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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I note also in the briefing document, in terms of the various enablers referred to, that mention was made of the capacity in the sector and that this needs to be strengthened with additional third-level places. This is an aspect the committee is coming across the whole time. I refer to a lack of staff. In many cases, funding is available but staff cannot be recruited or are not available....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Sure. At a time when there are such huge capacity problems in the health service, it does not make any sense not to maximise the potential of the pharmacy sector. I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: It stands on its merits. It just does not make sense that a barrier to accessing oral contraception exists. It is appropriate that we do this today and I thank the group for their explanation for the thinking behind it. It is about bringing us into line with other countries.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I think Deputy Kenny raised a question about a consultant in a hospital giving a prescription on discharge and the patient then having to go the GP. That is not standard in other countries. What is the best way around that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Is it just a matter of allowing a consultant to do that, as well as a GP?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: It is an administrative change.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Regarding the national strategy and an action plan, where are we at the moment? Is it purely aspirational? Are things in train?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: That case still has to be made and accepted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: We are at an early stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: The Role of Pharmacy Care in the Healthcare System: Irish Pharmacy Union (8 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: That is something we can pursue as a committee.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (7 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 246. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Revenue Commissioners' public office on Cathedral Street, Dublin 1 will reopen to the public again as a walk-in public service without appointment necessary; if the public inquiry telephone numbers are now available again as normal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11256/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (7 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 673. To ask the Minister for Health the existing staffing levels in each of the long-Covid clinics and post-acute clinics by role, in tabular form; and the number of vacant posts. [11535/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (7 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 674. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for each of the long-Covid clinics and post-acute clinics by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form. [11536/23]

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this long-awaited legislation which the Social Democrats will support. I thank the Minister for providing the Opposition with a Bill briefing on Tuesday. It was very much appreciated. I always find it very interesting to listen to debates and commentary around credit unions, particularly from Government Deputies. Like them, I have high regard for...

Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: This has to be seen in the context of the attitude of successive Governments to SIPO and its seeking of more powers and resources over the past 20 years, in addition to the ignoring of its appeals. Particularly in the ethics area, SIPO's requests for additional powers and resources are completely ignored by the Government year after year. On ethics legislation, there was a draft Bill in...

Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: To put the figure in context, the Minister used an example on the question of fees and payments and said somebody could be earning €100,000. If the payment is €100,000 to a PR company and there is a penalty of €25,000, that puts it into perspective. We have seen in the past that although people were not supposed to be engaging in lobbying, the cooling-off period was...

Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No.4: In page 10, in line 23, after “(c).” to insert the following: “(14) That within three years of the passing of this Act, the Minister shall produce a report which evaluates the impact of administrative sanctions and the Commission’s capacity to impose this regime.”.”. This amendment seeks to assure ourselves that...

Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome the Ceann Comhairle's confirmation about that. My preference would have been to do it through legislation but I am pleased to hear the Minister's views on this, about which he has been very clear, and the Ceann Comhairle's intention to address it at a meeting of the commission. Ex-Members are quite different from other lobbyists. We need to tighten up on lobbyists generally in...

Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “(b) in subsection (4), the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (a): “(aa) where any of the communications concerned were made on behalf of a client, details of payments received or fees charged,”,”. First, there are issues about Members who want to...

Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: That particular one was ruled out of order. However, I am speaking especially to amendment No. 2. I am proposing in amendment No. 2 that there would be a further amendment to section 12 of the principal Act. A requirement should be contained in the legislation, especially where a lobbyist is operating in the political arena, to declare fees that are earned or payments that are made. I...