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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (30 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17046/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (30 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 146. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a new national public health emergency team; if he plans to ensure a proper gender balance on the new group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16906/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure the targets set in the 2022 waiting list action plan are met in view of rising Covid-19 cases and their impact on elective care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17111/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome our guests. I thank them for their presentation and all the work they are doing. I want to go back to the neuro-rehabilitation strategy. Most groups that appear before the committee call for a strategy. In this case, the strategy dates from 2019. For one reason or another, it has not been implemented. I ask our guests to expand on that. Ms Rogers stated that there was to be a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: How many of the nine CHOs have community teams?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: What about beds? How many beds were to be provided under the strategy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: What is that in terms of numbers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: It is just the global figures I want. Was there a commitment to create additional consultant posts? What is the situation with vacant posts? Are there vacant posts in this area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: What is the view of the witnesses as to why the strategy has stalled? Where is the logjam? Is there an issue with access to the Minister, the Department or the HSE? Why is nothing happening on it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Whose responsibility was it to call the meetings and to lead on the strategy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Who is it in the HSE or the Department that should be leading out on this? Who does Ms Rogers call about any of these issues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I note the points Professor Hardiman has made on the various funding cuts. In this day and age we should not be operating key services on the basis of having various funding cuts and trying to put together funding packages. It is indicative of the dysfunction in the HSE. Does Professor Hardiman wish to make a comment on the proposal on the major trauma centre and separating it from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I accept that. I know it is a sensitive issue and the committee might look at it at some point. I also want to ask about the decision in 2018 when the HSE agreed to recruit six epilepsy nurse specialists under the valproate response project. Does Professor Hardiman know what happened to this commitment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I have questions on the governance of neurological services. We have spoken about various elements of neurological services. I have mentioned epilepsy. There is also Huntington's disease, motor neurone disease and many others. Is it possible to provide services to all of these categories of patients through a single model in terms of the strategy and the community neuro-rehabilitation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Neurological Services, Care and Capacity: Neurological Alliance of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Okay.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 644. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 201 of 26 January 2022, if he has further considered including home help and home care workers in the pandemic bonus scheme in view of their role in providing essential care to older persons and persons with disabilities throughout the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15921/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 645. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the public health nurse service at a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the number of staff currently on the team at this location including their grades; if any of the team are on leave; if cover is in place; the level of service currently being provided by the team for parents of babies and young children; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Properties (29 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 646. To ask the Minister for Health the plans for a property (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15923/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 693. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a HPV vaccine for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16139/22]

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I am happy to contribute to the debate on this Bill and to tentatively welcome some of the provisions. I would, however, like to raise a few issues. Perhaps the Minister of State could respond to some of my questions in his wrap-up or at a later date. Despite my strong reservations about the IMF and some of the activities it has engaged in and continues to engage in, I state my support...