Results 19,921-19,940 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 162. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for podiatry, by CHO, and age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [34650/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (29 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 163. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for community psychology services, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [34651/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (29 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 164. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for counselling services, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [34652/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (29 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 165. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [34653/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for dietetics, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [34654/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 167. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on an acute hospital waiting lists, by age category, hospital, speciality and time waiting, in tabular form. [34655/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (29 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 192. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop an outpatient national advocacy service for mental health; the estimated cost of establishing an outpatient national advocacy service for mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34803/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (29 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 193. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the cost of funding the existing levels of service in mental health provision in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34804/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (29 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 194. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the funding and breakdown of funding for mental health in the two streams of mental health and the National Office for Suicide Prevention; the amounts of existing levels of service and additional funding in each of the years from 2019 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34805/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 195. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to review the interim model of care for long-Covid in view of the significant evidence of neurological and psychological complications associated with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34807/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 196. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to treat long-Covid in the community; the role primary care centres will have, if any, in the interim model of care for long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34808/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 197. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that grade IV staff employed by a company (details supplied) in the data processing department of the contact management programme are being retained while employees on an equivalent pay scale in the contract tracing department are not being retained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34809/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 198. To ask the Minister for Health if the contract tracing department in the contact management programme will be reduced to 132 employees at grade III and 9 at grade IV; if grade III vacancies will be filled through an open recruitment campaign or from the existing staff pool in the programme; if experience in contact tracing will be a requirement for these positions; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 199. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that has been provided to the HSE contact management programme since it was established; the breakdown of moneys spent on staff, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34811/22]

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome this Bill and it is good the Government is abolishing the inpatient charge for children under 16 and that parents will no longer have that as an additional worry when their child gets sick and has to be admitted to the hospital. The Minister made the point that it will ease the financial burden on parents and ensure that cost is not a significant consideration for families when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: It is certainly very encouraging to see stuff committed to paper. The documentation provided by the witnesses is very good. The challenge is translating that into actions and delivering. I very much welcome the fact that Mr. Woods with all his experience and his seniority has been appointed to head up the regional health area implementation body. Who else is involved? What kind of team...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I cannot see any timelines at all in the documentation. When will the HSE be in a position to set down clear timelines for the different elements of the implementation of the RHAs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I would like to go back to Mr. Reid or Mr. Watt on the key principles underlying this approach. Clearly, the objective is to have integrated care but we know that traditionally, the hospital sector has had all of the muscle and the lion's share of funding. There would be a downside for the hospitals if this is to be implemented in full. How is the HSE handling that from the point of view of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Is there full commitment within the system on the principle of a single management team and a single budget within each RHA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Is Mr. Reid saying that those two principles of the single management team and the single budget are non-negotiable?