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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (17 Nov 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (17 Nov 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (17 Nov 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 Nov 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (17 Nov 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (17 Nov 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (16 Nov 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I again thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. I ask her to bear with me as we get to the bottom of it. It is very clear from Google that the family resource centre raised in excess of €10,000 to keep the bus on the road. I will talk to the Minister for Transport over the coming days and engage with the NTA. It is also important to realise that, within disability...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Overcrowding (16 Nov 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I again state that the Government, along with the Department of Health, remains fully committed to improving services in Limerick and throughout the country. Significant efforts are being made to ensure the issues, such as overcrowding in the emergency department and delays for elective care at UHL, are being addressed as a matter of priority. As I noted, following the Minister, Deputy...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (16 Nov 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter. I am told by the HSE that a number of young persons with a disability attend both the RT programme and day services in the Beara area. An arrangement has been in place for a number of years between RehabCare and Local Link for these service users living in this area to be collected in the morning, brought to their service and brought...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Overcrowding (16 Nov 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. I am taking it on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, so I will keep to the script. I recognise the long-standing interest of the Deputy in the development of healthcare at University Hospital Limerick and the entire mid-west. We are all familiar with the difficulties faced by UHL. It was in consideration of those difficulties...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (16 Nov 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (16 Nov 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As this relates to a service matter, I am referring it to the HSE for a direct reply to the Deputy. Please cc SocialCare_IntegrationUnit@health.gov.ie in the reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (16 Nov 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As this relates to a service matter, I am referring it to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (16 Nov 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As this relates to a service matter, I am referring it to the HSE for a direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (16 Nov 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Staff (15 Nov 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly. I am keen to respond as accurately as I can with the knowledge available to me at this time. It is important to note that any adjustment to pay scales for any public service staff, including housekeeping staff in Cork University Hospital, CUH, can only be done in accordance...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Staff (15 Nov 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I will bring the Deputy's two final points to the Minister for his attention. According to the concluding statement that the Minister has provided, grades that fall into the HSE's support staff category, such as housekeeping staff, have seen an overall increase of between 10.25% and 11.5% in the past four years alone, depending on their point on the scale. These increases have been as a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (15 Nov 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: The treatment benefit is an important scheme for those who qualify for payment and for practitioners. It is the Department's biggest scheme in terms of claims, with more than 1.4 million claims received in 2021 and a total expenditure of €109 million. So far in 2022 some 1,342,000 claims have been received with a total expenditure of €102 million. The dental benefit scheme is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (15 Nov 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputy. I am answering this matter on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly. The objective for all of us, as public representatives, is at all times to ensure that a person who holds a medical card gets seen to. The treatment benefit scheme provides dental, optical and medical appliances, comprising hearing aids and specialised contract lenses, to insured workers,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Projects (15 Nov 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Senator for raising this matter, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Ryan. The Minister for Transport has responsibility for overall policy and Exchequer funding for the national roads programme. Once funding arrangements have been put in place with Transport Infrastructure Ireland under the Roads Acts 1993-2015, and in line with the national development plan,...