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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (3 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 472. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline he is working towards for recruitment of chief executives for the new regional health areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20707/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (3 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 473. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to publish a plan in relation to the role of the HSE centre following implementation of regional health areas; the timeline he is working towards for publication; if this plan will include provisions for voluntary redundancy or other exit routes, in view of recent comments from the CEO of the Health Service Executive (details supplied); and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Sales (3 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 474. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints made to the HSE in relation to breaches of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2008, and to which sections of the Act they refer to, in tabular form. [20709/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Sales (3 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 475. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to increase the budget for the HSE Environmental Health Service for monitoring and enforcement of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20710/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Qualifications Recognition (3 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 476. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1768 of 18 April 2023, if a healthcare award at level 6,7, or 8 instead of the QQI healthcare support level 5 award will be accepted for employment permit purposes for healthcare assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20711/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (3 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 481. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 403 and 404 of 8 February 2023, how certain titles came to be used in two CHOs (details supplied); the means by which these titles were conferred and by whom, given they are not recognised as being currently in use by the HSE's national HR office; if these individuals should refrain from using these titles, given they...

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (10 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 1: In page 8, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “Report into the future of regulating health and social care professionals 6.The Minister shall, within 6 months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas, and the relevant committee, setting out the implications of introducing an established...

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (10 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Athletic therapists.

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (10 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I appreciate the Minister's collaborative approach on this and the movement he has made on the general principles of what I was trying to achieve. I am not aware of that list of the 20-plus additional professions having been published anywhere. I have looked for it. I would appreciate it if I could get a copy of it from the Minister. One of his officials might take note of that. I am...

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (10 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: It would create a lot of additional capacity in the system.

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (10 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister had not actually mentioned the physiologists, many of whom are working within the health service at the moment. However, it is specifically about how we can achieve a situation where athletic therapists are recognised - I am not saying regulated - as an important profession within the health service and how provision can be made for the employment of people in that category. I...

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (10 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 2: In page 8, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “PART 3 AMENDMENT OF DENTISTS ACT 1985 Definition (Part 3) 6.In this Part, “Act of 1985” means the Dentists Act 1985. Amendment of Act of 1985 7.The Act of 1985 is amended by the insertion of the following Part after Part IV: ...

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (10 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Why would the Minister think that?

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (10 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I am sorry for interrupting, but I remind the Chair there is very little time left. The debate is time limited.

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (10 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: We are up against the clock.

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (10 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Respectfully, we are all operating to the time limits.

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (10 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I did not want to divide the House on this issue because it is such a reasonable request from the Irish Dental Association. It is a no-brainer. This is an appeal for mandatory continuous professional development, which will raise standards and ensure enhanced patient safety. It would come at no cost to the State. I thought the Minister would accept the amendment because it is so...

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (10 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I will make one brief point. This proposal has been with the Department since October 2021. We have had plenty of time to consider it and the Minister has had plenty of time to bring forward his own amendment. I am pressing the amendment because it is a very important issue.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Home Care Packages (11 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 4. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the engagements he has had with the Department of Health and the HSE in relation to funding proposals for the new HSE Home Support Tender 2023; if additional funding has been requested from his Department to implement the recommendations of the Report of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Health Care...