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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: It would have been better if we could have had a chance to discuss the terms of reference first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: On a point of information, the legislation states: “The Minister shall, not later than 3 years after the commencement of this section, carry out a review of the operation of this Act.” Arguably, the review should have been carried out within that three-year period. It is not that the Minister has to commence the review in that time but rather that the review should have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I think we are all struggling with the divergence from what would be regarded as a normal review process, wherein a chair is appointed, an advisory panel appointed to support that person and the terms of reference decided. Then the review proceeds. It is disappointing that the Department and Minister have chosen not to follow the normal procedures for a major review. I support the point...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister will take recommendations on proposed changes to legislation in the course of the review. They will not be precluded.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I thank and welcome the Minister and Ms Luddy. We have been looking for this session to take place for some months and it is the eleventh hour in terms of the timescale within which the Minister is legally required to arrange the review. We are up against it and in the last three or four weeks before the legal deadline. The preparation for this meeting in terms of the information provided...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Scope and Structure of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act: Engagement with Minister for Health (8 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Through the process of the review, if there is a recommendation for legislative change, does the Minister commit to take that on board?

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Insofar as the purpose of the Bill is to get the approval of the House to establish the risk equalisation mechanism in order to support community-rated health insurance, and the decision must be taken on an annual basis, I have no difficulty with it. I recognise it for what it is. In the context of a private health insurance market, it is better that there is risk equalisation, lifetime...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (7 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 120. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is giving consideration to the provisions of the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59827/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 137. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding payments to parents who take time off work (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60500/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (7 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 280. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will be provided for a baby (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60504/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a disability claim by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60499/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 547. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons living with type 2 diabetes who are eligible for the type 2 diabetes cycle of care programme through having a GMS card or a general practitioner visit only card; the number of persons living with type 2 diabetes who attended the programme in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (7 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 566. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 833 of 19 October 2021, the reason he has not approved funding for the four unfilled epilepsy nurse specialist posts agreed in 2018 for the implementation of the Pregnancy Prevention Programme (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60141/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 628. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to re-introduce the temporary assistance payment scheme for private nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60503/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 633. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding patient visits at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60533/21]

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I support this amendment. It is important that we have the data to inform us when it comes to questions about rolling over legislation. In the main, the Minister has had support where he has made a case for it, but there has been a terrible dearth of data on the implications of any of this legislation. It took quite a long time to get any information - for example, on the rate of...

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Sorry, as a screening tool. The Minister knows they are a screening tool.

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister is completely misrepresenting the point

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Not for once-off-----

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 6: In page 27, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “(1A) Before prescribing regulations made under this section, the Minister shall notify and lay before each House of the Oireachtas a copy of the regulations not less than 48 hours before they come into effect.”.