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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Bill 2024: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Marie Sherlock: I thank all the witnesses for attending today. I am conscious that we are having this conversation this morning and those of us who are Members of the Dáil will be asked to vote on amendments to this Bill later today. I know some of those present have had a chance to read in detail the amendments that were published last week and others have been catching up on them between yesterday...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Bill 2024: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Marie Sherlock: That is continual care. I thank Mr. Smart. I have questions for the Mental Health Commission and Mental Health Reform but I will probably have to put them in the second session because of the few minutes that I have. I watched very closely the concerns of the IMO with regard to the amendments to the Bill that we have seen from the Minister in recent days, in particular Nos. 74 and 93....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Bill 2024: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Marie Sherlock: I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Bill 2024: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Marie Sherlock: I do not want to get into the semantics of the word "risk" but, as I see it, there is a fine line between assessing risk and using one's judgment as to the potential outcomes. In some ways, risk is effectively the same word as an outcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Bill 2024: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Marie Sherlock: That is to my mind. I am a layperson. I am not a clinician. I worry that there is an over-emphasis on the word "risk". If we were to replace the word "risk" with "outcome", the concern would fall away because clinicians would be using their clinical judgment to assess possible outcomes and therefore determining treatment.

Housing: Statements (10 Jun 2025)

Marie Sherlock: In the changes announced today, there is an air of desperation on the part of the Minister of State and the Government to try to drive up housing supply. By lifting the cap on rents in order to attract institutional funding, the Government is effectively condemning workers and families, in Dublin in particular, to a lifetime of astronomical rents when there are fewer and fewer options to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (10 Jun 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 410. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of removing VAT on sunscreens and other sun-protection-factor products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30215/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools who were asked but declined to open special classes in their schools, per county, in tabular form. [29305/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who were offered places in special classes or schools in September 2024 but have not commenced school in September 2024, per county, in tabular form. [29306/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special classes that have opened per start of the academic school year, per county, in each of the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [29307/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants, per school and per postcode in Dublin, in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [29308/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (10 Jun 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 894. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has reviewed, or is intending to review, the nutritional standards set by his Department in relation to the school meals programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29352/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (10 Jun 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 895. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the interdepartmental working group to oversee and make recommendations on the operation of the school meals scheme, including in relation to nutrition inspection and evaluation, will report their recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29353/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (10 Jun 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 896. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current nutritional standards set by his Department in relation to the school meals programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29354/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (10 Jun 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 1397. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of abolishing all prescription charges under the general medical service scheme. [29493/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (10 Jun 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 1398. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme threshold to €72, €50, and €0 respectively. [29494/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (10 Jun 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 1399. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State to fully subsidise the cost of all prescribed inhaled asthma medications and related devices. [29495/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (10 Jun 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 1400. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the review of the long-term illness scheme included as part of a review of the current eligibility framework carried out under commitments within the Sláintecare Implementation Strategy; to provide a timeline for the publication of the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29496/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (10 Jun 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 1404. To ask the Minister for Health the intentions of the HSE with regard to a nursing home (details supplied); if this facility will continue under the control of the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29516/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (10 Jun 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 1420. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department is considering a review of pay scales for clinical radiographer practice tutors to align with salaries for comparative tutor grades in other allied health professions, as noted in HR Circular 004 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29599/25]