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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. I will go back very briefly to my earlier comments when I referred to the health service being crisis driven. I am not sure there is any health service anywhere that is not crisis driven. It was not any reflection on the health service, and I want to make that very clear. When we look at the media we can see the multiple crises that arise every day. That was not a reflection on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I know the Minister is keen to go ahead with this, which is commendable in many ways to get movement on it and to start recruitment, but there is not a lot of point in recruiting those posts unless the areas of responsibility are agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Assuming then that the areas of responsibility and accountability will be set out very clearly, would Mr. Watt accept that those areas need to be legally underpinned in terms of setting the new contracts?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: The difficulty is that you will not be able to change contracts if they have already been awarded.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Department and the HSE for the attendance here this morning. I also thank the delegates for their attendance throughout the year to discuss a number of different issues, particularly the progress on implementing Sláintecare. We look forward to further engagement on its implementation and continuing the good news on the reform programme. I wish everyone a very happy...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (15 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his reason for proposing to block residents' associations from taking High Court actions against planning decisions; if he will provide details of the research undertaken to support the need for such a measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63073/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the system for the allocation of hours based on complex needs under the special education teacher allocation; the way that the data for complex needs is sourced by the children's disability network teams, CDNTs; and if there is a central register held by the them in which the number of children with disabilities is held. [62951/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Communications (15 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will publish the new circular issued to schools banning the use of resources or materials produced or funded by the alcohol industry for education and awareness on alcohol; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63071/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (15 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the programme for Government commitment to provide additional supports for school and college students who are homeless, resident in family hubs or in direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63090/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (15 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a campaign underway by a group (details supplied); the consideration that her Department is giving these proposals; if she will undertake to meet with this group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63098/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Birth Certificates (15 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline any changes to the registration of new births; if parents are now required to present themselves at an office, given that previously the entire process was completed by the hospital and her Department without needing a parent to show up in an office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62917/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (15 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 259. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a child benefit payment for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63104/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service (15 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the programme for Government commitment to provide additional supports for school and college students who are homeless, resident in family hubs or in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63091/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 370. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the Scoping Report on Training, Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers in Ireland undertaken by an organisation (details supplied); his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63070/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (15 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 371. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 156 of 7 December 2022, the rationale for referencing a study (details supplied) in his previous answer regarding nurse prescribing of opioid substitution therapy, in view of the objectives of that study which did not include an exploration of the viability of nurse prescribing; if this study formed the basis for his...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (15 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 372. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the primary care centre for Finglas, Dublin 11; the current timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63074/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (15 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 373. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form. [63075/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (15 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 374. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for physiotherapy by CHO, age category; and time waiting in tabular form. [63076/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (15 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 375. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for occupational therapy by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form. [63077/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (15 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 376. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form. [63078/22]