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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (22 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital bed days required by patients by county treated for foot ulcerations which did not require a full or partial limb amputation in each of the years 2018 to 2020; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25643/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (22 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 555. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital bed days required by patients undergoing full and partial lower limb amputation procedures in each of the years 2018 to 2020 by county on persons under 65 years of age; the number of these patients who had diabetes in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25644/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (22 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 556. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital bed days required by patients by county on persons under 65 years of age treated for foot ulcerations which did not require a full or partial limb amputation in each of the years 2018 to 2020; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25645/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (22 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 557. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent senior podiatrists and whole-time equivalent basic grade podiatrists employed by the Health Service Executive in each the years 2018 to 2020; the number of those employed by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25646/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (22 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 558. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient podiatry appointments delivered by hospital group in each of the years 2018 to 2020; the number of outpatient podiatry appointments delivered by hospital group to persons with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25647/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (22 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 559. To ask the Minister for Health the number of podiatry appointments delivered by CHO area in each of the years 2018 to 2020; the number of podiatry appointments delivered by CHO area to persons with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25648/21]

National Maternity Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (23 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — in May 2013, the Government announced that the National Maternity Hospital (NMH) would move to Elm Park to co-locate with St. Vincent’s University Hospital (SVUH), based on the recommendation that maternity hospitals should co-locate with acute general hospitals; — between 2013-2016, a dispute regarding co-location...

National Maternity Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (23 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I thank all Members who contributed to this debate. I also thank the cross-party Oireachtas group, which was formed last month, for helping to put this issue centre stage in politics. I wish to acknowledge and thank Dr. Peter Boylan for the important role he has played and the assistance he has provided. He has been a tireless advocate for women's healthcare. I also thank and acknowledge...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentations, but they are not good for the blood pressure. What the witnesses are talking about is, in many ways, the blindingly obvious but we have to ask questions as to why this is not happening. What they are talking about is also the essence of Sláintecare. One would imagine that at this stage we would have learned lessons. They...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the witnesses. We are all familiar with the idea of social determinants of health. Mr. Collins used the phrase "commercial determinants of health". That is quite a telling phrase. Is this at the root of the inaction in terms of the obvious things that we should be doing? Is it the overbearing commercial influence on a number of activities Mr. Collins identified, such as alcohol...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Are there vested interests in the Department?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Where is the leadership on this at departmental level or in the HSE? It is much broader than-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: -----hospitals and doctors. How can those wider issues be taken into consideration?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (23 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 94. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33945/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Student Visas (23 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has engaged with the US Embassy about student visa applications and the postponement of interview appointments in view of some third-level courses requiring study in the United States of America in order to graduate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33943/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Visas (23 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with third level institutes and the US embassy regarding courses that require study in the United States of America in order to graduate, in view of the Presidential Proclamation 10143 and its impact on student visa applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33944/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: When precisely did the Tánaiste become seriously concerned about the proposed new national maternity hospital deal? Last week, the Tánaiste told this House that there were fundamental problems with two aspects of the deal, namely, ownership and governance. Given that I have been telling the Tánaiste exactly that for the past four years, I am quite curious as to when he...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Is serious consideration being given to Tallaght Hospital, St James’s Hospital or anywhere else?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: It is really a bit rich for the Tánaiste to say he expressed serious concerns just because he happened to be asked a question here. The mantra from the Government has been that the Mulvey deal is the solution. Does the Tánaiste now accept that the Mulvey deal is the problem? Apart from the issue of the lease of the site, what the Mulvey deal sets out is a corporate structure...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: The Government has continued with it-----