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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 might tell us about those areas that can be dealt with straightaway.

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 might just drop us a note.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Home Care Packages (1 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 4. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new home care tender, following an offer of €31 being issued to providers on 25 May 2023; if this offer is based on the current living wage of €13.85 per hour; the details of the other elements of this offer; how this figure was arrived at; the means by which travel expenses will be paid; the rationale for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Home Care Packages (1 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: A related topic is the question of home care. There is a crisis in home care. While the HSE provides home care with staff with proper pay and conditions, the reality is that in much of the country that essential service has been outsourced to the private sector. The people working in those services are at a serious disadvantage to those who are employed by the HSE. What are the various...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Home Care Packages (1 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I would like some specifics. I set those out in the question. When the Minister of State talks about the living wage, is that €13.85 per hour, which is the current living wage? What arrangements are in place for increases to that living wage? There is a system for determining that and it is increased on an annual basis. Will the contract cover those increases? I would like...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Home Care Packages (1 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Sorry, mileage.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Home Care Packages (1 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: My question is about mileage.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Home Care Packages (1 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: That is really disappointing. In the context of us having a crisis in home care at the moment, does the Minister of State realise 6,500 people, mainly older people have been approved for home care but services are not being provided to them? We were discussing earlier the problems of people inappropriately arriving at hospital emergency departments. A major element of that relates to older...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Home Care Packages (1 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: We should reflect the reality of the situation. It is not a matter of what the Minister of State thinks. She committed to implementing the expert report that she herself commissioned. As the figures have been validated by Grant Thornton, there is no dispute about the costs. Why is the Minister of State not prepared to meet the costs of providing home care? Approximately 6,500 people are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Home Care Packages (1 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Those figures are meaningless.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Process (23 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 226. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected net effect of carryover measures for Budget 2024 as a result of Budget 2023 measures; the way in which it is accounted for in the budgetary stance projections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24112/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (23 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 227. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected revenue yield from an increase in excise on diesel of five cents per litre; the expected cost of using the diesel rebate scheme to offset such an increase for commercial transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24113/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (24 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in respect of the Luas Finglas, the reason there is a five-year delay between the Enforceable Railway Order in 2024 and the enabling works starting in 2029; the proposed funding schedule for this project; if he intends to accelerate this schedule in light of the significant budget surplus; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (24 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an outline of the process by which decisions will be made on how the projected windfall revenues from corporation tax will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25033/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (24 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any plans for broad consultation with different civil and political stakeholders on how the projected windfall revenues from corporation tax will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25034/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to recognise Covid-19 as an occupational illness for healthcare workers; if so, the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25093/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 186. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the appeal of the decision to exclude certain workers in an organisation (details supplied) from the Covid recognition payment; if officials from his Department or the HSE are dealing with this appeal; his views on the exclusion of these workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 198. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to extend the special scheme of paid leave for healthcare workers suffering from long Covid given that it is due to end on 30 June 2023; the timeline his Department is working towards in concluding its examination of options in that regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25094/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 199. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 610 of 16 May 2022, the date on which the sign-off form and further information will be available to healthcare assistants working in Ireland under the general employment permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25095/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 211. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the appeal of the decision to exclude certain workers in an organisation (details supplied) from the Covid recognition payment; if officials from his Department or the HSE are dealing with this appeal; his views on the exclusion of these workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25183/23]