Results 21,061-21,080 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1461. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a breast cancer treatment (details supplied) which is already licensed by the European Medicines Agency; if he expects this product to be reimbursed under the medicine access scheme; the timeline for a decision on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1334/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1515. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 673 of 29 November 2022, if his attention has been drawn to delays in processing applications by Ukrainian dentists to the Dental Council of Ireland; the number of staff who are working in this new registration process for Ukrainian dentists; the average time to process an application through this new process; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1516. To ask the Minister for Health if the recent decision to transport patients via ambulance directly to the medical assessment unit in Ennis General Hospital instead of University Hospital Limerick, subject to certain criteria, is a temporary or permanent measure; if additional resources will be provided to Ennis General Hospital on foot of this decision; if this measure will be extended...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1517. To ask the Minister for Health if additional measures will be taken in 2023 to address patient safety concerns in University Hospital Limerick (UHL), as outlined in a HIQA report; the steps being taken to reduce trolley numbers in UHL; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1579/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1518. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a model 3 hospital in the UL Hospitals Group region; if so, if he will provide details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1580/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1548. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 725 of 4 October 2022, if he will publish the report into the abandoned secondment of a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1704/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1593. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a recruitment campaign (details supplied) for qualified paramedics who are registered with the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council includes competency-based assessments; the reason that applicants to a similar recruitment campaign for intermediate care operatives do not have to undergo competency-based assessments, despite both campaigns...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1594. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports of issues with the multiple-choice question stage of a recruitment campaign for qualified paramedics (details supplied); his views on same; the engagements that he has had with the National Ambulance Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1830/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1595. To ask the Minister for Health if a recruitment agency (details supplied) has been contracted to supply paramedic cover for the National Ambulance Service; if so, if he will provide details of this arrangement; the number of agency staff employed to date; the number of staff his Department intends to employ through this agency recruitment campaign; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1596. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the registration status of applicants to the National Ambulance Service who fail competency-based questions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1832/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1633. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to extending access to paxlovid to groups at the highest risk of serious illness or death from Covid-19, without the need for a positive Covid-19 test or symptoms of Covid-19; if his attention has been drawn to the decision in France to change the criteria for prescribing paxlovid (details supplied); his views on same; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1669. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will consider amending the eligibility criteria for this treatment on the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2066/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1682. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to implement all 16 recommendations of the workforce advisory group on home carers and nursing home health care assistants in 2023; if he will provide a timeline for the implementation of each recommendation; the progress that has been made to date in implementing these recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2181/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1683. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed professions which have yet to be regulated by CORU; the timeline for the regulation of each profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2182/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1684. To ask the Minister for Health the process by which professions who are currently unregulated by CORU can apply for recognition of their field; if there is a means by which representative bodies can formally request consideration of their profession for regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2183/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1685. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to regulation by CORU of athletic therapists; if so, the steps that are being taken to advance this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2184/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (24 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 224. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering banning price differentiation between new and existing mortgage customers; if so, the timeline he is working towards for introduction of the necessary legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3333/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Rights (24 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 225. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will honour the Government's commitment to introduce legislation to protect consumers' and businesses' access to cash; the steps he has taken to advance the drafting of this legislation; the timeline he is working towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3334/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 235. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is giving consideration to the difficulties facing co-habiting couples who jointly own a property and then must pay inheritance tax on their family home when one of them passes away; if he is considering the rights of co-habiting couples to apply to the Revenue Commissioners for a certificate to grant the same tax rights as married couples; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (24 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 435. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons currently employed by his Department; the number assigned to the integration brief; the number of vacant positions currently under his Department's integration brief; the details of any changes to these numbers in each of the past four quarters; and if he will make a statement on the...