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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 1942. To ask the Minister for Health the number of locum consultants currently working in CAMHS services by CHO in tabular form; the total amount paid to locum consultants in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30998/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (15 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 162. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the implementation of the action plan to support the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019-2022, in particular the actions related to hate crime in view of the recent rise in homophobic and transphobic attacks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31182/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 222. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of antiviral and monoclonal antibody treatments which have been ordered to date; the number that have been delivered; the schedule for delivery for the remaining; the number that have been used to treat Covid-19 patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31183/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 223. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to increase orders for antiviral and monoclonal antibody treatments in view of recent reports that the number of Covid-19 deaths per million people in Ireland is currently the highest in Europe and the seventh highest in the world; if he intends to make antivirals more widely available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31184/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 226. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated timeline for the introduction of a statutory right to homecare, as outlined in the Programme for Government; the current status of the legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31199/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (15 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 231. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the introduction of the homecare-based policies in Sláintecare; if these policies will be supported by the HSE’s process of tendering for service provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31337/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 232. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the newly established HSE Obstetric Event Support Team given the statutory role of HIQA to investigate, monitor and institute compliance across the entirety of the health service, including all aspects of the maternity services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31338/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 233. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the recruitment processes used to appoint all members of the HSE Obstetric Event Support Team; the remuneration associated with these posts; the means by which, under the HSE’s Code of Practice: Appointment to Positions in the Civil Service and Public Service, the selection and appointment process ensured that it did not advantage...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (16 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that he is taking to ensure that vulnerable customers are assisted in switching banks, following the issuing of closure notices by banks (details supplied); if he has engaged with the remaining banks to ensure that appointments will be made available; if his attention has been drawn to reports that some banks are only providing appointments to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (16 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to introduce more targeted measures to support lower and middle-income families in response to the annual rate of inflation rising to 7.8% in May 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31179/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the overpayment of rent at a location (details supplied); the contacts that his officials have had with the landlord since November 2021; if any solutions have been identified; and when he expects to recoup this overpayment. [31177/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Airport Authority (16 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that he is taking to secure the future of a club (details supplied); the steps that he is taking to engage with the club, the Dublin Airport Authority and Fingal County Council to ensure that the club will remain open for the future use of the airport, north side, the wider community and clubs and associations; and if he will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Chair and thank our guests for the presentation. I have a couple of questions for Dr. O'Carroll, if that is all right. One of the recommendations is to include properly resourced GPs who can treat hepatitis C among any community-based population. What would it entail, in Dr. O'Carroll's experience, to resource GPs properly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Does that entail a GP being linked in to a clinic in a hospital, going on Dr. O'Carroll's experience which has been successful with that cohort of patients? In the general run of GPs, are there steps that can be taken to create a better awareness among GPs and stress the importance of testing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: In relation to blood testing generally, is there any experience internationally of standard blood tests which would include hepatitis C testing across the general population or is it just the case that high-risk groups would be tested?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Is there any cost factor involved where a standard battery of tests might be used for particular groups, for example, in cases where there is a suspicion of drug use in a young person? Is there a substantial additional cost in testing for hepatitis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Does Dr. O'Carroll see any case for testing the population generally in the run of the regular battery of blood tests?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I thank our guests for the presentation. I am interested in recommendation 3, which is "Unblock existing policy barriers, and set policy to enable elimination". How is policy being set at the moment? I am not clear about the governance structure for the treatment of hepatitis. Our guests might speak about that for a few minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I appreciate what Mr. Keane was saying there-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: -----and the case he made makes absolute sense. If there is a governance structure around the programme, and the partnership has set out the three levels, why have these barriers not been removed? Whose responsibility is it to ensure the service meets the clients' needs and that these things are changed and updated?