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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 189. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the business case in relation to the Mater Hospital long-Covid clinic (details supplied); the reason for the delay in reviewing this submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7608/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 190. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to further expand the free contraception scheme to people aged over 30 years; the steps he is taking to address the significant costs of contraceptives for some cohorts who are not eligible for the free scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7609/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 191. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1516 of 18 January 2023, the number of beds allocated to patients transferred via ambulance to Nenagh and St. John’s Hospitals, respectively; the additional resources that will be put in place in both hospitals to facilitate this new pathway; if surgeries have resumed in Ennis; if surgeries will be cancelled in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources that were provided to Shannondoc, the out-of-hours GP service for mid-west region, before Christmas 2022; the way in which these resources were utilised; if the HSE set key performance indicators for this service; if so, to outline these key performance indicators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7611/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. At the outset I want to ask about the repayment scheme. I must say that we are at something of a disadvantage here in not having some of the relevant documents. I understood that we had requested those, for example, the memos. It would also be helpful if we had some detail on the public documentation associated with the repayment scheme in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Documentation associated with the repayment scheme in the period from 2004 to 2006.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I am saying this now, 18 years after the event.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. I am sorry; time is moving on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I will point out that this is not the first time this kind of thing has happened, where we received the requested documentation late the night before. I have not seen that today. It does put us at a disadvantage. It is not terribly considerate in terms of dealing with-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I am sorry; I do not want to have any further conversation in it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I am sorry; time is moving on. I will make the point that this is the Joint Committee on Health; it is not the Committee of Public Accounts. We requested particular documentation and Mr. Watt did not provide all of that documentation. Moreover, the pieces he did provide were provided very late in the day.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I am not saying that. I am saying that we have not seen that documentation yet, which puts us at a disadvantage. It is an unfair way of treating the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The Committee of Public Accounts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: It was not given to this committee, that is the point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Okay, I have lost a lot of time; I am sure the Chairman will account for that. My point is that first of all, we do not know how far back residents or families of residents were allowed to claim in the 2004 repayment scheme. We do know, however, that the estimate at the time was approximately €1 billion. It subsequently transpired that only approximately half of that was repaid....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I am making the point that the estimate seems very far out. Either the estimate was wrong or there was not sufficient awareness among people who were entitled to claim. It would be helpful then to have the documentation. I want to go back to that issue of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. I want to come back to that issue of the disability facilities and maintenance contributions. On the surface, it looks like those maintenance contributions are in a different category to the nursing home charges. As it turned out, we know that some residents in disability facilities did avail of the repayment scheme. I want to ask Mr. Watt about the statements he made today. He...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Given that Mr. Watt made that statement, he must have some knowledge behind it, or does he?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Okay, but what has Mr. Watt found out that enabled him to make that statement this morning?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: What was the specific contract then?