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

Róisín Shortall: Does the Minister of State remember that during the Second Stage debate that I raised the question of the delegation of functions?

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

Róisín Shortall: Unless particular specified functions are delegated to a Minister of State, then legal responsibility remains with the senior Minister. I do not want us to find ourselves in a situation whereby in the case of something that happened six months ago and which ultimately and legally was the responsibility of the Minister for Health and, potentially, senior officials and the Secretary General in...

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

Róisín Shortall: An order was signed when the Minister of State initially took up her role.

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

Róisín Shortall: I am concerned about this line being drawn and it not being possible to establish accountability. As I say, it is ultimately up to the senior Minister and the officials. There is a long tail to many things that have gone in the area of health. I am not really happy about this section.

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

Róisín Shortall: May I make a final point on this? The language in this section is quite convoluted. It is open to a different interpretation from that provided by Mr. McGreal. It allows that a function of the Minister for Health under the principal Act to be deemed to have been validly performed by the Minister after the commencement of this section. I am not happy to support this section today. I will...

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

Róisín Shortall: This section appoints the Taoiseach as referee where there is a disagreement between Ministers. How can the Taoiseach arbitrate on what, in some cases, will be a question of law?

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

Róisín Shortall: I hope the Taoiseach will be very supportive of the Minister of State in other areas, such as getting a good allocation of resources at budget time and that kind of thing.

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

Róisín Shortall: It does.

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

Róisín Shortall: Will the Minister of State clarify what her existing delegated functions are? I am not just asking whether the Minister for Health is happy to leave the area of disabilities to her but whether she has legally delegated functions in the Department of Health.

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

Róisín Shortall: That is not true. Listen to the Irish Cancer Society.

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

Róisín Shortall: It is absolutely a barrier. They are hounded by debt collectors.

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

Róisín Shortall: Okay.

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

Róisín Shortall: They hound them for the bills.

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

Róisín Shortall: I am puzzled by the Minister's last comment because, too often, cost is a barrier to people accessing care. For cancer patients, in particular, unless they have a medical card or private health insurance, they are faced with a bill of up to €800 per year just to get life-saving treatment. How can the Minister defend that? It is utterly indefensible. While, of course,...

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

Róisín Shortall: There were further revelations about the dysfunction at the heart of the health service in the Business Postat the weekend. Department of Health officials described a horror of waste in the HSE, criticised recruitment targets as incredulous, and expressed concern at their inability to hold the HSE to account. Concerns about budgets in the HSE went all the way to the top. The Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (22 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter in relation to approved driving instructors (details supplied); if he plans to address the cost of such tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9089/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (22 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the current estimated waiting times for motorcycle driving test applications at each test centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9161/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (22 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 268. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Revenue Commissioners' public office on Cathedral Street, Dublin 1 will reopen to the public; when the public inquiry telephone numbers will be available again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9791/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (22 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to increase the availability of multi or non-denominational secondary school places in Dublin 9 and 11; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9788/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the number of autism spectrum disorder unit places in primary and secondary schools in the Dublin 9 and 11 areas; the timescale for delivery of each in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10022/22]