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Planning and Development (Ministerial Guidelines) Bill 2022: First Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (31 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if further consideration will be given to a case of a leaving certificate student (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28161/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (31 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a disability payment for a person (details supplied) in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27620/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Investigations (31 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 649. To ask the Minister for Health if a new group has been formed to investigate maternal deaths; if a person (details supplied) is leading this investigation; the timeline being worked towards; its budget; its membership; to whom it reports; if this proposal has been before the Houses of the Oireachtas or the Cabinet for approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27331/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (31 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 650. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the closure of 11 beds in a unit (details supplied); the steps he is taking to re-open them in view of the growing crisis in the provision of child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, nationally; when he expects them to re-open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27332/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (31 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 651. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address recruitment and retention issues in CAMHS; if he will provide a breakdown of all vacancies with details of the teams involved; if he will provide an update on the implementation of the Sharing the Vision recommendations, particularly in respect of staffing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27333/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (31 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 753. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 751 of 1 March and 430 of 31 March 2022, the consideration that his Department has given to the Health Service Executive funding request for an additional 100 neurology nurse specialists; the timescale for approval of these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27939/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cost of Living Issues (1 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if steps are being taken to ensure that persons on low fixed incomes can access essential communication services such as mobile phone and internet given the sharp increase in the costs of living and to ensure that they can fully participate in the economy and society. [28296/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (1 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is giving active consideration to allowing a pension increase for CIÉ pensioners who have been denied their pro-rata cost of living increases since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28531/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2022 (1 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated net effect of carry-over measures for 2023 resulting from Budget 2022 measures; the way in which this is accounted for in the budgetary-stance projections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28292/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (1 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue yield from an increase in excise on diesel of five cents per litre; the estimated cost of using the diesel rebate scheme to offset such an increase for commercial transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28293/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when passports will issue for children (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28291/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (1 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the disability allowance payment given the sharp increase in the cost of living and in particular given that many persons with disabilities face additional costs to cover daily essentials; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28294/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (1 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to re-introduce the diet supplement payment given the sharp increase in the cost of living and in particular given that many persons with particular medically certified dietary needs for example diabetic and gluten-free diets face additional costs to cover daily essentials and prevent malnutrition; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cost of Living Issues (1 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that she is taking to protect pensioners against the sharp increases in the cost of living;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28530/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (1 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 212. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that funding to mainstream, the headache pathway and the active neuro projects under the Sláintecare Integration Fund confirmed in November 2021 has not yet been released; if his attention has been drawn to the significant challenge in retaining and recruiting the specialist staff needed to deliver these initiatives in view of this delay;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (2 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 396. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the severe shortage of pharmacists and the difficulty in sourcing locums; the reason for this situation; the steps that are being taken to address the matter, including increasing the number of training places available. [28736/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 397. To ask the Minister for Health the precise workforce planning that is being undertaken and the liaison with other Departments in order to ensure an adequate number of training places to cater for future projected need, in view of the shortage of suitably qualified healthcare staff across all disciplines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28737/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (26 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Deputy Cairns sends her apologies. She regrets that she is not in a position to attend today. That is why I am substituting for her. I thank our guests for their presentations and for their attendance here today. It is hard for me, like others, to listen to the first-hand testimonies they are providing. It is so much harder for them, looking after their children and providing support...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (26 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Ethically, they are failing their patients. Presumably, that creates major ethical issues for the individual therapists. It is one of the main drivers then, if therapists or anybody working in the health service feels that they are failing their clients or patients.