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

Róisín Shortall: How can the Department do workforce planning on an annual basis? It should be working on at least a ten-year horizon.

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

Róisín Shortall: The surprising thing is that we are talking about having it at some point in the future. I welcome the fact that it is September but why do we not have an ongoing, live workforce plan?

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

Róisín Shortall: I am talking about a comprehensive workforce plan. I look forward to that in September. I want to ask about infrastructure, particularly in the Dublin area. Why has a site not been selected for the elective hospital in Dublin at this point and when will a site be selected? The second point in that regard is about the surgical hub on the north side of Dublin. We are told it will be a...

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

Róisín Shortall: The Department has been doing that for months on end.

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

Róisín Shortall: We have been told that for a very long time and there does not seem to be any progress. When will the proposal go to the Government?

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

Róisín Shortall: Okay, thanks. Over the weekend, I took the opportunity to listen to the contribution of Brendan Lenihan to the recent health conference. He made a number of interesting points. Leaving aside the question of the big financial risk involved in the service plan, which is a major thing, I have a specific question. He talked about the relationship between the Department and the HSE, the need...

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

Róisín Shortall: Does Mr. Watt accept it is a logical follow-on from the restructuring of the HSE that he would restructure the Department so it is also operating on a geographic basis with integrated care, rather than still having silos within the Department?

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

Róisín Shortall: When does Mr. Watt expect to start that work?

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

Róisín Shortall: Is it likely to happen this year?

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

Róisín Shortall: Is Mr. Watt considering it at the moment?

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

Róisín Shortall: I think it is important that it would.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (13 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1066. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if exit interviews or questionnaires are conducted when staff leave Children’s Disability Network Teams; if so, to provide analysis of the responses given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27845/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Process (13 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1102. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the development of the Health (Adult Safeguarding) Bill 2017 which is currently being led by his Department; and the reason this is not being developed by the Department, given that adult safeguarding is much broader than health and requires a cross-departmental and inter-agency approach, as well as a whole of society approach. [27053/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (13 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1103. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health (Adult Safeguarding) Bill 2017 will provide for the establishment of an independent national adult safeguarding authority with an interagency structure, overarching responsibility for safeguarding and clearly defined statutory powers. [27054/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (13 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1117. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the status of the review of this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27191/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1161. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been brought to a campaign (details supplied); the steps being taken to improve access to male infertility services and address stigma surrounding the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27561/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (13 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1330. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to review the nature of services that community pharmacies perform on behalf of the State, under the terms of the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017; if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28602/23]

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

Róisín Shortall: When will the Department have it?

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

Róisín Shortall: It was announced by the then Minister in 2018, as a matter of interest.

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

Róisín Shortall: I am not saying what the Department does all the time. I am asking if Mr. Watt is going to restructure the Department to reflect the different, devolved approach that we are now seeing through the RHAs.