Results 22,761-22,780 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I apologise, but I am talking about the percentage in management grades within disciplines. I am not asking Mr. Gloster to provide those figures today. Will he provide us with a note on the percentage in management grades across the different disciplines?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Fine. I also raise the question of the recent change in policy on delayed discharges. We are seeing what appears to be a reduction in choice for older people in terms, essentially, of where they will live on coming out of an acute hospital. We know Age Action has taken a strong position on that and has been critical. We also know the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, IHREC, is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: That organisation would say that, would it not, if we are looking at numbers of beds?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: How is Mr. Gloster ensuring that happens? The general experience is that once people move out of an acute hospital bed, nobody is really listening to their wishes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: It goes back to the question I raised earlier in regard to home care. People's first choice, in the main, is to be able to go home with support. If we are in a situation where home care numbers are capped, I do not see how that need and desire of older people to move back home after discharge or after transition care can be met. That is the big logjam within the health service and it needs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: On the question of yesterday's Supplementary Estimate, when Mr. Gloster was here last, the Department was also present and the Department said that sometimes the Supplementary Estimate goes into the following year's base and sometimes it does not. Has that been clarified?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Was it described as a once-off allocation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: That is a significant question to be clarified, is it not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: So the HSE is almost hitting the 22 million.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Fine. I welcome that restructuring. What is the position, then, on clinical grades? There would seem to be a relatively higher level of senior grades within some of the clinicals.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: That is just to get an idea of the structure.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (23 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will carry out a health impact assessment on the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022; the planning that has taken place to ensure that there are adequate resources across a number of areas (details supplied); the additional funding that will be made available in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51713/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (23 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she intends to put a system in place to monitor changes in the night time economy and collate data for future reviews following enactment of the proposed Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51714/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (23 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 354. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the arrangement between the HSE and an organisation (details supplied) in relation to extra hospital bed capacity; the number of private beds the HSE is currently paying for; the cost of same per day; the timeline for negotiations for a new agreement; the expected duration of that agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51780/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 355. To ask the Minister for Health the impact of the HSE recruitment freeze on the implementation of regional health areas; the status of recruitment of the six regional executive officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51781/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (23 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 356. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the significant rise in sexually transmitted diseases; if he intends to launch a new public health campaign to highlight this rise and encourage safe sex practises and testing; the status of the new national sexual health strategy; the timeline he is working towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51789/23]

Capital Supply Service and Purpose Report Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I very much welcome this legislation from Deputy Shanahan and his colleagues. I also welcome the opportunity to discuss capital cost overruns. When it comes to capital spending, as we know, questions are repeatedly asked after the fact but the answers are hard to find. Paper trails run out and memories falter. Transparency is all too absent with our Government and political system having...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (28 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the delay in publishing the Health Budget Oversight Group minutes for August and September 2023; the date on which these will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52521/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (28 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 585. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that was provided to the National Maternity Strategy in 2023; the level of funding sought by the HSE National Women and Infants Health Programme for the National Maternity Strategy in 2023; if he expects the €43.6 million required to implement the strategy by 2026 to be provided in full and the level provided to date; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Meetings (28 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 586. To ask the Minister for Health the meetings held by his officials from assistant principal level upwards with representatives of the food industry in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the dates, attendees and matters that were discussed at each meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52026/23]