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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: I will pick up on that last point. It is important that we get the full picture. I address this to Deputy Lahart too. We all know that the population is growing and ageing, and the level of dependency is increasing. It is important to bear in mind that the budget allocation to help last year was insufficient. That is not just me saying that; the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council said it when...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Turning to the productivity and savings task force, the expectation is that staff would be well represented on a body like that. What was Fórsa's experience of looking for that representation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: That is incredible. It is very hard to understand.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Of course.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: It is really important that a cost-benefit analysis be carried out on that within different sectors of the health service. There is a view that private healthcare is more efficient, cheaper and so on but, of course, we know that is not the case in the long run. Even so, we need to have the figures on that. On the net point about the data on the number of vacancies at 31 December last...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)
Róisín Shortall: I thank the representatives.
- Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: This is-----
- Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: You are a disgrace.
- Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: You are a disgrace. Stay quiet.
- Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: A lot of nonsense has been spoken about housing here today, particularly by some of the Government representatives. When canvassing in the Dublin area, it is an entirely different story. House after house, I meet people who tell me about their two sons in their late 20s or 30s who are still living with them and who have no hope of getting a place to live. They tell me about their daughter...
- Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: The Minister could facilitate it.
- Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: You could facilitate a change-----
- Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: You facilitated corporate bodies for general practice.
- Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: A taxation change is required.
- Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Thank you very much, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.
- Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: I would like to join with other Members, as this may be my last opportunity to do so, to say a very sincere thank you to the staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas at all levels right throughout this complex. During my long time here, I have always found them to be extremely helpful, supportive and courteous to me. They are an essential part of our democracy and we simply could not function...
- Appropriation Bill 2024: Second Stage (6 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: I will take a minute at the start because the likelihood is that this is the last time I will speak in this Chamber after a very long period. I express my sincere thanks to the voters of Dublin North-West who placed their trust in me and voted for me over a period of 32 years. I will say that I am exceptionally grateful to them for doing that, and I have been honoured to represent the...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Affordability is.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: We oppose vulture funds. That is what we do.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2024)
Róisín Shortall: You cannot tax-break your way either.