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

Róisín Shortall: 524. To ask the Minister for Health to provide further details in relation to the HSE recruitment freeze announced following the Budget 2024 allocation for his Department; the expected end date of the recruitment freeze; the roles and disciplines impacted; if the recruitment freeze applies to all services funded under Section 38 and Section 39, respectively; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 552. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to make provision for a range of different models of general practice; if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of GPs in relation to the determination by the Tax Appeals Commission regarding GMS income (details supplied); if he intends to examine the GMS contract in view of this clarification of the legal and administrative position;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 614. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the establishment of the HSE's Implementation Group to deliver on the operational recommendations in the Independent Review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 (details supplied); the members of this group; if terms of reference are in place; whether a copy can be made available to the public; the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 615. To ask the Minister for Health the engagements he has had with a person (details supplied) in relation to the recommendations in their extensive Independent Review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; if any future engagements are planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46671/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I wish everyone a good morning. I will begin by clarifying a couple of things that have been said since the budget allocation. On the recruitment pause, will Mr. Gloster clarify the implications of the budget and what the HSE is doing this year with respect to the non-consultant hospital doctors, NCHDs, and home helps?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I am sorry. How many additional?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Okay, so with home helps, is Mr. Gloster talking about directly employing them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: What are the implications then for the private sector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: All right, but there will not be any additional funding. There was a cut, effectively, in funding this year with the introduction of the living wage, or the supposed living wage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: We have, therefore, lost 1.9 million hours this year as a result of the pay agreement. There are also 600,000 people on waiting lists.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: We are going to fall very far short of demand this year and Mr. Gloster is saying it will be the same next year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: However, there will not be any additional.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: We have a growing population and growing demand and there will not be additional resources. My next question may be for Mr. Watt. In the Minister's briefing after the budget, he spoke about the €108 million allocated for new developments, including 162 beds. Where are those beds?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: How many new beds will we get next year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The figure used is 162.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Is Mr. Watt saying those 162 beds are funded for next year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: From €108 million?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Will Mr. Watt give us a note on that, just on the location and the staff complement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: That is fine. Returning to Mr. Watt, the problem started this year, if not before that. He knew from the end of last year that there was not going to be sufficient money to meet the service plan. We know what happened early in the year, which is there was a three-month delay in agreeing the service plan. We know a senior person on the board of the HSE identified what he referred to as a...