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Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (6 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 205. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 604 of 27 September 2016, notwithstanding the genuine reasons for the necessity for a lead in period for Parts 2 and 3 of the Act, his views on whether the delay and failure to publish a timeframe for commencement is having a negative impact on couples who are currently expecting children; the preparatory work being...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (6 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 228. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a proposal to establish a pilot programme to provide day care and therapeutic supports to people with acquired brain injuries (details supplied) and if he will consider allocating funding for this proposal in the 2017 service plan. [29168/16]

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on the budget. What has been set out before us is a raft of piecemeal measures. There is no doubt they are lacking any kind of coherent vision for the direction of our country. The budget lacks ambition and it spreads resources so thinly that it does not make any kind of significant impact on any one area. The Government had choices in this...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: The measures in regard to the USC do nothing whatsoever for people on the lowest incomes. Some 750,000 people will get no benefit from the USC measures. In regard to the people who do benefit, a 0.5% cut is something that most people will not notice. At a cost of €335 million, the Government could have done something significant in one of the main areas if it had the vision....

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Of course, the Minister could have done a whole lot to improve supply because we know people-----

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: We should not be talking about increasing supply in 2020 or 2021. What we need is an increase in supply now for the people who are desperate and in hostels, hotels and overcrowded conditions.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: There are currently 200,000 housing units lying vacant. The Minister should be taking significant steps to open them up-----

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: -----not the kind of minor measures he is talking about. What he should be doing is bringing forward significant measures to open them up.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: He should be incentivising and using a carrot and stick approach. The vacant site levy should have been brought forward. The Minister should reform the fair deal scheme because it currently disincentivises people who go into nursing homes from letting their properties. This could be dealt with at the stroke of a pen. The Minister should be reintroducing the financial contribution...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Professionals (11 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 393. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the serious concerns raised by organisations (details supplied) regarding CORU registration for a profession that will allow persons without a bachelors or masters degree in the profession to register as a practitioner; his views on the fact that the registration process as it stands leaves Ireland out of step with other...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Housing Issues (11 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 627. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been brought to an issue (details supplied); the steps her Department has taken to ensure that this issue does not negatively impact job creation in the greater Dublin area; the specific measures that her Department has taken in conjunction with the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: As Deputy Catherine Murphy has said, the main aim of a budget should be to set out a long-term strategic objective for the country. Unfortunately, there was no indication that the Government took that approach yesterday. It was much more about keeping all the Government-supporting Deputies on board. There is a little bit for everybody to try to keep Fianna Fáil and the Independents...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: International Health Care Systems: Dr. Josep Figueras (12 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I remind people to turn off their mobile telephones or to put them on airplane mode. I would like to welcome those watching the live streaming of this meeting. I would especially like to welcome Dr. Josep Figueras to our meeting. He will provide us with a briefing on international health care systems. Dr. Figueras is the director of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Polices...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: International Health Care Systems: Dr. Josep Figueras (12 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Perhaps Dr. Figueras should give an initial presentation on how Ireland rates relative to other European countries in terms of our health care system and then we might go through it area by area. Is that okay?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: International Health Care Systems: Dr. Josep Figueras (12 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Yes.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: International Health Care Systems: Dr. Josep Figueras (12 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I read some of Mr. Figueras's work in that regard.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: International Health Care Systems: Dr. Josep Figueras (12 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Dr. Figueras. He said in the course of his presentation that our terms of reference were very wide. That is true, but there are two key ones. The first is a request for us to make recommendations on a universal single tier health service. The second is to reorientate the health service away from acute hospitals to primary care. We are very keen to learn from best practice and...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: International Health Care Systems: Dr. Josep Figueras (12 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: There is a view emerging from the committee that, in terms of phasing in reforms, we should start with primary care. If we were to look at bringing Ireland into line with the rest of Europe and having universal primary care, what is the package of care that should be covered by any kind of guarantee?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: International Health Care Systems: Dr. Josep Figueras (12 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Yes.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: International Health Care Systems: Dr. Josep Figueras (12 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: In addition to the areas Dr. Figueras has mentioned, the area of screening is a public health measure-----