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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (3 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 481. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 403 and 404 of 8 February 2023, how certain titles came to be used in two CHOs (details supplied); the means by which these titles were conferred and by whom, given they are not recognised as being currently in use by the HSE's national HR office; if these individuals should refrain from using these titles, given they...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (27 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 19 April 2023, if additional student funding supports, separate to those already announced for trainee educational psychologists, will be considered as part of the interim recommendations of the working group; the exact timeline she is working towards; the estimated date for completion of the final...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (26 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 178. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide additional capacity in public nursing homes; the number of additional public nursing home beds that have been provided in each of the past five years; if there are plans to develop new public nursing homes; if so, the location of these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19877/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (26 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 179. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1768 of 18 April 2023, the engagements he has had with employers in relation to the 'sign-off' process for healthcare assistants working under the General Employment Permit who have not completed the relevant QQI level-5 course but their existing qualifications and experience meet or exceed level-5; the steps he is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I thank everyone for their attendance. It is important to recognise all of the hard work that is going on within the Department and the start of the progress that is being made to turn things around in respect of waiting lists. That is very welcome. Obviously, there is a long way to go. I wish to talk about infrastructure and beds in particular. I have to express some concern that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: It has been relaxed recently.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Why has the Dublin site not been announced?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: If that is the Minister’s thinking, why did he not go with the Cappagh hospital? He is familiar with it and knows that it is a publicly-owned site. He knows there is a great willingness to develop that. He knows the expertise on orthopaedics is out there. Why did he not select that site?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Why is the Department not selecting that site?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: But why was it recommended? Why not go with the blindingly obvious?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: When does the Minister expect a decision on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Obviously, there is much work going on. However, I am not hearing the data behind these decisions. Perhaps it exists and I hope it does. There are a number of areas where I want to know whether there is data available and whether it can be made available to the committee. The first one relates to EDs and the overcrowding in them and all of that. What analysis has been done of the reasons...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Has the HSE analysed the reason people are attending, specifically in each hospital? Presumably, that information is taken when somebody checks in. Why are they there? Are they there with an asthma attack? Are they there because they have had a sports injury? Are they there because they have nowhere else to go? It might be an elderly person. Is that data available? Unless the HSE has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: No. Sorry. That is not what I am talking about. I am not talking about severity or priority but rather the reasons people attend.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Is it because of diabetes, or what is it? Does Dr. Henry have figures on that so they can design and provide services to meet the actual need for people who are attending emergency departments, ED?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Can Dr. Henry provide that data?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Do we know what percentage of people arrive with a sports injury?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I am talking about EDs.