Results 18,841-18,860 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

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

Róisín Shortall: 1558. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to give approval to the funding application by a hospital (details supplied) given the unacceptably long waiting lists for orthopaedic and paediatric services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63597/21]

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

Róisín Shortall: 1692. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment for urgent orthopaedic surgery. [1336/22]

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

Róisín Shortall: 1703. To ask the Minister for Health the membership of the recently established waiting list taskforce; and if a copy of its terms of reference will be provided. [1365/22]

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

Róisín Shortall: 1760. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the agreement in place between the HSE and private hospitals in respect of access to capacity in private facilities; the number of private hospitals partaking in the agreement; if all participating private hospitals are signed up to equivalent terms; the cost per private bed; if a cost is incurred on unused additional capacity; and if he...

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

Róisín Shortall: 1917. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to establish a special joint Oireachtas committee on international surrogacy; if he has brought the proposal to Cabinet; the timescale he is working towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2460/22]

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

Róisín Shortall: 1918. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to publish the assisted human reproduction Bill ahead of the proposed special Oireachtas committee on international surrogacy completing its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2461/22]

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

Róisín Shortall: 1865. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale and reason persons who are booked in for respite care and who are fully vaccinated including a booster are being told that they must provide proof of a negative PCR test result before they attend for their respite care in the respite care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2140/22]

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

Róisín Shortall: 1866. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the protection of liberty safeguards Bill; the legislative timeline for same; if it will be commenced before full commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2141/22]

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

Róisín Shortall: 1923. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for removing a nursing representative group (details supplied) from the National Oversight Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2467/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 1920. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for homecare packages; the number of persons experiencing delayed discharge from hospital due to a delay accessing homecare; and the waiting lists for homecare packages by CHO and LHO in tabular form. [2463/22]

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

Róisín Shortall: 1921. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to change the HSE model for commissioning homecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2464/22]

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

Róisín Shortall: 1922. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to introduce a statutory right to homecare as committed to in the Programme for Government; the timescale he is working towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2465/22]

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

Róisín Shortall: 1941. To ask the Minister for Health the position for persons who suffered an adverse reaction to their first Covid-19 vaccination dose and who needed hospital treatment as a result; if such persons who have medical evidence, for example, from a consultant neurologist, recommending against taking a second vaccination dose will have provision made to allow attendance in a premises and or venue...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Substance Misuse (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 2034. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current position further to a statement (details supplied) regarding drugs task forces. [63399/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: The report into the south Kerry child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS, is truly shocking. It is very distressing for all of the families concerned. These parents did the right thing and went to south Kerry CAMHS to get professional help for their children. Some waited up to two years to access that service. Instead of helping their children, the service actually harmed them....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Some of the 35 recommendations included in the report raise fundamental questions about whether the service is actually hopelessly deficient. The whistleblower here, Dr. Ankur Sharma, was a locum consultant psychiatrist appointed in 2020. He has now resigned from the HSE because he said he received no support and was sidelined after he blew the whistle. Again, serious questions are being...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: What about the whistleblower?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: How many?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Will the Taoiseach tell us how many?

Youth Mental Health: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: From almost two years, our lives have been on pause. We have all been in a kind of limbo and it has been exceptionally difficult. However, for children and young people, this pause has had an especially profound effect. While milestones were missed and the freedom to play and socialise was severely curbed, the crisis in youth mental health accelerated. In fact, it is now at a serious...