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Priority Questions: Arts Funding (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Minister for that information and those initiatives are certainly welcome. We have seen in recent years, especially as the commercial property market starts to bounce back, that a number of premises, especially in Dublin city, have been lost to the artistic community. I refer to places such as the Broadstone Studios, The Joinery in Stoneybatter and Block T in Smithfield. All...

Priority Questions: Arts Funding (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Unfortunately, the provision of €3 million a year nationally will not go very far in terms of acquiring premises. Considering the price of premises in the Dublin area, something needs to be done. I acknowledge the work that has been done by the arts officer in Dublin City Council but the problem is that demand is far outstripping supply. We need to look at new ways of bringing...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 414. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the rationale for the allocation of €2.175 million for the building of a centre (details supplied); her views on whether the allocation of funds represents good value for money; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37715/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Blood Donations (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 496. To ask the Minister for Health the categories of the population that are currently prevented from giving blood; and the percentage of the population that falls within these categories. [36846/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 497. To ask the Minister for Health the number of newly recruited speech and language therapists in 2016; the average contract provided to these new recruits; and the number of these which had the contract extended. [36847/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 498. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of speech and language therapists currently employed. [36848/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 499. To ask the Minister for Health the policy of the HSE on the replacement of speech and language staff that are on maternity leave; the percentage of staff on maternity leave which have had their position covered by an additional member of staff in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36849/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Treatment Programmes (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 561. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 20 October 2016, if he will ensure a reply is provided to the question raised without further delay. [37319/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 587. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed changes to the services provided at Tallaght children’s hospital due to occur as part of the development of the children’s hospital at St. James’s in Dublin; if the children’s hospital at St. James’s will become counties Wicklow, Meath and Kildare's only accident and emergency facility for children; the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 588. To ask the Minister for Health the services that will be provided in the proposed Tallaght urgent care centre, UCC; the number and type of beds available for children in Tallaght UCC; the types of illness that fall into the category of urgent as opposed to emergency; the proposed opening hours of the facility; the time at which all children that require overnight care will have to be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 589. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children from County Wicklow that are treated in Tallaght hospital accident and emergency each year, including the number that require overnight stays [37504/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 590. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an article (details supplied) regarding the access for ambulances to the children's hospital at St. James’s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37505/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (29 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with the Department of Health to ensure that an anomaly in budget 2017 (details supplied) does not result in groups of pensioners losing their entitlement to medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37617/16]

Secure Rents and Tenancies Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: The Social Democrats are very happy to support this Bill. It is true to say the single greatest failure of this and the last Government has been their inability to tackle the housing crisis. That has resulted in a situation where untold misery is being caused to many families across the country, from the growing number of children who are growing up in cramped hotel rooms to the many...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Legal Cases (30 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 150. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 618 of 15 November 2016, the reason the HSE’s legal advisers drafted this memo in the first instance; the person or body that sought this advice; the person or body that approved its issuing; the rationale behind this information being requested from the HSE’s legal advisers; and if he will make a...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: HSE (30 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome all of those who are watching the live stream of proceedings, everyone in the Gallery, our witnesses and members to the meeting. In particular, I welcome Mr. Tony O'Brien, director general of the Health Service Executive, and Mr. Liam Woods, national director of the acute hospitals division. I wish to advise the witnesses that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: HSE (30 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Before members come in, I will ask Mr. O'Brien to clarify two points from his opening statement. He posed the question of how much the taxpayer was willing to hand over for the health service at once. Can he address this question in the context of recent OECD figures which show that Ireland is very close to the top in terms of health spending? Even if we just take the taxpayer-funded...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: HSE (30 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: With all due respect, multiannual budgeting is a different point. Mr. O'Brien is making the point that the taxpayers must decide how much they are prepared to spend on the health service. Given that the spend is close to the top of OECD spending, is Mr. O'Brien suggesting that we spend more than the existing €19 billion we spend on it?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: HSE (30 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: We are not suggesting we do nothing.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: HSE (30 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Thank you for the clarification.