Results 21,501-21,520 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1331. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow community pharmacists to dispense oral contraceptives without the need for a prescription, in line with WHO best practice; if not, the reason for continuing this barrier to accessing oral contraception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12986/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1332. To ask the Minister for Health the reason community pharmacists are not reimbursed for administering the shingles vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12987/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1333. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline he is working towards to develop a new rare disease strategy; if this strategy will address the significant delays in the drug reimbursement approval process, which can lead to a huge financial cost for people with rare conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12994/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (21 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1334. To ask the Minister for Health if he has reviewed the Health Service Executive’s Capital Plan 2023, as approved by the HSE board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13004/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff (21 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1507. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to create a chief pharmaceutical officer position in his Department; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13860/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1512. To ask the Minister for Health the position for people who were illegally docked their disabled persons maintenance allowance during their stay in psychiatric hospitals; the process by which they can seek a refund of their money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13873/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1513. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his plans for the €750,000 funding announced for trainee counselling psychologists; if this funding will cover part of the three-year doctorate programme fees and provide for trainee salaries, similar to clinical psychology trainees (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13874/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Reviews (28 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the rationale for the review of sections 2 and 10 of the Housing Act 1988 completed by his Department (details supplied); if the findings and recommendations arising from that review will be published; if there will be any public consultation prior to the implementation of those recommendations; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 198. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a proposal from the Irish Pharmacy Union (details supplied); his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15653/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 210. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 403 and 404 of 8 February 2023, to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15739/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: All the witnesses are very welcome and I thank them for their presentations. The reality in respect of Sláintecare is that we are in year six and, notwithstanding two very difficult years for the health service with Covid-19, we are still very much behind where we should be at this stage. In that regard, I very much want to know why the Department has been so late in producing some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The previous progress report came to us in December 2021, so the Department is at least three months late.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I ask Mr Watt then about another report specifically in respect of regional health areas, RHAs. We were promised the RHA implementation report in the fourth quarter of the year past and we have not received that yet. We hear it has gone to the Minister. Why has the Department been so late in producing that report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: This report was due at the end of the past year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: When does Mr. Watt expect the report to be published?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: So the report will be four months late then, at a minimum.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: It is problematic if the Department is not on top of this and producing the reports when they are promised. I commend everybody who was involved in the enhanced community care initiative. The results from that have been very positive. It sets out the clear way forward in respect of a key element of Sláintecare, which is switching activity away from the acute hospital sector to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The reason we were told it was blocked in 2018 was because there are issues around capacity. What steps have been taken since 2018 to deal with those capacity issues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Yes. It is a key element of the e-health programme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The figure was something like €850 million over a ten-year period.