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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I have a few questions for Mr. Watt. I am concerned about the number of references that Mr. Watt makes to doctors in the context of staff shortages. Obviously, that is a big problem area but many other staff that are critical in the health service. I put the question again to Mr. Watt about having a chief officer with responsibility for health and social care professionals. That area...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Mr. Watt is referencing different things but I do not get a sense that there is any plan in existence or in development. I do not know about other people but from the comments that have been made today, it is hard to take any confidence that Mr. Watt is on top of that. I again put the question to Mr. Watt about the consideration of a chief officer for health and social care.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Róisín Shortall: You are? Good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Róisín Shortall: No. I did not say it was.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I did not say it was a panacea.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Róisín Shortall: When we actually see a plan in place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Surely there should at least be a national task force. This is a national issue and we need a national workforce planning task force in my view. There are many overarching and very strategic issues here. Again, there is no sense here that these are actually being addressed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Why then would the Minister, Deputy Harris, say, if we got the figures from the Department, we could then go about creating those training places.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Róisín Shortall: That Department is a key element.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (28 Sep 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 171. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport issue will be resolved for an Irish citizen (details supplied) who lives in France; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47495/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 207. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of private or for-profit housing providers that have service level agreements with the HSE in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47565/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (28 Sep 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons living with a disability who are currently supported by State-funded care packages to live in housing provided by private or for-profit organisations, as opposed to section 38 and 39 organisations. [47563/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (28 Sep 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 228. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on housing persons living with a disability in housing provided by private or for-profit organisations, as opposed to section 38 and 39 organisations; the percentage of the annual residential budget this equates to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47564/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (28 Sep 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 247. To ask the Minister for Health the number of placements provided for training across all healthcare disciplines in each of the past three years, by discipline, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47438/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Sep 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 248. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the payment of the Covid-19 recognition payment to eligible workers in non-HSE and non-section 38 organisations; if he will guarantee payments will be issued to this cohort of workers before Christmas 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47439/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (28 Sep 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 249. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the approval of evusheld for the treatment of Covid-19 by the European Union; if he intends to fast-track approval of this treatment based on this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47440/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (28 Sep 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 263. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the cardiac services review; when he expects it to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47493/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (28 Sep 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 264. To ask the Minister for Health the expected opening date for the second catheterisation laboratory in University Hospital Waterford; the number of staff who have been recruited to date; the opening hours of this new facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47494/22]

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019: Motion (27 Sep 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I agree with the points made by previous speakers. Late at night on budget day is not a good time to consider a proposal that involves a vast sum, €6 billion, with Deputies given a mere two minutes to contribute to the debate. There is no reason for it being taken tonight and there is no necessity either. We should debate this with adequate time because of the scale of what is being...

Financial Resolution No. 5: Small Benefits Exemption (27 Sep 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I wish to comment on what the Government has done on tax. There is a significant tax package of €1 billion and it is completely regressive. The Tánaiste has spoken about this several times. It seems he is very much in favour of unfair tax treatment. He has been promoting this all along. I want to correct something he and his colleagues frequently say, which is that inflation...