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Written Answers — Department of Health: Qualifications Recognition (16 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 610. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 26 April 2023, if nursing degrees obtained in India will meet the criteria for renewal of the general employment permit for healthcare assistants, given that the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland accepts these degrees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22430/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Qualifications Recognition (16 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 611. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1769 of 18 April 2023, the date on which the nursing and midwifery policy unit will meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss concerns regarding the overseas aptitude test for general nursing; if he will attend this meeting or meet with the organisation separately; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (16 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 663. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds to population in each hospital, by bed type, in tabular form. [22753/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (16 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 664. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding the drafting of legislation for the GP card for children under seven years, as provided for in budget 2023; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22754/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (16 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 665. To ask the Minister for Health if he agrees that there is a need to introduce salaried GPs in view of the interest in medical graduates in working in this way and as a means of urgently addressing the serious shortage of GPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22755/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (16 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 736. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 30 March 2023, if discussions between his Department and the HSE regarding funding for trainee counselling psychologists have concluded; the timeline he is working towards for announcing the details for the 2023/2024 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23257/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Home Care Packages (11 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I reiterate that there is a real crisis in relation to getting sufficient staff to provide what is a critical social care service. Those difficulties were recognised in the strategic workforce plan. There were 16 recommendations made, principally in relation to pay and conditions. The plan recommended a living wage and paying people for their travel time which, incredibly, is not in place...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Home Care Packages (11 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 4. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the engagements he has had with the Department of Health and the HSE in relation to funding proposals for the new HSE Home Support Tender 2023; if additional funding has been requested from his Department to implement the recommendations of the Report of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Health Care...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Home Care Packages (11 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The issue I raise concerns home care and staffing in nursing homes. We can only describe this as a crisis that exists in particular in regard to home care, where there are very long waiting lists and it is largely due to very poor terms and conditions for staff working in this important area. The funding of the package to improve conditions seems to be lying with the Department of Public...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Home Care Packages (11 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I do not think the Minister of State can absolve the Department of all responsibility in this regard. There is a funding requirement involved in this. While I am not sure if the Minister of State is aware of it, at the moment there are 6,500 older people on waiting lists for home care. They have been approved for it, and it is difficult enough to get approval for it, but they are on a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Cost of Living Issues (11 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific measures his Department is taking to ensure better value for money on public expenditure; the steps he is taking to ensure that his Department is not contributing to inflation and the cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22302/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (11 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 267. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the role of a firm (details supplied) in the new home care tender process and the services provided, in view of the fact that this is not a competitive process; the purpose of this firm's detailed examination of some service providers accounts; how that examination influenced the offer made to the sector on 19 April 2023; if the firm...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (11 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 268. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an offer (details supplied) to home care providers as part of the new home care tender process was withdrawn; the reason this offer was so far below the price per hour required to implement the recommendations of the Report of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Health Care Assistants; and if he will make a...

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (10 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I will make one brief point. This proposal has been with the Department since October 2021. We have had plenty of time to consider it and the Minister has had plenty of time to bring forward his own amendment. I am pressing the amendment because it is a very important issue.

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (10 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Why would the Minister think that?

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (10 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I am sorry for interrupting, but I remind the Chair there is very little time left. The debate is time limited.

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (10 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: We are up against the clock.

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (10 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Respectfully, we are all operating to the time limits.

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (10 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I did not want to divide the House on this issue because it is such a reasonable request from the Irish Dental Association. It is a no-brainer. This is an appeal for mandatory continuous professional development, which will raise standards and ensure enhanced patient safety. It would come at no cost to the State. I thought the Minister would accept the amendment because it is so...