Results 22,861-22,880 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (30 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 476. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the Connolly Hospital Dental General Anaesthetic Unit in James Connolly Memorial Hospital, which was due to open in 2019 but has not opened since its construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52943/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (30 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 477. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors in HSE consultant posts including temporary, locum and permanent, that are not on the Irish Medical Council specialist register for the specialty they are practicing in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52955/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (30 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 494. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the management of the Mater Hospital, Dublin, in relation to the absence of free staff parking and the financial difficulties which this poses, especially to staff who do not have public transport options; the steps he is taking to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53110/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (30 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 495. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Programme for Government commitment to introduce a cap on the maximum daily charge for patients and visitors at all public hospitals; the timeline he is working towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53111/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (30 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 496. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that the health service is properly resourced to deal with the health impacts of the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53113/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 499. To ask the Minister for Health the current services provided at Ennis Hospital; the opening hours; if there are any plans to expand services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53172/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: No it is not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: It was not. Do not suggest that.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: We need an urgent debate this week on the underfunding of the health service for next year. Both Bernard Gloster and Robert Watt issued dire warnings about the implications of the underfunding for patient care next year. Last week's supplementary allocation of €1 billion goes some way to plugging the hole in the budget for this year, but that has to be carried over to next year....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: What about the health budget?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance available to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 regarding an urgent structural issue facing them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53434/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Meetings (5 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 598. To ask the Minister for Health the meetings held by his officials from assistant principal level up with representatives of the alcohol 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. [53743/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Constitutional Amendments (6 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 152. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to respond to matters raised in correspondence regarding the wording of the proposed constitutional amendment to the definition of a family (details supplied); when an announcement will be made in respect of the proposed wording; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54097/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (6 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 158. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the health technology assessment on the herpes zoster vaccine which also protects against shingles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53921/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (6 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 184. To ask the Minister for Health the number of properties owned by the HSE, by location, use and value, in tabular form; and the number of these which are vacant and the length of vacancy. [54094/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (6 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 185. To ask the Minister for Health the number of properties rented by the HSE, by location, use and annual cost, in tabular form. [54095/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (6 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine a matter in relation to a SUSI grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54024/23]

Delivery of a Rights-Based Care Economy in Ireland: Motion (7 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Successive governments have undervalued and under-recognised care and unfortunately, very little has changed in the last three and a half to four years of this Government. It seems that care is increasingly viewed as a commodity, with private providers operating almost 80% of nursing homes, while only 39% of home care hours are provided directly by the State. However, this rampant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The witnesses are now telling us that it will be at least ten years since the Sláintecare proposals for elective hospitals before the first hospital will be built and operating. Is that not the case? That will be in Galway, and it will be at least ten years. That is just shocking. The proposal was based on the experience in Scotland where a decision was taken by NHS Scotland to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: When?