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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Nursing Homes (18 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister of State is kicking the can down the road again.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Nursing Homes (18 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: We need action on this.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (18 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2209/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (18 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 299. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on plans to introduce a statutory right to home care, as committed to in the Programme for Government; the timeline he is working towards in publishing the necessary legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2280/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (17 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 438. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he or the Minister of State with responsibility for Business, Employment and Retail will meet with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to changes to the work permit scheme for non-EEA healthcare assistants; the steps he is taking to address the concerns raised in correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (17 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 896. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if financial supports are available for self-employed people with disabilities, similar to the wage subsidy scheme for people with disabilities; if not, if she plans to introduce such a scheme; if not, plans, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56997/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 1416. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is any legal obligation on large retailers to provide disability trolleys in their stores; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1224/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 1417. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an allocation under the new youth employability scheme will be made to an organisation (details supplied), given that the special purpose grant allocated to the organisation for its Employability Support Programme expired at the end of 2023; if he will provide a timeline for the allocation of such funding;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (17 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 1509. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of public hospitals refusing GP referrals for DEXA scans (details supplied); the reason for this policy in a number of hospitals; the steps being taken to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56579/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 1550. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the number of doctors in HSE consultant posts that are not on the Irish Medical Council specialist register for the specialty they are practising in (details supplied); his views on the potential for patient safety issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56773/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (17 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 1593. To ask the Minister for Health the reason letters are being sent to parents informing them that their child will be removed from primary care waiting lists unless they return a form within two weeks (details supplied); the rationale for this short timeframe of two weeks; if this practice is applied consistently across the country; if there is any recourse for parents who do not see this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (17 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 1689. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.150 of 15 November 2023, whether the Health Service Executive pensions section in Manorhamilton is now fully staffed and in a position to process all pension matters for retired HSE workers in a swift and timely manner; if not, if he will outline the reason why and the steps being taken to address this; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 1744. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to adding motor neurone disease (MND) and Kennedy's disease, which is rare but very similar to MND, to the list of medical conditions covered by the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1642/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Strategies (17 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 1745. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the National Service Plan 2024; if the HSE has submitted the NSP to him for approval; the timeline he is working towards in approving the NSP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1643/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Last week, we heard from Families for Reform of CAMHS about the predominantly problematic experience of the 850 families it represents. The Taoiseach will also be aware of the review of CAMHS carried out by the Mental Health Commission, which produced a fairly damning report that made 49 recommendations. The overriding recommendation and requirement of its report was for the independent...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (23 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of children of Irish citizens that were refused entry in the foreign births register in 2023 as a result of the ABC judgement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2955/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (23 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to a formal announcement made by her in mid-2023 (details supplied), to outline the health, education, and advocacy supports and services currently available to survivors of institutional abuse after the winding down of the Caranua agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2704/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (23 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to matters raised in a correspondence (details supplied) from a teacher regarding the teaching of sraithpictiúir as part of the Leaving Certificate curriculum for Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2705/24]