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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 194. To ask the Minister for Health if a person living with type 2 diabetes who does not have a GMS card or a GP-visit card will be seen free of charge when referred by a GP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21965/23]

Targeted Investment in the Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 1: To insert the following after "replace paper-based health records without further delay": "further calls on the Government to accelerate the development of elective hospitals in Cork, Dublin and Galway; make provision for salaried GPs to strengthen out of hours services; and complete and publish the Regional Health Areas Implementation Plan". I want to talk...

Targeted Investment in the Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I very much welcome the opportunity to speak on this very important motion and thank the Independent Group for bringing it forward. The motion is very wide ranging, from nursing homes to electronic health records, and it reflects the scale of the challenges we face in relation to serious problems within the health service. At present, our health service is disjointed and operating in silos....

Targeted Investment in the Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: What we are seeing is the widespread monetisation of the care of older people. Is the Minister of State going to do anything about this? Her colleagues in government have been promoting this privatised, outsourced model, for many years but when we were in the throes of Covid-19, we saw all of the difficulties that arose as a result of the large-scale nursing homes that so many of our elder...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 44. To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of a recent media report (details supplied), if he accepts that the 22 reports referred to, which the administrators gave to the court, should be publicly available; if these documents are in the possession of his Department; if so will he make them available; if they are not, if he will take steps to require the court to make copies publicly...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is giving consideration to DEIS proposals (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23326/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of a recent media report (details supplied), if he accepts that the 22 reports referred to, which the administrators gave to the court, should be publicly available; if these documents are in the possession of his Department; if so will he make them available; if they are not, if he will take steps to require the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 250. To ask the Minister for Health if the Mater Misericordia University Hospital, Dublin 7, has or intends to close any old buildings on site; if so, the total loss of beds which this would entail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23621/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 251. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the rate of €28.50 per hour that has reportedly been offered for homecare services under a prospective new authorisation scheme is sufficient to implement all of the recommendations of the cross-departmental Strategic Workforce Advisory Group; if the HSE had sought a higher hourly rate from his Department; if so, the reason this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Everyone is very welcome. I thank the witnesses for their ongoing work and their advocacy. I will have to leave in about 45 minutes also. There is health business to be dealt with in the Dáil, but I will be back afterwards. I hope the witnesses will excuse us for having to leave. The battle is usually for a strategy, but the witnesses have the strategy and there does not seem to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Was that due to Covid-19 or was there another reason for it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Pardon the pun, but it seems like no-brainer to implement this strategy, and-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: It is solely staff costs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: What number of staff are we talking about in total, to staff all of the nine teams? Do we know?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Do the recommended staffing numbers on each team reflect the population size within the CHOs? Is the overall number adjusted for population size?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I am just probing about the actual detail of this because of the fact that Mr. Bernard Gloster is coming before this committee shortly and I want to be very clear about what is required.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: In the CHOs where funding has been allocated but there has been no recruitment yet, what is the reason for that at this stage, given that we are almost halfway through the year?