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Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Róisín Shortall: It is regrettable that the Minister of State is not taking this on board. She said the timescale is too short, but I am requesting that the Minister provides a report within six months and that is reasonable. I am not saying that a scheme has to start within six months; I am saying that we should have a report on it and I think that is a reasonable request to make. It makes absolute sense...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Róisín Shortall: When will that happen? A lot of other health legislation is backed up that is supposed to be a priority. Is it the case that there is no timescale?

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I will press the amendment.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I commend the Minister of State on bringing this legislation through all Stages in the House. I thank the officials involved. It is important legislation. While I would have liked it to go further, we await the report of the expert group. I hope when it is delivered to the Minister in July, he does not sit on it for too long and it is published so we can move forward in utilising and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Jun 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total spend on the dental treatment benefit scheme in 2010; the cost to maintain 2010 levels of spending on the scheme between the years 2011 and 2023 respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27118/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (25 Jun 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 340. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the work of the Inter-Departmental Group on the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; the timeline the Inter-Departmental Group is working towards in reporting back to Government; the number and dates of meetings already...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (25 Jun 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 376. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients with Sjögren's disease who have availed of complex care under the dental treatment services scheme in each of the years since 2020, in tabular form; and the procedures received. [26773/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (25 Jun 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 377. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures available to patients with Sjögren's disease under the Dental Treatment Services Scheme. [26774/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (25 Jun 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 389. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the public health obesity Bill committed to in the Programme for Government; the timeline for publication of the draft heads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26848/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (25 Jun 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 467. To ask the Minister for Health if the €5 million funding announced in Budget 2023 to support the HSE public dental services in addressing backlogs in children’s and special care services has been issued; to provide an update on the work undertaken by his Department to reduce the waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27116/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (25 Jun 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 468. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional patients seen on the dental treatment services scheme under the €5 million waiting list reduction scheme 2023; and the estimated total cost of these sessions per CHO area, in tabular form [27117/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (25 Jun 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 469. To ask the Minister for Health the total spend on the dental treatment services scheme in 2009; the cost to maintain 2009 levels of spending on the scheme between the years 2010 and 2023 respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27119/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (26 Jun 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure of the National Treatment Purchas Fund on patient care in private and public hospitals respectively, in 2022 and 2023. [27321/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (26 Jun 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 175. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure on the Cross-Border Directive in each of the years 2020 to 2023, and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [27322/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (26 Jun 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients treated under the Cross-Border Directive in each of the years 2020 to 2023, and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [27323/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (26 Jun 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 177. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure on the treatment abroad scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2023, and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [27324/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (26 Jun 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 178. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients treated under the treatment abroad scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2023, and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [27325/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (26 Jun 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 179. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure on contracting out radiotherapy treatment for public patients to private providers in each of the years 2020 to 2023, and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [27326/24]

Statutory Home Care: Statements (27 Jun 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Last week on the Order of Business I raised with the Taoiseach that seven years ago, as Minister for Health, he gave a commitment to introduce a statutory right to home care. Given the failure of that Government and the current Government to follow through on that commitment I asked for a debate on that issue today. We have a debate, but it is not on the statutory right to home care. It...

Statutory Home Care: Statements (27 Jun 2024)

Róisín Shortall: He could be in another party.