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Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Everybody is busy, but this is health legislation and somebody from the Department of Health should be here to take it. I will cut my comments short because this seems to be a bit of a waste of time. I spoke yesterday evening about what is happening with the health area and the fact there is a symbiotic relationship between the public and private services of the health area. The public...

Address by H.E. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission (1 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I warmly welcome President von der Leyen to this joint sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas. On behalf of the Social Democrats, I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on what is an historic occasion. In exactly one month, we will mark the 50th anniversary of Ireland joining what was then the European Economic Community. We do so as the region faces one of its greatest perils,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Not everybody is motivated by money.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: It was the Minister who decided the time is right to remove the €500,000 cap on bankers' pay and restore their bumper bonuses. We are told he needs to do this so we can attract good people and the top talent to run our banks. It seems no self-respecting high-flying banker would want to work for a less than €500,000, as if they could not survive on a salary that is more than...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: The question is, who in the Minister's ear in terms of advising him on what is an appropriate salary for senior bank officials to be earning? Is he not getting all his advice from insiders and people who have skin in the game? On what basis did he come to the conclusion that paying somebody more than €500,000 a year will achieve a better customer service in our retail banks? On what...

Seanad: Comhshuí de Dháil Éireann agus de Sheanad Éireann - Joint Sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas - Address by H.E. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission (1 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I warmly welcome President von der Leyen to this joint sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas. On behalf of the Social Democrats, I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on what is an historic occasion. In exactly one month, we will mark the 50th anniversary of Ireland joining what was then the European Economic Community. We do so as the region faces one of its greatest perils,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Industrial Relations (1 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of work to address a range of industrial relations issues related to adult education tutors; the reason that this process has not been completed; the timeline that he is working towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60113/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (1 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 364. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to ensure that persons are made aware of the risks of respiratory syncytial virus to vulnerable groups, such as babies; the details of the communications campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60112/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (1 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 365. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a campaign by non-consultant hospital doctors (details supplied); his response to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60114/22]

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: This is the latest in the series of annual Bills required to adjust the levels of risk equalisation credits and stamp duties that underpin the risk equalisation scheme and the private health insurance market. The Bill also prolongs the scheme until 2027, following the European Commission's approval under state aid rules, and provides for changes to the appointments criteria and powers of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (30 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of funding for drug and alcohol addiction services from all sources for each county in each of the past five years to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59721/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (30 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of funding for drug and alcohol addiction services from all sources for each county in each of the past five years to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59723/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (30 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 177. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home care packages; the number experiencing delayed discharge from hospital due to a delay in accessing home care; and the waiting lists for home care packages by CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [59642/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (30 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 178. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for an assessment for home care packages by CHO, age, category and the length of time waiting, in tabular form. [59643/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (30 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 179. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of delayed discharges per hospital, in tabular form; and his views on the actions being taken to reduce this number. [59644/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (30 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 185. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of funding for drug and alcohol addiction services from all sources for each county in each of the past five years to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59720/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (30 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 186. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider providing back-up power supply batteries for hydraulic beds with pressure mattresses for home-based HSE patients using HSE supplied equipment, given that the beds being supplied by the HSE currently have no back-up batteries or power supply units, which could lead to patients having to be re-hospitalised in the case of a power cut; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (30 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 190. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to proposals put forward by an association (details supplied) that subsidised nursing staff accommodation should be provided at a location as well as at other possible locations, to help address the serious issues with recruitment of mental health nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59847/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Trusts (30 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 191. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention was drawn to the fact an organisation (details supplied) retained ownership of the Herbert Wing of St. Vincent’s University Hospital under a commercial agreement with St. Vincent’s Healthcare Group when the relocation of the national maternity hospital to Elm Park was approved by the Cabinet; and if he will make a statement on...