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Investment in Healthcare: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I asked yesterday.

Investment in Healthcare: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. The Taoiseach was asked and he completely ignored this request. If we are to have accountability to the Dáil, which Ministers are provided to provide, then we need to have questions and answers. As I said, I do not know what the purpose of this session is. The whole issue of the underfunding of health, of course, actually started last year. The allocation made in budget...

Investment in Healthcare: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Excuse me, sorry, I did mention a person. I am talking about a mindset that has been in the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, and has continued to be there for some time.

Investment in Healthcare: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. I will just say that a key element of the responsibility of a Secretary General is to secure adequate funding for what his or her Department requires. I am saying that there is a mindset in the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, which has been there and continues to be there, that does not understand the principle of fully-funded public...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (19 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 331. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to conduct a cost benefit analysis into subsidising essential asthma medications which are excluded from the long-term illness scheme as a means of reducing unscheduled asthma-related GP, ED visits and hospital admissions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45896/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 332. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the primary role and responsibilities of the National Director for Mental Health before this post was discontinued; the date this role was discontinued; to clarify which individuals in the HSE have assumed the roles and responsibilities previously held by the National Director for Mental Health; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 333. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the role of National Director for Mental Health within the HSE was discontinued; if, in light of the Mental Health Commission’s call for its reinstatement, if he will agree to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45899/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (19 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 334. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies in each of the 75 CAMHS teams, by post, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45900/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (19 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 335. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to enhance the co-ordination and governance of community-based child and youth mental health services and establish a more cohesive and effective continuum of care, particularly given the number of HSE-funded service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45901/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (19 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 336. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the names and budgets of organisations funded by the HSE to deliver child and youth mental health services in each of the nine CHOs, in tabular form. [45902/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (19 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 337. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for each CAMHS unit and the number of patients that have been waiting for over 6, 12, 18 and 24 months, in tabular form. [45903/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (19 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 338. To ask the Minister for Health the rates for acceptance on the first referral for each CAMHS unit, in tabular form. [45904/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (19 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 339. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the progress of the working group responsible for the roll-out of Health link and the relevant ICT software in CAMHS units; the expected timeline for implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45905/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (19 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 340. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the recommendation from the final report on the provision of child and adolescent mental health services in the State by a person (details supplied) for the Mental Health Commission to extend its regulatory remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45906/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (19 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 341. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the review of North Kerry CAMHS, including information on the scope of the review, areas or periods it may exclude; the expected timeline for its completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45907/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2024 (19 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 342. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of his plans for the €100 million allocated to new measures in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45909/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (19 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 343. To ask the Minister for Health further to the allocation of €40 million to expedite the roll-out of the integrated financial management system, the timeline he is working towards; to provide a detailed breakdown of how he intends to spend this allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45910/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2024 (19 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 344. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to digital health in Budget 2024; to provide a detailed breakdown of his plans for this allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45911/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2024 (19 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 345. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided for implementation of the Nurse Safe Staffing Framework in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45912/23]

Trends in Mortality and Estimates of Excess Mortality: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: From the outset, I have to say that I wonder about the motivation behind this debate. I also want to note that some of the people who were loudest in calling for this debate are not present in the Chamber for it at this point. One only has to do a cursory search of excess deaths on social media to find any number of conspiracy theories and anti-vaccine content. I am not by any means saying...