Results 3,021-3,040 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (18 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 810. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the latest available data on the number of vacant properties by county, in tabular form. [17403/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Policy (18 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 821. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will respond to concerns regarding the energy efficiency retrofit programme being carried out by a local authority (details supplied); if he will liaise with the local authority to explore ways in which individual homes that are in urgent need of insulation works can be prioritised; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 829. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for a centralised platform or website to advertise all the various cost-rental schemes open for applicants nationally; the reason the Government decided that daft.ie was the appropriate platform to advertise cost-rental schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17715/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1768. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that healthcare assistants working in Ireland under the general employment permit are not compelled to complete a QQI level 5 healthcare course to renew their permit in situations where their existing international qualifications and experience meet or exceed level 5 qualifications; the steps he is taking to address...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1411. To ask the Minister for Health the status of recommendation ten from the Report of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Health Care Assistants; the engagements he has had with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science on this matter, in view of the proposal to establish a NFQ level 5 healthcare assistant...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1446. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the status of the Covid-19 recognition payment to eligible workers in non-HSE and non-section 38 organisations; the number of non-HSE and non-section 38 organisations whose claims have not been processed; when he expects all payments to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16758/23]

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

Róisín Shortall: 1586. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline he is now working towards for expanding eligibility for GP visit cards to people who earn the median household income or less; the reason this was not implemented by 1 April 2023, as committed to in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17363/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1553. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a campaign (details supplied); his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17204/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1702. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to "create and implement a general health policy for Trans people, based on a best-practice model for care, in line with the World Professional Association of Transgender Healthcare (WPATH) and deliver a framework for the development of National Gender Clinics and Multidisciplinary Teams for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (18 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1703. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new home care tender to replace the existing tender which is due to expire on 30 April 2023; when he expects this new tender to be agreed; if this new tender will include recommendations for the Report of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Health Care Assistants, in particular...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (18 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1704. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home care packages; the number of persons experiencing delayed discharge from hospital due to a delay accessing home care; and the waiting lists for home care packages by CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [17852/23]

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

Róisín Shortall: 1765. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultations provided by Shannondoc out of hours service on 24,25, 26 and 27 December 2022 by centre and day, in tabular form; and the number of doctors on duty at each centre for each of the aforementioned dates. [18222/23]

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

Róisín Shortall: 1766. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to Shannondoc under the service level agreement in each of the years since 2018, in tabular form; to provide a breakdown of this funding allocation in each year including staff wages; if this funding took account of the Building Momentum pay agreement; if staff benefited from these pay increases; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (18 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1767. To ask the Minister for Health if public moneys have been used to fund public relations activities for a heath service provider funded by the HSE (details supplied); if so, the amount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18224/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (18 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1769. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the overseas aptitude test for general nursing (details supplied); the steps being taken to address these concerns and improve the test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18231/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1805. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposal to establish a NFQ level 5 healthcare assistant apprenticeship, as outlined in the Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025; the engagements he has had with the HSE, Education and Training Boards and other stakeholders regarding this proposal; the timeline he is working towards; if he intends to pilot this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (18 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1832. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of education and training institutes providing QQI level 5 healthcare assistant; and the cost of these courses respectively in each of the years since 2020, by provider, in tabular form. [18227/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (30 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 288. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1513 of 21 March 2023, if the €750,000 funding announced for trainee counselling psychologists will include support for current trainees who are already undertaking their three-year doctorate programme; if not, if it will just be for first year students beginning in the 2023-2024 academic year; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (30 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 289. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1513 of 21 March 2023, the timeline he is working towards in announcing the details of the €750,000 funding for trainee counselling psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15843/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 343. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the steps he is taking to improve access to genetic testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16022/23]