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Select Committee on Health: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Hopefully, everybody can reflect on this and consider the value of having a specific report on the operation of this aspect of the legislation. That is essentially about getting numbers. Those numbers should certainly be available within a 12-month period. There is obviously a case for having a wider review. Two years is probably reasonable for that. I ask the Minister to consider having...

Health Service Funding: Motion [Private Members] (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: At the outset, I want to say that last week when we were debating this issue, the reportage concerned me a bit. There was reportage in The Irish Timesthat I was first being charitable to the Minister for Health and then that I was not actually being charitable but was being uncharitable to him.

Health Service Funding: Motion [Private Members] (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The fact of the matter is that I was not being either; nor was I trying to be either.

Health Service Funding: Motion [Private Members] (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: It is quite infuriating when debates are reduced to the level of personality clashes or something from the past. It is quite annoying. The point I was making, and I thought I had made it quite strongly, was that the Minister is not the only person responsible for the health budget, that the health budget and its adequacy is the responsibility of the entire Government, from the Taoiseach...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Finance (No. 2) Bill and discuss some of the tax changes provided for in budget 2024. It is now three weeks to the day since the budget was announced and, in that time, it has become even more obvious just how short of ambition this Government actually is. Budget 2024 is basically the same...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to respond to data in respect of housing adaptation grant waiting lists compiled by an organisation (details supplied); if, in his view, the €75 million allocated to housing adaption in Budget 2024 will be sufficient to clear existing waiting lists and meet projected demand for next year; the steps he is taking to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the overdue review of the housing adaptation grants; the date on which this review will be published; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46161/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 524. To ask the Minister for Health to provide further details in relation to the HSE recruitment freeze announced following the Budget 2024 allocation for his Department; the expected end date of the recruitment freeze; the roles and disciplines impacted; if the recruitment freeze applies to all services funded under Section 38 and Section 39, respectively; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 552. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to make provision for a range of different models of general practice; if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of GPs in relation to the determination by the Tax Appeals Commission regarding GMS income (details supplied); if he intends to examine the GMS contract in view of this clarification of the legal and administrative position;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 614. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the establishment of the HSE's Implementation Group to deliver on the operational recommendations in the Independent Review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 (details supplied); the members of this group; if terms of reference are in place; whether a copy can be made available to the public; the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 615. To ask the Minister for Health the engagements he has had with a person (details supplied) in relation to the recommendations in their extensive Independent Review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; if any future engagements are planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46671/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I wish everyone a good morning. I will begin by clarifying a couple of things that have been said since the budget allocation. On the recruitment pause, will Mr. Gloster clarify the implications of the budget and what the HSE is doing this year with respect to the non-consultant hospital doctors, NCHDs, and home helps?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I am sorry. How many additional?