Results 19,121-19,140 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Does the Minister of State remember that during the Second Stage debate that I raised the question of the delegation of functions?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Unless particular specified functions are delegated to a Minister of State, then legal responsibility remains with the senior Minister. I do not want us to find ourselves in a situation whereby in the case of something that happened six months ago and which ultimately and legally was the responsibility of the Minister for Health and, potentially, senior officials and the Secretary General in...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: An order was signed when the Minister of State initially took up her role.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I am concerned about this line being drawn and it not being possible to establish accountability. As I say, it is ultimately up to the senior Minister and the officials. There is a long tail to many things that have gone in the area of health. I am not really happy about this section.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: May I make a final point on this? The language in this section is quite convoluted. It is open to a different interpretation from that provided by Mr. McGreal. It allows that a function of the Minister for Health under the principal Act to be deemed to have been validly performed by the Minister after the commencement of this section. I am not happy to support this section today. I will...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: This section appoints the Taoiseach as referee where there is a disagreement between Ministers. How can the Taoiseach arbitrate on what, in some cases, will be a question of law?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I hope the Taoiseach will be very supportive of the Minister of State in other areas, such as getting a good allocation of resources at budget time and that kind of thing.

Health Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I commend Deputy Cullinane on the motion he has brought before the House. It is certainly comprehensive. It puts in context the scale of the problems that we are dealing with in our health service. It describes those problems well. The Minister described the problems well also. The difference, of course, is that the Minister is in a position to do something about them. Much of the time...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures (1 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 274. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the appropriate reporting channels for protected disclosures related to political parties; if no such provision exists, the steps he is taking to address this matter in the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022; if the proposed office of protected disclosures would be the relevant reporting authority for such protected...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (1 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 641. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters regarding a service (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10928/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (1 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 642. To ask the Minister for Health the role of an organisation (details supplied) in the provision of mental health services for public patients; the oversight in place for the service; the amount paid by the State to the service in each year for the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10929/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (1 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 644. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans for a nationwide audit of child and adolescent mental health services; if independent oversight arrangements have been agreed; the current timeline he is working towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10936/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 680. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to continue the practice of remote telemedicine consultations in respect of abortions; if so, the steps he is taking to reach an agreement with service providers to ensure that this new model does not temporarily lapse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11137/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (1 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 687. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to expanding the nationwide audit of CAMHS to include adult mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11151/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (1 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 735. To ask the Minister for Health if the position regarding the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 which is due to expire in March 2022 if he intends to propose an extension to the emergency legislation; if he is considering a broad review of the type of powers and decision-making structures that should be retained for future health emergencies; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (1 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 751. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 601 of 9 November 2021, if he has given further consideration to the need for an additional 100 neurology nurse specialists across Ireland, which includes eight additional nurses for the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11513/22]

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: It does.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Will the Minister of State clarify what her existing delegated functions are? I am not just asking whether the Minister for Health is happy to leave the area of disabilities to her but whether she has legally delegated functions in the Department of Health.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (1 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 783. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to provide a primary care centre for an area (details supplied); the timescale involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11674/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (1 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 784. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to provide primary care centres for an area (details supplied); the timescales involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11675/22]