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

Róisín Shortall: Sorry, did Ms Rogers say a governance model?

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

Róisín Shortall: Can Ms Rogers explain the situation with regard to the specialist nurses. How do they tie in with the teams?

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

Róisín Shortall: The Neurological Alliance of Ireland represents 30 neurological charities. Is it the alliance's view that if the strategy was fully implemented, the teams would be able to provide services for patients across those 30 different neurological conditions? Are we talking about a single model or single team to address all community neurorehabilitation issues?

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

Róisín Shortall: Dr. Pender raised the issue of cost there. Clearly, an acquired brain injury or a neurological condition has a huge personal cost for the individual and his or her family. It is a rights issue at the end of the day, or it should be. It also has a huge cost for society and our economy. Has any cost-benefit analysis been done in this country or in a comparable country that we would quote?

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

Róisín Shortall: Sorry, what percentage?

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

Róisín Shortall: Is that taking account of all costs across the board?

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (23 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome the opportunity to speak about some of the underlying reasons for the stubbornly long hospital waiting lists and I thank Sinn Féin for bringing this motion forward. Reading through this motion should be a sobering experience, but the reality is we have become so accustomed to unacceptably long waiting lists with unambitious targets and missed deadlines that we are no longer...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (16 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a disability payment for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23166/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (16 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 554. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his intention in relation to extending parental leave up to the age of 16 years for children, for all parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22429/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Qualifications Recognition (16 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 610. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 26 April 2023, if nursing degrees obtained in India will meet the criteria for renewal of the general employment permit for healthcare assistants, given that the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland accepts these degrees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22430/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Qualifications Recognition (16 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 611. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1769 of 18 April 2023, the date on which the nursing and midwifery policy unit will meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss concerns regarding the overseas aptitude test for general nursing; if he will attend this meeting or meet with the organisation separately; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (16 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 663. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds to population in each hospital, by bed type, in tabular form. [22753/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (16 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 664. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding the drafting of legislation for the GP card for children under seven years, as provided for in budget 2023; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22754/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (16 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 665. To ask the Minister for Health if he agrees that there is a need to introduce salaried GPs in view of the interest in medical graduates in working in this way and as a means of urgently addressing the serious shortage of GPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22755/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (16 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 736. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 30 March 2023, if discussions between his Department and the HSE regarding funding for trainee counselling psychologists have concluded; the timeline he is working towards for announcing the details for the 2023/2024 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23257/23]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I thank Deputy Bríd Smith for her work on this legislation. Today marks five years since the historic referendum to repeal the eighth amendment and this Bill provides us with a fitting opportunity to reflect on the legislation passed in December 2018. Despite the largely positive implementation of the Act, a number of key issues...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Good morning to our guests. They are very welcome. I want to start on the issue of hospital beds. The service plan states the intention is to deliver an additional 184 general acute beds and 26 critical care beds. At the end of last year, there was a shortfall of 258 beds on the basis of previous commitments. Are the figures in the service plan in addition to the 258 outstanding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The figure I received at the end of December was 258 outstanding.