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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (31 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 129. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the services and therapies in place for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26556/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (1 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will amend section 9 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 in the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022, which is currently before the Houses of the Oireachtas to provide for a criminal offence of coercive control similar to but more expanded to that provided in section 39 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (1 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 341. To ask the Minister for Health the sites being considered for the new surgical hub in north Dublin; the timeline he is working towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26856/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (1 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 342. To ask the Minister for Health the expected delivery date for each of the six surgical hubs, announced on 26 May 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26857/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (1 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 370. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Health (Adult Safeguarding) Bill 2017; the rational for this Bill not being developed by his Department, given that adult safeguarding is much broader than the health sector; his views on a cross-departmental and inter-agency approach, as well as a whole of society approach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27019/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 371. To ask the Minister for Health the services available to assist where persons are concerned with another person’s serious self-neglect which may be a danger to themselves or others and where the HSE safeguarding and protect teams confirm that they do not have a role in safeguarding if there is no third-party causing harm to the person in question (details supplied); who has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Services (1 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 372. To ask the Minister for Health the contact arrangements that are in place, outside of the hours 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday, for emergency safeguarding services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27023/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (1 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 373. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a review (details supplied) which examined the governance arrangements around the HSEs drug pricing and reimbursement process; if the implementation group has been established; the timeline this group is working towards to progress the implementation of the recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27026/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: We learned at the weekend of the resignation of Mr. Brendan Lenihan from the board of the HSE and from the chair of its audit and risk committee. His reason is the €2 billion black hole in the HSE service plan. We need to know why the Minister for Health published the HSE service plan knowing of that substantial financial risk within its pages. We need to get an assurance that...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I asked about the lack of expertise on the board.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Somebody has been appointed but that person has no expertise in this area.

Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this legislation which the Social Democrats will be supporting. A ban on the sale of vapes to under 18s is very much long overdue along with curbs on advertising. However, given the surge in youth vaping, the provisions of this Bill do not go far enough to tackle what is a rapidly growing problem. During pre-legislative scrutiny, the scale of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (Resumed) (14 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Everyone is very welcome. I note the impressive progress made with the enhanced community care programme. It is fantastic news. People sometimes concentrate on the impact that has on the system, which is a no-brainer in terms of taking pressure off the hospitals, but the more important thing is the impact it has on patients in that they get local care and access to earlier care. From a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (Resumed) (14 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Sorry, that is a difficulty and it goes right across the health service. Both are responsible. Who does the buck stop with?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (Resumed) (14 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: When will we have a workforce plan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (Resumed) (14 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Sorry, but with all due respect, we have been hearing for years about the piecemeal approach to this; we have an extra this number of places in a certain college and so on. When will there be a comprehensive workforce plan that deals with all aspects of this? When we have asked about workforce planning before, we have been told about recruitment, which is an entirely different thing. I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (Resumed) (14 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: So is there a plan that we can read?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (Resumed) (14 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Can Ms Hoey provide us with that? That is a workforce plan for hospitals. Is that what Ms Hoey is saying?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (Resumed) (14 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I am sorry. Time has gone by and we are asking about this, as I said, for years and there does not seem to be a proper function there or a plan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (Resumed) (14 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Can the witnesses provide us with anything that they have in writing about workforce planning? What is happening in the Department? Is there a workforce planning function in the Department?