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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 193. To ask the Minister for Health the existing staffing levels in each of the long-Covid clinics and post-acute clinics established under the interim model of care for long-Covid, by role, in tabular form; the number of vacant posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53893/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (27 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider funding all trainee educational psychologists, as has recently been announced for trainee counselling psychologists; the reason that only a cohort of third-year students will receive some funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53983/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (27 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline that she is working towards for holding interviews to provide financial support to students of educational psychology currently on training placements in the National Educational Psychological Service, who are due to complete their doctoral training programme in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53984/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 283. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the psychiatric services in Dublin, which are working with children and adolescents, outside the Dublin CAMHS units; if he will provide an outline of the various services provided, including by consultant psychiatrists, psychiatrists, junior doctors, registrars; the oversight mechanisms in place (details supplied); and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (27 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 292. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to reforming the nursing homes support scheme, also known as fair deal; if so, the timeline that he is working towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53989/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 294. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 28 September 2022, the status of the payment of the Covid-19 recognition payment to eligible workers in non-HSE and non-Section 38 organisations; if a contractor is in place to assist with payment to cohorts 1-4; the timeline that he is working towards for paying all remaining staff; if payments will be issued...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome all the guests this morning and thank them for their presentation. I will start by stating I fully support this legislation and certainly most members of the committee will do all they can to ensure its speedy passage when published. There is no doubt that the current frequency of protests outside healthcare facilities is extremely disturbing and upsetting for people availing of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I appreciate that. Is it the intention to have an explicit clause in that section to ensure that industrial action is protected?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: It strikes me that for the avoidance of doubt there should be an explicit clause. On the powers of the Garda, I agree with the points made about the importance of us engaging with the Garda because that is the critical thing. There is no point in having legislation on the books unless it is clearly enforceable from a practical perspective. One of the concerns to arise is that under the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Sure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Again, I find it hard to visualise how that would work. If somebody is protesting within the zone and a garda is called on to deal with that matter then how does the garda know whether the protester has had a previous warning?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I have a concern about this aspect. We need to separately engage with the Garda on this matter. What is the thinking behind the extent of the safe access zone? A distance of 100 m is at the lower end of practice generally. What is the thinking on the optimal area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Was research on the distance done on practice elsewhere?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Finally, on timescale, we are keen to co-operate and ensure that there is no delay to scrutiny. As the Chair has said, it will be a tall order to complete pre-legislative scrutiny by 14 November. We will do our best in that regard and we will discuss this later. Once pre-legislative scrutiny has been completed, what is the expected turnaround time for the production and publication of the Bill?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Will the new legislation be published early in the new year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Has the Government given a commitment to expedite or prioritise the legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Mr. Kearns for his presentation. I am sure that the Vice Chair, as the only other member of this committee who was a member of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare, will recall that this issue was the most dominant issue for that committee over the 11 months that it existed. It was the issue of most concern not only to members of the committee but also to patient groups, staff...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Fundamental to the dysfunction that exists in the health service at the moment is the fact that there is a block of funding, the lion’s share of which goes to the hospitals. This is not necessarily based on anything and it can be for traditional reasons, wherever a Minister happens to be or whatever. The lesser share, then, goes to community. Fundamental to this plan, if it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: To clarify in relation to the hospitals, in the west, the hospitals in the Saolta group, for example, would be in the local RHA, but that situation would not apply in other parts of the country. The hospital groupsper sewill no longer exist under this proposal. Is that not right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: The relevant local hospitals will be reporting into the RHA. At the hospital level, what is the attitude there, given the historical way in which hospitals have operated, when they have had the ear of the Minister, or whatever? Is there a recognition that we need to move to that single budget so that, for example, there are not 600 delayed discharges from hospitals for want of funding for...