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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: It just seems strange to announce the membership of the NOC without addiction nurses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Is that the Minister of State's intention?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: It has long been recommended that addiction nurses should prescribe within the drugs services. This was recommended going back to the Carroll report. Why have we not seen any progress in that area? Nurses are centrally involved in the provision of services yet they cannot prescribe. Why is that restricted to doctors?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I do not understand the rationale there. It is long recommended that nurses play a central role in prescribing across a whole lot of areas but particularly in the addiction area. It was recommended several years ago. I cannot understand why it is not happening now. Nurses are working in the treatment centres. It would make absolute sense that they would do the prescribing. They take a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: That does not explain why it is not happening. I ask the Minister of State to give attention to this. It is long overdue. I am also really concerned about the fact that while people talk the talk of recovery, the actual services that are being provided do not encourage recovery. They do not encourage progression through OST. It is clear from the figures that large numbers of people get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I am not talking about the Covid plan. I am talking about thousands of people who are stuck in this limbo of OST long term without the supports to move on, progress and aim for recovery.

National Maternity Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: At the outset I commend Deputies Joan Collins and Pringle on bringing forward this motion. It is a very good and timely motion because we have been waiting many years for movement on a new national maternity hospital. This was first announced in 2013 and there have been three Ministers for Health since. Issues started to arise in 2016 and I have lost count of the number of parliamentary...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 310. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that Covid-19 booster vaccines are administered before they expire following media reports that 400,000 to 500,000 doses are due to go out of date over the next two weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2831/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: With all due respect, the Minister of State referred to this as an interesting point. It is a lot more than that. It is a central point in respect of providing the kind of supports that help people look forward and aspire to recovery. Why is that not a central tenet of the approach to drug treatment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: What percentage of people currently in methadone treatment have a care plan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Is it not the case that every person in treatment has a care plan? Should that not be the objective?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Why do they not?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Uniforms (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 833. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the legislative position in relation to second-level schools allowing female pupils wear trousers instead of skirts as part of their school uniforms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2138/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 854. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that availed of the once-off minor work grants to purchase and install high-efficiency particulate air filters to date in tabular form. [2466/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 886. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the opportunities available under the jobpath scheme and or other Departmental schemes for persons to retrain in green trades, such as retrofitting of homes and exterior insulation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63392/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 1052. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to protect the not-for-profit local employment services sector, in addition to a related matter raised during the Dáil Éireann debate on the matter on 30 November 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2181/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 1501. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the nursing group was not invited when it had specifically asked to remain on the national oversight committee on which five medically-trained personnel were invited to sit; the criteria he utilised to ascertain suitability for membership; if this process was transparent; if it was clearly explained to previous members; if clinical balance was...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 1491. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the additional €0.5 million to address high-risk drug use such as crack cocaine and other drugs as announced in Budget 2022 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63400/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 1492. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the €1.7 million for measures to increase the availability of HSE drug and alcohol services on a nationwide basis as announced in Budget 2022 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63401/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 1493. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the €0.5 million to increase access to and provision of community-based drug and alcohol services for women, ethnic minorities and LGBTI+, as announced in Budget 2022 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63402/21]