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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome the witnesses and the work that has been done. A fair deal of progress has been made. I would like to probe some of the Department's statement a little further. I think we are all at one in the aim of this whole exercise, which is to ensure there is robust legislation that will protect service users primarily and will act as an encouragement for more service providers to get...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Infrastructure (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 8 December 2022, if he will consider amending the legislation governing section 254: licensing for telecommunications infrastructure, to ensure such applications go through the standard planning process, thereby facilitating public consultation; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ethics in Public Office (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 423. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish the report into the findings of the ethics legislation review; the timeline that he is working towards in bringing forward new legislation in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2185/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 520. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has conducted any research into the proportion of the cost of new apartments or houses that is attributable to the land purchase costs; if so, if he will provide same; if not, if his attention has been drawn to any available research or data in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63913/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1057. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being taken to ensure that all students of the BSc in paramedics studies in the University of Limerick can undertake their 12-month internship in an emergency ambulance with the National Ambulance Service, instead of having to complete this required internship in the UK as is currently the case; if he has engaged with UL...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1461. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a breast cancer treatment (details supplied) which is already licensed by the European Medicines Agency; if he expects this product to be reimbursed under the medicine access scheme; the timeline for a decision on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1334/23]

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

Róisín Shortall: 1515. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 673 of 29 November 2022, if his attention has been drawn to delays in processing applications by Ukrainian dentists to the Dental Council of Ireland; the number of staff who are working in this new registration process for Ukrainian dentists; the average time to process an application through this new process; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1516. To ask the Minister for Health if the recent decision to transport patients via ambulance directly to the medical assessment unit in Ennis General Hospital instead of University Hospital Limerick, subject to certain criteria, is a temporary or permanent measure; if additional resources will be provided to Ennis General Hospital on foot of this decision; if this measure will be extended...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1517. To ask the Minister for Health if additional measures will be taken in 2023 to address patient safety concerns in University Hospital Limerick (UHL), as outlined in a HIQA report; the steps being taken to reduce trolley numbers in UHL; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1579/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1518. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a model 3 hospital in the UL Hospitals Group region; if so, if he will provide details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1580/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1548. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 725 of 4 October 2022, if he will publish the report into the abandoned secondment of a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1704/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1593. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a recruitment campaign (details supplied) for qualified paramedics who are registered with the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council includes competency-based assessments; the reason that applicants to a similar recruitment campaign for intermediate care operatives do not have to undergo competency-based assessments, despite both campaigns...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1594. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports of issues with the multiple-choice question stage of a recruitment campaign for qualified paramedics (details supplied); his views on same; the engagements that he has had with the National Ambulance Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1830/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1595. To ask the Minister for Health if a recruitment agency (details supplied) has been contracted to supply paramedic cover for the National Ambulance Service; if so, if he will provide details of this arrangement; the number of agency staff employed to date; the number of staff his Department intends to employ through this agency recruitment campaign; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1596. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the registration status of applicants to the National Ambulance Service who fail competency-based questions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1832/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1633. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to extending access to paxlovid to groups at the highest risk of serious illness or death from Covid-19, without the need for a positive Covid-19 test or symptoms of Covid-19; if his attention has been drawn to the decision in France to change the criteria for prescribing paxlovid (details supplied); his views on same; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (18 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1669. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will consider amending the eligibility criteria for this treatment on the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2066/23]

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

Róisín Shortall: 1682. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to implement all 16 recommendations of the workforce advisory group on home carers and nursing home health care assistants in 2023; if he will provide a timeline for the implementation of each recommendation; the progress that has been made to date in implementing these recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2181/23]

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

Róisín Shortall: 1683. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed professions which have yet to be regulated by CORU; the timeline for the regulation of each profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2182/23]

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

Róisín Shortall: 1684. To ask the Minister for Health the process by which professions who are currently unregulated by CORU can apply for recognition of their field; if there is a means by which representative bodies can formally request consideration of their profession for regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2183/23]