Results 18,821-18,840 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

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

Róisín Shortall: 1494. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the €0.7 million to provide additional services for children and families who are impacted by parental drug and alcohol use as announced in Budget 2022 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63403/21]

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

Róisín Shortall: 1495. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering allocating additional funding to drug and alcohol task forces in 2022 to implement the actions in the Drug Related Intimidation and Violence Engagement report launched on 26 November 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63404/21]

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

Róisín Shortall: 1496. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering taking steps to ensure that the family support groups across Ireland will continue to have representation at national level on the national oversight committee; the way the national family support steering group will be supported by his Department in its ongoing work to put a new national network in place; and if he will make a...

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

Róisín Shortall: 1497. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider restoring the two places on the national oversight committee that have been removed from the community and voluntary sector effectively leaving the regions without representation at a national level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63406/21]

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

Róisín Shortall: 1499. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reinstating a partnership interagency working group involving all sectors, including the community and voluntary sector, to recommence the review of the handbook for drugs and alcohol task forces including a clear timeline to carry out and conclude its task; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63408/21]

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

Róisín Shortall: 1498. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the terms of reference for the proposed civil society grouping; if he will consider drawing it up in consultation with the national oversight committee community and voluntary representatives and then bringing it back to the full national oversight committee meeting for agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63407/21]

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

Róisín Shortall: 1500. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering whether the terms of reference for the civil society grouping will be drawn up in consultation with the national oversight committee community and voluntary representatives before bringing it back to the full national oversight committee meeting for agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63409/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 1385. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider establishing a national ICT infrastructure that enables electronic health record availability to assist with the shared care of children with diabetes between hospitals and regional diabetes paediatric services across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63067/21]

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

Róisín Shortall: 1386. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to assist with the lack of resources in secondary care paediatric and adult diabetes services across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63068/21]

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

Róisín Shortall: 1387. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to assist with the staffing shortages in Temple Street Hospital Diabetes Paediatric Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63069/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 1391. To ask the Minister for Health when he intends amending the EU Digital COVID Certificate to include proof of a third booster vaccine shot as some countries require evidence of this, for example, Austria which currently requires proof that a person’s most recent vaccine must not be more than 270 days old as well as further restrictions for other cohorts; and if he will make a...

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

Róisín Shortall: 1402. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering putting in place a legal basis for the issuing of do not resuscitate orders in hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63129/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 1459. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person has to wait for their Covid-19 booster vaccine after having a positive PCR test; the current scientific thinking in relation to the optimum delay period in respect of the omicron variant; the consideration that is being given to shortening this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63340/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 1430. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the expiry dates of the 500,000 doses of a vaccine (details supplied) that were donated to Nigeria by Ireland through COVAX and which arrived in Nigeria on 29 November 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63216/21]

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

Róisín Shortall: 1442. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department’s attention has been drawn to a dispute between VHI and (details supplied) which means that VHI members are reportedly having to pay a lot extra when attending the hospital; if the New Economy and Recovery Authority (NewERA) has provided his Department with financial advice regarding VHI’s position on this matter; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 1444. To ask the Minister for Health the management and staffing arrangements for the Covid -19 HSE mass vaccination centres during 2020; if there was a different process for hiring temporary civil servants to staff the centres as opposed to agency staff (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63280/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 1445. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is monitoring the reliability of Covid-19 PCR tests; the false positive rates for PCR tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63281/21]

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

Róisín Shortall: 1489. To ask the Minister for Health if he is giving consideration to extending the national counselling service along with the provision of the necessary extra resources in order to provide therapeutic support for the large number of the grieving families who have lost loved ones in difficult circumstances in nursing homes as a result of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Citizens' Assembly (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 1490. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the date for commencement for the citizens’ assembly on drugs which the Government has committed to holding in 2022. [63398/21]

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

Róisín Shortall: 1534. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 10 November 2021, if it will be open to the public and stakeholders to feed into the review of the existing provision of prosthetic services across the country which is being led by the Community Operations division of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63509/21]