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Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 198. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a proposal from the Irish Pharmacy Union (details supplied); his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15653/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 210. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 403 and 404 of 8 February 2023, to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15739/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: All the witnesses are very welcome and I thank them for their presentations. The reality in respect of Sláintecare is that we are in year six and, notwithstanding two very difficult years for the health service with Covid-19, we are still very much behind where we should be at this stage. In that regard, I very much want to know why the Department has been so late in producing some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The previous progress report came to us in December 2021, so the Department is at least three months late.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I ask Mr Watt then about another report specifically in respect of regional health areas, RHAs. We were promised the RHA implementation report in the fourth quarter of the year past and we have not received that yet. We hear it has gone to the Minister. Why has the Department been so late in producing that report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: This report was due at the end of the past year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: When does Mr. Watt expect the report to be published?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: So the report will be four months late then, at a minimum.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: It is problematic if the Department is not on top of this and producing the reports when they are promised. I commend everybody who was involved in the enhanced community care initiative. The results from that have been very positive. It sets out the clear way forward in respect of a key element of Sláintecare, which is switching activity away from the acute hospital sector to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The reason we were told it was blocked in 2018 was because there are issues around capacity. What steps have been taken since 2018 to deal with those capacity issues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Yes. It is a key element of the e-health programme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The figure was something like €850 million over a ten-year period.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: We are aware of those details.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Mr. Tierney is telling us something we have been told already. I want to ask the HSE for its perspective on this. We got a very different view of this in January.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: That is a welcome development, however late in the day. The phrase "less risky" also refers to less effective, if we want a national system. There have been considerable delays in that regard. I want to raise the issue of integrated workforce planning, which only seems to have come on the agenda in very recent times in the health service, even though it has been raised by the committee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I wish to ask about the expertise within the Department. There did not seem to be a function in terms of workforce planning for some time. Has the Department developed a function and what expertise does it have? For example, has anyone been seconded from the Central Statistics Office, CSO? Who is doing the integrated workforce planning?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Does Mr. Watt have a written report on that which he could forward to us?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I would like to hear about the global figures the Department is working with.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: This is a very significant issue and different views are coming from the two agencies. I suggest we have a special session on this sometime soon. It is such an important issue and there seems to be conflict in the information we are getting.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Reviews (28 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the rationale for the review of sections 2 and 10 of the Housing Act 1988 completed by his Department (details supplied); if the findings and recommendations arising from that review will be published; if there will be any public consultation prior to the implementation of those recommendations; and if he...