Results 19,501-19,520 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 1688. To ask the Minister for Health if front-line section 39 homelessness healthcare workers will be included in the Covid-19 pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20618/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 1689. To ask the Minister for Health the status of consultations between his Department, the HSE and health sector trade unions regarding the Covid-19 pandemic bonus payment; when he expects the details of this payment, including the full eligibility criteria, to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20619/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ukraine War (26 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 1811. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to proposals for the appropriate refurbishment of a former health facility (details supplied) in Dublin 4 for Ukrainian refugees; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a significant amount has been pledged for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21102/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (26 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 1814. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 564 of 8 March 2022, the status of a review of a product (details supplied); if approved, the stocks that have been purchased and the expected delivery date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21109/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Irish Blood Transfusion Service (26 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 1815. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the delay in implementing an individualised risk assessment for blood donation, particularly in view of recently imported bulk consignments of blood from the UK where gay men, bisexual men, transgender men and men who have sex with men can donate more freely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21110/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (26 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 1816. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the proposed lots for the upcoming home care tender, which will be based on volume as opposed to community healthcare organisations; when providers can expect to receive the details of these lots; the reason for this change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21111/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (26 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 1817. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss changes to the home care tender and its potential impact on not-for-profit and community home care providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21112/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 1818. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to address the concerns of non-consultant hospital doctors; the engagements that he has had with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to its ballot for industrial action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21114/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 1819. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet representatives of the RCSI hospital doctor retention and motivation project, which has researched doctor retention and working conditions in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21115/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (26 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 1820. To ask the Minister for Health the role of an organisation (details supplied) in the provision of disability services for public patients; the oversight in place for the service; the amount paid by the State to the service in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21116/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I warmly welcome both groups here this morning. I thank them for their submissions and for their ongoing work over so many years. In their submissions and comments here this morning, both groups make a really compelling case for the review to include recommendations on the legislation itself, as opposed to the operation of the Act. We had this debate with the Minister some months ago but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Is there a correlation, or has one been identified, between the lack of services in the local maternity hospital and GPs not providing services?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Sure, but Dublin obviously has a very large population, a lot of GPs and a lot of hospitals. I am just wondering if, in the regions, there is a clear correlation between the maternity hospital not providing services and the GPs in the catchment area also not providing services?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. Dr. Henchion spoke in very compelling detail about the impact of the time limits, both the 12-week gestational period and the three-day waiting time. Does she have data showing the number of people who have had to travel as a result of both of those time limits?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: An issue I wish to put to both witnesses which is central to what we are talking about today is the new maternity hospital and the likely services that will be provided there. I think most of us would argue that the type of services to be provided should be explicitly set out in any agreement. We know however that in recent weeks the HSE has come up with a form of words to describe the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Róisín Shortall: That is obviously where the issue of governance comes up and why that is so important. I drew the witnesses' attention to that form of wording, so that they may pursue that separately with the Minister for Health.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Definitely not.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (4 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that NAMA sold off 54 apartments in Finglas, Dublin 11, to an investment fund instead of, for example selling them as affordable housing for first time buyers (details supplied); if the money recouped by NAMA will go towards the provision of affordable housing in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21981/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (4 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 144. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that first-time buyers of non-newly built homes are debarred from the help to buy scheme; if he is considering amending the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21985/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (4 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 335. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1068 of 26 April 2022, to the Minister for Social Protection, the current position regarding the necessary legislation which will give effect to the increase in parent's leave to seven weeks from July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21992/22]