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

Róisín Shortall: The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, was out promising a living wage. It was promised.

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

Róisín Shortall: It is not the living wage though.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Qualifications Recognition (15 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 193. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will issue a circular to nursing homes clarifying that health care assistants with Indian nursing qualifications approved by QQI NARIC Ireland do not need to complete a level 5 health care assistant course to renew their general employment permits (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28935/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 296. To ask the Minister for Health his response to a media report (details supplied); when this deficit in the Service Plan was identified by this Department; the action he proposes to take to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29024/23]

Home Care and Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Regional Group for tabling this motion. The Social Democrats will support it. In 2018, a statutory right to home care was first promised, with 2021 being the target date for its introduction. Now, five years on, this Government still has not delivered it despite numerous promises from the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, and other Ministers. What is the problem? Why is the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (20 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grant funding provided to each of the four Dublin local authorities for road maintenance in each of the past ten years to date; how this compares with the funding requested; the measures in place to ensure the funding is drawn down and spent by the local authorities on road maintenance works; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (20 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 253. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence regarding mortgage protection (details supplied); if the person applying for mortgage protection in this case may be facing discrimination on health grounds; if his Department will issue any additional guidance in relation to the rights of the person in this case; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Strategies (20 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date on which the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People Implementation Plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29657/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (20 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 421. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in publishing the Review of the Reasonable Accommodation Fund; the timeline he is working towards for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29661/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (20 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 528. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of assessment of need applications received by CHO in each of the last five years, in tabular form. [29491/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (20 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 529. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if children referred to children's disability network teams by a GP, public health nurse or other health official are automatically added to the assessments of need waiting list as covered by the Disability Act 2005; if not, if they are added to a separate list that is not covered by the Act; where a separate...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (20 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 539. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date at which the Disability Capacity Review Action Plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29656/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (20 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 540. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline he is working towards for publication of the Roadmap for Progressing Disability Services which was said to be in development in June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29658/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (20 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 541. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline he is working towards for publication of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) Implementation Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29659/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (20 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 542. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline he is working towards for publication of the Cost of Disability Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29660/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (20 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 685. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assessments of need performed by each CHO in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [29492/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (20 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 717. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been brought to a campaign by an organisation (details supplied) calling for a national strategy for haemochromatosis to be developed in Ireland; his views on same; if he will commit to developing a national strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29690/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (21 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 56. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence whether the LÉ William Butler Yeats had been issued a general order to assist vessels in peril or anyone in distress at sea during its current UN mission off the coast of Libya; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30130/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Qualifications Recognition (21 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 80. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 15 June 2023, if he will provide a timeline for preparing and issuing a bulletin with information for the benefit of employers and healthcare assistant permit holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29953/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 24 May 2023, if her Department has considered replies received from other Ministers and Departments in relation to the European Commission’s recommendation to recognise Covid-19 as an occupational illness; the status of her review; when she expects to make a decision; and...