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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Have Department officials not discussed this with the primary care reimbursement service, PCRS?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: What is its view on that and the likely delay?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I am not sure how the scheme works exactly. Did Mr. Flanagan say there is a credit at the end of the year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: That is from the point of view of a person claiming that exemption entitlement but from the point of view of entitlement to a medical card, what kind of documentation will people need to provide and will Revenue be in a position to provide that prior to the end of the year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: There would not be any verification of that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Revenue is engaged in that at the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: It will be interesting to see how that will work. On the question Deputy Cullinane raised, I just want to probe a bit further the general approach to entitlement to medical cards. It is extraordinary that the income limits have not increased for 20 years, at a time when we are supposed to be extending access to people. I am particularly concerned about people under 70 and under 66. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Sorry-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I am not talking about discretion. It is a question of entitlement. For some reason, a decision was taken at some point in the past that the emphasis was going to be on access to GP care. Access to GP care is important but people need access to the whole range of care, particularly people with a chronic illness. There is a huge cohort of people who are being denied that access free at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: It is not about retaining significant numbers. It is about extending and expanding. That is what we should be at. Mr. Flanagan made a point about modelling. I had enormous difficulty, as I am sure representatives from other parties had, in trying to get access to some modelling on extending income limits for people under 70 and under 66 when preparing an alternative budget. I also saw...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (14 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide improved facilities including a sports hall for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49511/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (14 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 599. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 671 of 4 July 2023, the date at which the first payment of the travel and subsistence scheme grant will be paid to student nurses and midwives, given that it is due this month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49942/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (14 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 598. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 552 of 24 October 2023, if by year-end he intends to implement any interim measures to address the concerns of GPs following the determination of the Tax Appeals Commission regarding GMS income; if he intends to await the outcome of the Strategic Review of General Practice, which is not due to be completed this year,...

Imposing Sanctions on Israel: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The horror unfolding in Gaza is on an unimaginable scale. In just over a month, Israel has dropped more than 25,000 tonnes of explosives on the besieged Gaza Strip, which is home to 2.3 million people, half of whom are children. Shockingly, more than one in 20 people in Gaza is now believed to be either injured, missing or dead. Entire families have been wiped out and the number of child...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I wish to raise the EU's approach to the use of the controversial pesticide, glyphosate. As the Taoiseach knows, a qualified majority was not achieved to renew the licence last month and the issue will be before the appeals committee tomorrow. A qualified majority was not achieved because there was widespread concern about the impact of that pesticide on the environment, biodiversity and,...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I am happy to support both amendments tabled by Deputy Smith. This is part of a wider debate about prior warning we have had on a number of occasions. Amendment No. 1 is sensible in that, at the moment, the Bill requires the warning in writing and there could be other means of recording a warning. It future-proofs the legislation. I am happy to support the insertion of "by any other...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I do not really agree with the Minister's response. First, he said it came from the pre-legislative scrutiny that there would be a warning system. The whole idea of having an offence dependent on a prior warning came from the Minister's Department, and I think we all struggled to figure out how that would work in practice. I do not think anybody provided a satisfactory answer to us and I...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: On a point of order-----

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 2: In page 7, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “(6) The Minister shall, within one year of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas, and the relevant committee, evaluating the effectiveness of the system for recording warnings issued by the Garda Síochána pursuant to subsection (1).”. We...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I thank everybody who has contributed to the debate on this group. The Minister talked about the need for a broader review; I agree with him. That will take some time. We have to allow some time to see the operation of the legislation. His amendment refers to, "the findings of the review and of the conclusions drawn from those findings and cause copies of the report to be laid before each...