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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (13 Jul 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 35. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Cabinet committee on Covid-19. [30781/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (13 Jul 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that are being taken to improve public safety on public transport in Dublin city, in particular in train stations and at busy bus stops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38454/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (13 Jul 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 268. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38440/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jul 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 466. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time posts allocated to post-acute and long-Covid clinics, by clinic and speciality in tabular form; the number of vacant posts; the number who have taken up posts; and the number that are currently going through the HSE recruitment process. [38200/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jul 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 467. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff who are employed in the contact management programme since it was established, by year, role and location, in tabular form; and the number of vacancies currently in the programme by role. [38201/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jul 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 544. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the inclusion of dietician posts in the interim model of care for long-Covid; the research that this was based on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38461/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jul 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 545. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons that psychologist posts were not included in the interim model of care for long-Covid; if the Model of Care has been revised to include psychologists; the number of these posts that will be provided by clinic; the number that have been hired to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38462/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jul 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 546. To ask the Minister for Health if there was engagement with long-Covid patients when the interim Model of Care for long-Covid was drafted; if there has been continued engagement with patient groups in respect of the model of care ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38463/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jul 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 547. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for establishing a new payment scheme for healthcare workers with long-Covid; the advice for healthcare workers with long-Covid in the interim period; if they are expected to claim illness benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38464/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Integrated Eye Care: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the witnesses for the presentation. I would like several issues clarified. I had similar figures to Deputy Cullinane. I wonder where that disparity is between 44,000 and 20,000. Perhaps it has something to do with waiting lists for first appointments. I am very glad to see in the figures I have that no adult is waiting for treatment in CHO 9, which is my local area. This is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Integrated Eye Care: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Have the roles been approved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Integrated Eye Care: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Róisín Shortall: What is Ashgrove House?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Integrated Eye Care: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I take it that what is happening in Ashgrove House is a development relating to the Mater public hospital?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Integrated Eye Care: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Róisín Shortall: The general conversation here today raises a whole lot of questions about why it is that we do not have integration. Much of this seems to involve the obvious things to do. We have to ask why that did not happen in the past. Is it an issue about there being just too many organisations? It probably makes the case strongly for the kind of integration to which the Sláintecare report...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Integrated Eye Care: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Is the governance structure being future-proofed to enable it to come into line with the regional health authorities, RHAs? My concern is that there is a new governance structure being established around this project and that it will have to change then when the RHAs come into place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Integrated Eye Care: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I am sorry. I appreciate what Professor Keegan is doing, but he knows that the six RHA areas have been decided for the past few years. I am just asking if he is future-proofing his project in order that it can align with the new RHA areas?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Integrated Eye Care: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I am not undermining the work the witnesses are doing - it is fantastic to see the progress on waiting lists - but I am looking at the waiting lists across the other CHOs. For example, in CHO 6 and CHO 7, there are no adults on waiting lists. Do the witnesses know what the latter are doing? Is it something similar to what the witnesses are doing or are they taking a different approach?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Integrated Eye Care: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Róisín Shortall: That is one way of dealing with it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Integrated Eye Care: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Róisín Shortall: My final question relates to CHO 9. Up to quite recently, there was a private clinic in Fairview that was involved in tackling the waiting lists. Has that clinic got any role currently? What led the witnesses to change to a different kind of model?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Integrated Eye Care: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. Are there other external providers, apart from Medical Optics?