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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Do they relate to nurses and midwives?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Dr. Kilgallen made the point about e-health earlier. It is right across the health board but what gets measured matters and we know that there is very little measuring of incidents or outcomes. Given the scale of this problem and how negatively impactful it is on staff, has this issue been raised with the HSE board at all? Do the witnesses know if the HSE board is aware of the scale of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The question of legislation to make it a specific offence to assault a healthcare worker was raised. That is something we need to pursue separately, arising from this meeting. Do the witnesses know from their colleagues in the national health service, NHS, the extent to which legislation in the UK has made a difference?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Absolutely, and we need to be very clear about that. The responsibility lies at the door of the employer, the HSE, individual hospitals and also the section 39s. I want to go back to the inadequate role the HSE is playing at the moment. Ideally employers should be prosecuted for failing to provide safe working conditions for staff. Do I take from the response given earlier that there have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I take it from what the witnesses are saying that that is the nub of the thing, getting the HSE to first of all have the capacity to oversee what is happening in the health sector with this special unit and, then, for it to be proactive in taking cases.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: From reading the submission from the HSE one does not get the impression that there is a serious problem here at all and that is obviously a cultural issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Good point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: This committee has been doing a lot of work recently on workforce planning, or the lack of it. Obviously, the whole question of the conditions for existing staff is a major factor in this and the whole aspect of workforce retention, as has been said, is also important. I am not aware of any work that is going on in that regard. We will, therefore, very much take this point on board. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I wish everyone good morning. Our guests are all very welcome, and I thank them for their presentations. There is a remarkable similarity in what they are all saying, namely, that the health sector work environment is very unhealthy and has resulted in many healthcare workers being in a state of bad health. The latter is the result of stress and the mental health issues that have already...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: They are absolutely appalling and in the release of the INMO figures we are talking about, at the end of the day maybe 28 people are being convicted if those ratios are applied, which is shocking, and it can be seen why staff are so fed up with what is going on and the lack of responsibility on the part of the employer. I do not know if anyone has seen the HSE's submission to the committee...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (8 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 54. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an employee on an intra-company transfer work permit, who remains on a contract in their home country, has an entitlement to statutory leave under Irish law, such as annual leave, maternity leave, paternity leave and parent’s leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6023/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (8 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will amend the social welfare eligibility rules in order that work is calculated on a cumulative hours basis rather than days, particularly given the impact the current binary system is having on home care staffing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5804/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (8 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 317. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration is being given to banning the sale and importation of nitrous oxide canisters, commonly known as laughing gas, in view of its widespread use for recreational purposes by young people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5803/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (8 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 401. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the increased recreational use of nitrous oxide canisters, commonly known as laughing gas, particularly by young people and in view of its growing extensive use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5802/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 403. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE psychology managers with the specific title of "area principal psychology manager"; the CHOs in which they are based; the difference between this title and "principal psychology manager"; how the title was conferred and by whom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5807/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 404. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE psychology managers with the specific title of "director of psychology"; the CHOs in which they are based; the difference between this title and "principal psychology manager"; how the title was conferred and by whom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5808/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (8 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 442. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 584 of 13 December 2022, if his Department is still considering a proposal to establish a working group to assist in developing an updated strategy that addresses the hearing needs of the Irish population; the timeline he is working towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6024/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Feb 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 443. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposal to create an additional 900 nursing posts within the first five years of Sláintecare implementation in order to resource and develop a universal child health and well-being service; the timeline he is working towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6025/23]