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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: How does Mr Pescar’s website verify age, please?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: It is self-verification, then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: That is unlikely to safeguard under 18s.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. If Mr. Pescar has suspicions - and I am unsure as to how he would have suspicions with online buyers - what would he do to verify a person’s age?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: How often would that have been done last year, for example?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. I thank Mr. Pescar and the Chairman.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (15 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 791. To ask the Minister for Health the basis upon which eligibility for personal assistant support for a disabled person is determined; the current statutory basis for this eligibility; if a person requires a medical card or must satisfy a means test in order to qualify for personal assistant support; the eligibility criteria that applies in relation to whether or not the person is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (15 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 825. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to change the Covid-19 testing rules to allow persons aged four to 39 years of age to access HSE PCR testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8120/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 826. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons under 40 years of age who have not yet been boosted due to testing positive for Covid-19 in the previous 90 days, are unable to access services in some European Union states as they are unable to obtain a digital Covid certificate of recovery before travel due to current PCR testing rules in Ireland;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency (15 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 855. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases taken against the HSE relating to perinatal mental health issues; the number of cases settled in this area in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8223/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency (15 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 856. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases taken against the HSE relating to mental health issues; the number of cases settled in this area in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8224/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency (15 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 857. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases taken against the HSE relating to CAMHS services; the number of cases settled in this area in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8225/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (15 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 858. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for primary care psychology services per community healthcare organisation, CHO; the number waiting up to three months, between three and six months, between three and nine months, between nine and 12 months and over 12 months, respectively, in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (15 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 859. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults on waiting lists for primary care psychology services per community healthcare organisation, CHO; the number waiting up to three months, between three and six months, between three and nine months, between nine and 12 months and over 12 months, respectively in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (15 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 860. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the workforce plan for the health service; the areas that have the largest deficits; the steps being taken to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8228/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 862. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding each of the National Clinical Programmes relating to disciplines (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8231/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (15 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 924. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange with the HSE to publish a list with contact details of all dentists in each CHO who currently accept medical card patients; if he will ensure that this list is routinely updated.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8438/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (15 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 925. To ask the Minister for Health the way that his Department and the HSE monitors the extent of availability of dentists to medical card holders; the details of the latest data collected on dentist availability broken down by area; the way that this compares with previous data collected; the way that his Department and the HSE are dealing with the shortage of dentists for medical card...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome this Bill. I particularly welcome the move from a health-dominated approach to disability to an equality and rights-based one. It is a very welcome development. Viewing disability primarily through a health lens has created a very narrow focus, one that is so narrow that it has been rejected by people with disabilities, their advocates and people working in the field. In that...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (10 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 206. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department intends on expanding the criteria for applying for the better energy warmer homes scheme to include all low-income households and not just those households or persons in receipt of certain social welfare benefits; if not, the supports that will be made available for these low-income households in...