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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Key Issues Relating to the Health Service: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: I presume that the 50% of recommendations that have yet to be implemented are the most difficult ones. Can Ms Killeen White go into some detail as to what they are? We need to know this because it is really important to restore people's confidence in CHI.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Key Issues Relating to the Health Service: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: Do we have any idea of when the Nayagam report will be published?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Key Issues Relating to the Health Service: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: Sure. Obviously there is a huge amount of focus on productivity within hospitals-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Key Issues Relating to the Health Service: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: -----and that is to be welcomed. There is also a focus on consultants, and evening and weekend working. That is all very welcome. I want to ask about the focus on the allied health professionals. What assessment of suppressed roles has been undertaken by the HSE? I ask because we had overhiring in some departments and underhiring in some departments. Also, some parts of the health...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Key Issues Relating to the Health Service: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: I know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Key Issues Relating to the Health Service: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: I accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Key Issues Relating to the Health Service: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Key Issues Relating to the Health Service: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: Of course.

Situation in Gaza: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: I do not doubt all the efforts the Tánaiste and Government are making on the European and world stages to use every sinew of influence and diplomacy to stop the slaughter in Gaza, to call out the outrageous expansion of the illegal settlements and to call for the protection of the Irish citizens on the humanitarian mission on the Sumud flotilla, including Sarah Clancy, a constituent, and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (1 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 203. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment to see a neurologist in Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52457/25]

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: On the funded positions that are currently vacant, is it Ms Lawlor's view that it the issue is pay or a lack of flexible working hours? What are the issues that our guests believe are the reasons for the posts remaining vacant? I am interested in their perspective on why there are unfilled posts out there.

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: That is really helpful. The multidisciplinary team operating in the north-east inner city for the past five years has been a great pilot project, for want of a better description. I am conscious that we are talking about an inclusive education model today and I have not had a chance to read the opening statements, for which I apologise. In terms of that multidisciplinary team, MDT,...

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: Most of the focus, when we talk about education, is on children aged five years and upwards. What we do not talk about as much as we should are the early years. There is a glaring gap there in terms of the targeting of resources. I would like to hear quickly what the witnesses believe needs to happen for children aged between three and five years in the education system. AIM support is...

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: I am not a member of this committee but take a very serious interest in the matters being discussed here today. I apologise if the questions I ask have already been answered but I have literally come from a meeting of the health committee. We heard from the Minister for Health today that there is going to be a new special initiative taken to try to work through the waiting lists for speech...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probation and Welfare Service (30 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 703. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of funded positions in young person’s probation; the number of filled positions in young person’s probation between the years 2020 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51652/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour (30 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 729. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a report was published by the knife crime sub-group of the anti-social behaviour forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52062/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour (30 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 730. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the recommendations and options of the knife crime sub-group of the anti-social behaviour forum considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52063/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (30 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 883. To ask the Minister for Health the number of knife violence presentations to each hospital for each of the years from 2019 to date in 2025. [51566/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (30 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 886. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that were on the drug alcarizax through the discretionary hardship arrangements; if patients were informed where they received this drug through these arrangements that such arrangements can be withdrawn pending a reimbursement decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51588/25]