Finglas, Dublin 11; the status of stage one preliminary design; if the legal process to transfer the land has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23936/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 44. To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of a recent media report (details supplied), if he accepts that the 22 reports referred to, which the administrators gave to the court, should be publicly available; if these documents are in the possession of his Department; if so will he make them available; if they are not, if he will take steps to require the court to make copies publicly...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is giving consideration to DEIS proposals (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23326/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of a recent media report (details supplied), if he accepts that the 22 reports referred to, which the administrators gave to the court, should be publicly available; if these documents are in the possession of his Department; if so will he make them available; if they are not, if he will take steps to require the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 250. To ask the Minister for Health if the Mater Misericordia University Hospital, Dublin 7, has or intends to close any old buildings on site; if so, the total loss of beds which this would entail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23621/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 251. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the rate of €28.50 per hour that has reportedly been offered for homecare services under a prospective new authorisation scheme is sufficient to implement all of the recommendations of the cross-departmental Strategic Workforce Advisory Group; if the HSE had sought a higher hourly rate from his Department; if so, the reason this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (16 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a disability payment for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23166/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (16 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 554. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his intention in relation to extending parental leave up to the age of 16 years for children, for all parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22429/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Qualifications Recognition (16 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 610. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 26 April 2023, if nursing degrees obtained in India will meet the criteria for renewal of the general employment permit for healthcare assistants, given that the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland accepts these degrees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22430/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Qualifications Recognition (16 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 611. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1769 of 18 April 2023, the date on which the nursing and midwifery policy unit will meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss concerns regarding the overseas aptitude test for general nursing; if he will attend this meeting or meet with the organisation separately; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (16 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 663. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds to population in each hospital, by bed type, in tabular form. [22753/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (16 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 664. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding the drafting of legislation for the GP card for children under seven years, as provided for in budget 2023; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22754/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (16 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 665. To ask the Minister for Health if he agrees that there is a need to introduce salaried GPs in view of the interest in medical graduates in working in this way and as a means of urgently addressing the serious shortage of GPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22755/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (16 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 736. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 30 March 2023, if discussions between his Department and the HSE regarding funding for trainee counselling psychologists have concluded; the timeline he is working towards for announcing the details for the 2023/2024 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23257/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Cost of Living Issues (11 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific measures his Department is taking to ensure better value for money on public expenditure; the steps he is taking to ensure that his Department is not contributing to inflation and the cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22302/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (11 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 267. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the role of a firm (details supplied) in the new home care tender process and the services provided, in view of the fact that this is not a competitive process; the purpose of this firm's detailed examination of some service providers accounts; how that examination influenced the offer made to the sector on 19 April 2023; if the firm...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (11 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 268. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an offer (details supplied) to home care providers as part of the new home care tender process was withdrawn; the reason this offer was so far below the price per hour required to implement the recommendations of the Report of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Health Care Assistants; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (10 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give urgent attention to the case of a pre-school for autistic children which is facing severe difficulties as a result of ongoing delays in receiving payments from her Department (details supplied); the steps she is taking to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22140/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (10 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 180. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of full and partial lower limb amputations that were carried out in 2020, 2021 and 2022; the number of these patients, by county, who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21951/23]