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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Who heads up the national treatment programme?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Ms Perry also talks about the importance of eliminating hepatitis C. Are there best-practice models at a European level that have done that? Has that been achieved anywhere, and are there lessons to be learnt from what such countries may have done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Presumably, the severe restrictions that exist here do not exist in Scotland. I am referring to the need to be on opioid substitutes and the restrictions on community pharmacists-----

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (31 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if further consideration will be given to a case of a leaving certificate student (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28161/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (31 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a disability payment for a person (details supplied) in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27620/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Investigations (31 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 649. To ask the Minister for Health if a new group has been formed to investigate maternal deaths; if a person (details supplied) is leading this investigation; the timeline being worked towards; its budget; its membership; to whom it reports; if this proposal has been before the Houses of the Oireachtas or the Cabinet for approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27331/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (31 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 650. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the closure of 11 beds in a unit (details supplied); the steps he is taking to re-open them in view of the growing crisis in the provision of child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, nationally; when he expects them to re-open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27332/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (31 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 651. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address recruitment and retention issues in CAMHS; if he will provide a breakdown of all vacancies with details of the teams involved; if he will provide an update on the implementation of the Sharing the Vision recommendations, particularly in respect of staffing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27333/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (31 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 753. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 751 of 1 March and 430 of 31 March 2022, the consideration that his Department has given to the Health Service Executive funding request for an additional 100 neurology nurse specialists; the timescale for approval of these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27939/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (26 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 4. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Sláintecare consultant contract negotiations; the rationale for not appointing a new independent chair; the timeline that he is now working towards for the introduction of a new contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27163/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (26 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I am yet again raising the issue of the consultant contract. If the Minister is serious about tackling the inordinate waiting lists in hospitals and getting our health service to function properly, we must recruit consultants. It is now five months since the independent chair had to withdraw from her role in the talks. What are the plans? Why has she not been replaced? What is the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (26 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I must remind the Minister that he said at the IHCA conference several months ago that he wanted the contract finalised within weeks. He said in reply to a number of parliamentary questions over the past six months that his timeframe was a number of weeks. There has been considerable slippage and one must question if the Minister is serious about this. There is a point I wish to make....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (26 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Unfortunately, I do not get a great sense of urgency from the Minister. What we know about the new consultant contract sounds attractive and would be attractive to all of those many doctors who have left these shores. What they are looking for, first and foremost, is a proper work-life balance. They are looking for respect in their job, which, unfortunately, they have not had during their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 385. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the interim guidance plan for long-Covid, published September 2021, does not include neurological rehab and psychological supports and strategies; the data used to inform the decision to provide eight nutritionists as part of this plan; the rationale for the exclusion of the Mater Hospital, which is home to the original long-Covid clinic...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (26 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 384. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that he has taken to ensure that the State is prepared for the possibility of monkeypox cases; the role of the Incident Management Team; the steps that he has taken to ensure that vulnerable groups are aware of symptoms and treatment pathways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27155/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 386. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding the interim guidance plan for long-Covid; if they will be allowed to present their data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27157/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (26 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 387. To ask the Minister for Health when the 24 additional lactation posts that were announced over a year ago will be filled; the reason that these posts remain unfilled; his plans to review and update the National Breastfeeding Action Plan which was dated up to 2021 and extended to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27158/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (26 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Deputy Cairns sends her apologies. She regrets that she is not in a position to attend today. That is why I am substituting for her. I thank our guests for their presentations and for their attendance here today. It is hard for me, like others, to listen to the first-hand testimonies they are providing. It is so much harder for them, looking after their children and providing support...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (26 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Ethically, they are failing their patients. Presumably, that creates major ethical issues for the individual therapists. It is one of the main drivers then, if therapists or anybody working in the health service feels that they are failing their clients or patients.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (26 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Ms Hart. That is a damning statement for somebody with Ms Hart's level of experience to say. There are many statements that have been made here today that should be stopping senior politicians in their tracks in terms of the kind of priorities that they afford to different areas that need political attention as well as funding. There are funding issues there as well. It is not...