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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (24 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 359. To ask the Minister for Health if he has responded to correspondence (details supplied) from an organisation; if he will address the matters raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10633/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (24 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 451. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline the medicines management programme is working towards for completion of its examination of the appropriateness and feasibility of a patient-specific arrangement for a product (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10815/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (24 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 452. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline the women's health task force is working towards for completion of its examination of funding options for a product (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10816/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Meetings (24 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 453. To ask the Minister for Health the engagements he has had with an advocacy group (details supplied); the steps he is taking to provide support to persons with hyperemesis while the women's health task force and medicines management programme are examining a product (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10817/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (24 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 455. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the negotiations on a new consultant contract; the dates on which negotiations have taken place over the past six months; if he has appointed a new Independent chair since the previous chair became unavailable last month; the timescale to which he is working to complete these negotiations; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (24 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 456. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of staff in the Sláintecare PMO office in February 2021 and a current list of staff; the person who is currently leading this office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10823/22]

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome the Minister and his officials in presenting the Estimates. It is very hard to discuss the Estimates without referencing the kind of reporting we have seen recently in regard to the views of some of the senior officials within his Department. We know from reporting in The Sunday Business Postthat some of the commentary from senior officials in the Department of Health in regard to...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Okay but it is also reported that senior officials in the Minister's own Department do not have confidence in the HSE financial reporting because of the service's weak financial systems. That in turn leads to a lack of confidence on the part of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in the whole health Vote, which in turn undermines the confidence of the Taoiseach. When it comes to...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. I would have much more confidence if the Minister had come in and identified those priority areas rather than talking about €300 million for this and €500 million for that. It is the fundamentals that need to be got right. They are not right at the moment. One can only come to the conclusion the Estimates are fantasy figures if they are not borne out at the end of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 232. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the recommendations contained in the clinical governance and operational arrangements for supporting a model of care for children with life limiting conditions towards the end of life in the community in Ireland in particular, recommendations 14 and 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10267/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (23 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 233. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HPV vaccine doses which expired and were therefore unsuitable for use in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10268/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (23 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 260. To ask the Minister for Health the number of antivirals and monoclonal antibody treatments which have been ordered; the schedule for delivery of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10419/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (23 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 261. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for creating a fast pathway to accessing antivirals and monoclonal antibody treatments in view of the need to access these therapies within five days from testing positive for Covid-19; his engagement with general practitioners on this matter; if positive antigen tests will be accepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10420/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (23 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 262. To ask the Minister for Health if private patients will be treated in the new national children’s hospital; if so, the level of clinical space this would represent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10422/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (23 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 263. To ask the Minister for Health the consultancies engaged by the HSE from March 2021 to end of December 2021 in excess of €2 million; the full values of these consultancies in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10423/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration Certificate (23 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 264. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to address the very substantial backlog of birth and death registrations and the great difficulty which the public has in making appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10470/22]

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome the Minister of State. I am supportive of the Bill but I have a couple of questions. This Bill is rushed. We waited a good while for it but it was only published on 9 February and we are now on Committee Stage. There has not been much opportunity to scrutinise the Bill, especially for the many advocacy groups working in this area. The dialogue forum was established under the...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Will the Minister of State be represented on that?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: That is really important.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Not at this point.