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

Róisín Shortall: We are aware of those details.

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

Róisín Shortall: Mr. Tierney is telling us something we have been told already. I want to ask the HSE for its perspective on this. We got a very different view of this in January.

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

Róisín Shortall: That is a welcome development, however late in the day. The phrase "less risky" also refers to less effective, if we want a national system. There have been considerable delays in that regard. I want to raise the issue of integrated workforce planning, which only seems to have come on the agenda in very recent times in the health service, even though it has been raised by the committee...

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

Róisín Shortall: I wish to ask about the expertise within the Department. There did not seem to be a function in terms of workforce planning for some time. Has the Department developed a function and what expertise does it have? For example, has anyone been seconded from the Central Statistics Office, CSO? Who is doing the integrated workforce planning?

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

Róisín Shortall: Does Mr. Watt have a written report on that which he could forward to us?

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

Róisín Shortall: I would like to hear about the global figures the Department is working with.

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

Róisín Shortall: This is a very significant issue and different views are coming from the two agencies. I suggest we have a special session on this sometime soon. It is such an important issue and there seems to be conflict in the information we are getting.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (30 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 288. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1513 of 21 March 2023, if the €750,000 funding announced for trainee counselling psychologists will include support for current trainees who are already undertaking their three-year doctorate programme; if not, if it will just be for first year students beginning in the 2023-2024 academic year; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (30 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 289. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1513 of 21 March 2023, the timeline he is working towards in announcing the details of the €750,000 funding for trainee counselling psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15843/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 343. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the steps he is taking to improve access to genetic testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16022/23]

Vacant Homes Tax: Motion [Private Members] (19 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: We want to get people into homes.

Vacant Homes Tax: Motion [Private Members] (19 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Following the budget, both the Minister, Deputy Michael McGrath, and the Taoiseach pledged that a mix of carrot and stick measures would be used to deliver housing and specifically in tackling vacancy and dereliction. However, we have yet to see a single real stick in the Government's housing policy. Any suggestion that a tax of 0.3% on vacant homes constitutes either punishment or...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Twelve years.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: No, the Tánaiste did not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: You are not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: So the Tánaiste finds his behaviour acceptable. Is that what the Tánaiste is saying?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Prisoners Abroad (18 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of an Irish citizen (details supplied) who is being detained abroad; if his Department has engaged with authorities in the country in which the Irish citizen is detained in relation to this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17180/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (18 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17531/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (18 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has liaised with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities on the issue of energy companies reducing electricity and gas prices for their customers, given the significant fall in European wholesale gas prices over recent months; when it is expected such reductions will take place; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Qualifications Recognition (18 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 478. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if non-Irish healthcare assistants with level 7 or level 8 relevant equivalent qualifications will only be permitted to renew their employment permits if they complete the NFQ level 5 apprenticeship for the occupation of healthcare assistant, once this has been established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16592/23]