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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: At CEO level in the HSE, is any action being taken?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Yes. Okay. We hear about apologies and about people being thanked but we never find out who was responsible for causing this situation to occur and what action was taken on foot of the concerns raised by the whistleblower. That is what we need to hear. It is not that something went wrong because things go wrong all the time, it is how people responded to things going wrong. What are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Where is the legal accountability there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: How far is that delegated down?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Does that include removal from employment in situations where an individual is found not to have performed adequately?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Ms O'Connor will also be aware that Sláintecare recommends -----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: ----- legislation for accountability.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: May I ask one last question, Chair?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: It is a straightforward question. The Maskey review tells us that in 2020 the doctor at the centre of this was recommended for other jobs even though there were concerns about him. Is that the case? Who would have recommended that doctor for other jobs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Thank you.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the excise measures to cut fuel prices he announced last night. I welcome those measures but I want to ask him about his intentions with regard to some other measures that have recently been discussed. Cutting 15 or 20 cent off the price of a litre of diesel or petrol will really only bring us back to where we were two weeks ago with regard to prices....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: We know the Cabinet was given stark warnings last night about the risks to our economy as a result of Putin's invasion of Ukraine. These included the possibility that household gas and electricity might need to be rationed, that public transport services might be cut and that food prices could rocket even further. How likely is the prospect of gas and electricity being rationed? Is this...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (8 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); his engagements with Transport Infrastructure Ireland on this issue; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12695/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (8 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if persons aged 70 years of age or over are still entitled to renew their driving licence free of charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13086/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation of the approximately 1,100 additional special needs assistants allocated in the current school year by county in tabular form; and if a further breakdown will be provided by postal district for the Dublin area. [13112/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific procedures entailed in the appeal process in respect of special needs assistant exceptional review applications for this scheme; if that entails direct communication with the school concerned; if there is additional information requested and the criteria which determine decisions in this regard; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (8 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position for those covered by the free travel scheme when their free travel cards expire; if a grace period of three to four months can be allowed in order that they can get their free travel cards renewed given that many free travel cards may not have been renewed in a timely manner due to the Covid-19 restrictions;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 490. To ask the Minister for Health when a vacancy will be filled for a service (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12402/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 491. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement the agreed National Model of Care for Children with Diabetes recommendations 2016 at Children's Health Ireland, Temple Street specifically with regard to the multidisciplinary team staffing shortages in the areas of specialist nursing, dietetics, psychology and consultant physicians; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 564. To ask the Minister for Health if the Therapeutics Advisory Group is reviewing a product (details supplied); if he expects this monoclonal antibody treatment to be added to the agreed list of novel therapeutics; the stocks that have been purchased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12687/22]