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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is giving consideration to DEIS proposals (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23326/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 250. To ask the Minister for Health if the Mater Misericordia University Hospital, Dublin 7, has or intends to close any old buildings on site; if so, the total loss of beds which this would entail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23621/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 251. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the rate of €28.50 per hour that has reportedly been offered for homecare services under a prospective new authorisation scheme is sufficient to implement all of the recommendations of the cross-departmental Strategic Workforce Advisory Group; if the HSE had sought a higher hourly rate from his Department; if so, the reason this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Everyone is very welcome. I thank the witnesses for their ongoing work and their advocacy. I will have to leave in about 45 minutes also. There is health business to be dealt with in the Dáil, but I will be back afterwards. I hope the witnesses will excuse us for having to leave. The battle is usually for a strategy, but the witnesses have the strategy and there does not seem to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Was that due to Covid-19 or was there another reason for it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Pardon the pun, but it seems like no-brainer to implement this strategy, and-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: It is solely staff costs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: What number of staff are we talking about in total, to staff all of the nine teams? Do we know?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Do the recommended staffing numbers on each team reflect the population size within the CHOs? Is the overall number adjusted for population size?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I am just probing about the actual detail of this because of the fact that Mr. Bernard Gloster is coming before this committee shortly and I want to be very clear about what is required.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: In the CHOs where funding has been allocated but there has been no recruitment yet, what is the reason for that at this stage, given that we are almost halfway through the year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Sorry, did Ms Rogers say a governance model?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Can Ms Rogers explain the situation with regard to the specialist nurses. How do they tie in with the teams?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The Neurological Alliance of Ireland represents 30 neurological charities. Is it the alliance's view that if the strategy was fully implemented, the teams would be able to provide services for patients across those 30 different neurological conditions? Are we talking about a single model or single team to address all community neurorehabilitation issues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Dr. Pender raised the issue of cost there. Clearly, an acquired brain injury or a neurological condition has a huge personal cost for the individual and his or her family. It is a rights issue at the end of the day, or it should be. It also has a huge cost for society and our economy. Has any cost-benefit analysis been done in this country or in a comparable country that we would quote?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Sorry, what percentage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Access to Community Neurological Rehabilitation Teams: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Is that taking account of all costs across the board?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (16 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a disability payment for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23166/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (16 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 554. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his intention in relation to extending parental leave up to the age of 16 years for children, for all parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22429/23]