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Select Committee on Health: Business of Select Committee (21 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Okay, but there should have been a message.

Select Committee on Health: Business of Select Committee (21 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Many of us have to.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I very much welcome this legislation, and as I indicated on Second Stage, I will fully support it. It can only bring huge improvements and we all hope for that, and a very significant increase in the number of organs donated and lives saved as a result. I welcome the fact the Minister said his officials will meet the Irish Kidney Association. I support the proposal to have a technical...

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: If there are good proposals for amendments, I am sure the Minister will take them on board.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: That is good. I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 5: In page 24, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: “Report on adequacy of infrastructure and resources to support organ donation 17. The Minister shall, within one year of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas examining the adequacy of the infrastructure and resources required to support organ donation,...

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome what ODTI is being asked to do. I am sure that report should be very useful. What I am looking for is something quite different. The ODTI presumably will set out targets. We are great at setting targets for various things in this country, particularly in the area of health, but we are not so good at reaching or meeting those targets. What I want is a report 12 months after this...

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Where will be saying that?

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I am sure we will all be asking but would it not be much better if there was a requirement for a report on the adequacy to be laid before the Houses? That is the point I am making.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Who will be asking whether we have met those targets?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (20 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grant funding provided to each of the four Dublin local authorities for road maintenance in each of the past ten years to date; how this compares with the funding requested; the measures in place to ensure the funding is drawn down and spent by the local authorities on road maintenance works; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (20 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 253. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence regarding mortgage protection (details supplied); if the person applying for mortgage protection in this case may be facing discrimination on health grounds; if his Department will issue any additional guidance in relation to the rights of the person in this case; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Strategies (20 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date on which the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People Implementation Plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29657/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (20 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 421. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in publishing the Review of the Reasonable Accommodation Fund; the timeline he is working towards for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29661/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (20 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 528. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of assessment of need applications received by CHO in each of the last five years, in tabular form. [29491/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (20 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 529. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if children referred to children's disability network teams by a GP, public health nurse or other health official are automatically added to the assessments of need waiting list as covered by the Disability Act 2005; if not, if they are added to a separate list that is not covered by the Act; where a separate...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (20 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 539. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date at which the Disability Capacity Review Action Plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29656/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (20 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 540. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline he is working towards for publication of the Roadmap for Progressing Disability Services which was said to be in development in June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29658/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (20 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 541. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline he is working towards for publication of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) Implementation Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29659/23]