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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (18 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 420. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline he is working towards for providing enhanced medical cards to mother-and-baby-home survivors; if this will be commenced immediately after the legislation is signed into law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23803/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Correspondence (18 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 424. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to correspondence (details supplied); the action he is taking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23968/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 455. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he was aware of this issue with professional services witholding tax faced by GPs working for an organisation; the steps he is taking to rectify the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23804/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (18 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 469. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the primary care centre for Finglas, Dublin 11; the status of stage one preliminary design; if the legal process to transfer the land has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23936/23]

Home Ownership: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Says the biggest landlord in the Dáil.

Home Ownership: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: That land was sold to a developer.

Home Ownership: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: It is not an excuse.

Home Ownership: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Last weekend we learned that the Taoiseach's housing policy priority is homeownership. That is certainly news to me and to most people because Fine Gael's tenure in government has proven otherwise. Of course, for much of that time Fine Gael's failed policies were supported by the Minister's party. Since 2011 Fine Gael has driven a coach and four through our planning system, incentivised...

Home Ownership: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Does he know how many permissions were granted for houses last year? What percentage of the planning permissions were for houses? It was a derisory 2%. Only 2% of all housing planning permissions in Dublin last year were for actual houses. A total of 6,290 permissions were granted but only 136 of those were for houses. There were 136 permissions for houses in the entire Dublin city area....

Home Ownership: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: -----and therefore almost none to buy. Of course, all of this has happened not by accident but by design. That is why, as far as so many people are concerned, the Taoiseach's professed belief in homeownership rings utterly hollow. A 2021 Dublin Inquirerreport revealed that between 2018 and 2020 more than half of homes granted planning permission in Dublin city were build-to-rent units and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I think the distinction was that the proposal deals with the non-member who has been here from the beginning, rather than those who may come in later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Ms O'Shea and Dr. Conlon are very welcome. I thank them for all the work they have done. I want to pick up on the issue of the three-day wait. The clarification provided today is important. Ms O'Shea is recommending that the mandatory element of that be removed and of course that women would still be free to attend their GP on further occasions if they have any concerns or doubts and that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Dr. Conlon is saying there are massive logistical obstacles to keeping within the three-day wait period.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Will the witnesses expand on what has already been said about fatal foetal anomaly, the push factor in relation to people going abroad to access services and the underlying reasons for that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Ms O’Shea referred to “medical supports”. Will she clarify that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Is Ms O’Shea saying none of the professional bodies has included termination training?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Were the witnesses asked to change any element of the report after the draft was submitted to the Department?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. That is good. Thanks for clarifying that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The witnesses have made a range of recommendations for operational changes as well as legislative changes. I suppose it is hard to separate those in many ways.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: They are interrelated. This committee will keep a close overview of both. The reality is that the legislative changes can effectively only be brought forward by Government. Many of us would hope that there would be movement in that area as soon as possible because the witnesses are clear about the recommendations and there is a strong evidence base. Would the witnesses see those ten...