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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Hospital Doctor Retention and Motivation Project: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: It seems like a chicken and egg situation at the moment. There are a vast number of vacancies and the aforementioned 837 vacancies does not include the promised 1,000 Sláintecare contract posts. There are an enormous number of vacancies and yet people cannot get jobs. The higher the number of vacancies, the less attractive the Irish health service is to work in because the workload is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Hospital Doctor Retention and Motivation Project: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I thank our guests for shining a light on an essential part of the health service and coming forward with real and practical solutions. We will do everything we can to pursue those recommendations with the Minister. I thank them again for their work.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: For clarification, the Tánaiste has agreed to a debate, as he said, on the maternity hospital.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: The Government is refusing it at the Business Committee.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: You were asked to provide Government time and you are refusing to do that.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Are you prepared to provide Government time?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: The Social Democrats and other parties have been looking for several weeks for time to be allowed for a debate on the proposals on a national maternity hospital. There is growing public concern about the fact that the Government seems to be about to sign a deal with the Religious Sisters of Charity to gift the new national maternity hospital to them. There can be no justification for this....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: We could use Government time.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I asked about the Covid contingency funding.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: We all accept that the scale of this is absolutely unprecedented. It is very difficult to comprehend the nature and scale of the response that will be required. I am glad to hear about the cross-Government group that has been set up. I would like the Tánaiste to answer the question about the co-ordination of the local response and whether consideration have been given to reviving the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: The horrors being unleashed by Putin’s regime in Ukraine are grotesque and we would all agree they are totally inhumane. The suffering of the Ukrainian people is increasing with every passing day as Putin’s campaign of terror intensifies. We also agree that the unprecedented exodus of refugees from Ukraine demands an unprecedented response by this State. It is being reported...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (22 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to assist taxi drivers that are providing an essential public transport service given the increase in fuel charges; if he is engaging with taxi driver representatives to discuss their concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14435/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (22 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the difficulties facing electric car owners who do not have private driveways and whose front doors open out onto the public footpath and as a result cannot have an EV charger installed at their home; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that such persons are barred from accessing the EV home charger grant...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 237. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the net economic or social benefit that Russian business entities provide to Ireland outside of a small group of specialised accountancy and legal service providers in view of the role section 110 companies have played facilitating these entities and their use by investors to reduce tax on Irish assets, namely, Irish property backed...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (22 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 430. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue for a baby (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14955/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (22 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 386. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue for a baby (details supplied) in County Down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14110/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (22 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 434. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14974/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (22 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 728. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding greenkeeping in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14812/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (22 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 895. To ask the Minister for Health his position regarding funding for a training post (details supplied); the reason that the funding was refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14247/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services (22 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 1000. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for University Hospital Limerick becoming a DAFNE-accredited diabetes centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14655/22]