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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 186. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the appeal of the decision to exclude certain workers in an organisation (details supplied) from the Covid recognition payment; if officials from his Department or the HSE are dealing with this appeal; his views on the exclusion of these workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 198. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to extend the special scheme of paid leave for healthcare workers suffering from long Covid given that it is due to end on 30 June 2023; the timeline his Department is working towards in concluding its examination of options in that regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25094/23]

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

Róisín Shortall: 199. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 610 of 16 May 2022, the date on which the sign-off form and further information will be available to healthcare assistants working in Ireland under the general employment permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25095/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 211. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the appeal of the decision to exclude certain workers in an organisation (details supplied) from the Covid recognition payment; if officials from his Department or the HSE are dealing with this appeal; his views on the exclusion of these workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25183/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (24 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 242. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1586 of 18 April 2023, if he can provide any further information as to the date on which he expects to expand eligibility for GP-visit cards to people who earn the median household income or less; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25320/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (23 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome the opportunity to speak about some of the underlying reasons for the stubbornly long hospital waiting lists and I thank Sinn Féin for bringing this motion forward. Reading through this motion should be a sobering experience, but the reality is we have become so accustomed to unacceptably long waiting lists with unambitious targets and missed deadlines that we are no longer...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Process (23 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 226. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected net effect of carryover measures for Budget 2024 as a result of Budget 2023 measures; the way in which it is accounted for in the budgetary stance projections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24112/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (23 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 227. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected revenue yield from an increase in excise on diesel of five cents per litre; the expected cost of using the diesel rebate scheme to offset such an increase for commercial transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24113/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (18 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the RSA issues guidelines to driving schools in order for driving instructors to be respectful and mindful of residents living in the area in which driving lessons are taking place; if the RSA has an established procedure for dealing with complaints from residents relating to the conduct of driving instructors in an area; if such a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (18 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 420. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline he is working towards for providing enhanced medical cards to mother-and-baby-home survivors; if this will be commenced immediately after the legislation is signed into law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23803/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Correspondence (18 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 424. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to correspondence (details supplied); the action he is taking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23968/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 455. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he was aware of this issue with professional services witholding tax faced by GPs working for an organisation; the steps he is taking to rectify the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23804/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (18 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 469. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the primary care centre for Finglas, Dublin 11; the status of stage one preliminary design; if the legal process to transfer the land has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23936/23]

Targeted Investment in the Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 1: To insert the following after "replace paper-based health records without further delay": "further calls on the Government to accelerate the development of elective hospitals in Cork, Dublin and Galway; make provision for salaried GPs to strengthen out of hours services; and complete and publish the Regional Health Areas Implementation Plan". I want to talk...

Targeted Investment in the Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I very much welcome the opportunity to speak on this very important motion and thank the Independent Group for bringing it forward. The motion is very wide ranging, from nursing homes to electronic health records, and it reflects the scale of the challenges we face in relation to serious problems within the health service. At present, our health service is disjointed and operating in silos....

Targeted Investment in the Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: What we are seeing is the widespread monetisation of the care of older people. Is the Minister of State going to do anything about this? Her colleagues in government have been promoting this privatised, outsourced model, for many years but when we were in the throes of Covid-19, we saw all of the difficulties that arose as a result of the large-scale nursing homes that so many of our elder...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 44. To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of a recent media report (details supplied), if he accepts that the 22 reports referred to, which the administrators gave to the court, should be publicly available; if these documents are in the possession of his Department; if so will he make them available; if they are not, if he will take steps to require the court to make copies publicly...