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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Office of Public Works (16 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an update will be provided on the overpayment of rent at the Miesian Plaza; the contacts which his officials have had with the landlord over the past six months; and when he expects to recoup this overpayment. [56170/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Office of Public Works (16 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I again raise the matter of the significant overpayment of rent on the Miesian Plaza offices on Baggot Street which house the Departments of Health and Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. I raised the matter with the Minister in April and June. What progress has been made in recouping the substantial amount of money that is owed to the Irish taxpayer?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Office of Public Works (16 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: It is estimated that the loss to the taxpayer is approximately €344,000 per year which, over the lifetime of the lease, would come to approximately €10 million. It is not a small matter, it is a significant matter. The Minister of State has said to me on two previous occasions, in April and June, that the OPW very much regrets that errors were made so there is no question but...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Office of Public Works (16 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I am sure the Minister of State appreciates the fact that this issue was examined by the Committee of Public Accounts. It was also highlighted by Cianan Brennan of the Irish Examiner. I raised the matter with the Minister of State in April and again in June. It would seem that no substantive progress is being made, apart from the general aspirations that the Minister of State reiterated in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Office of Public Works (16 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I did not ask the Minister of State to do that.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (16 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 323. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport can be provided for a young baby (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56108/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (16 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason 234 calendar days is not used to assess eligibility for the back to education allowance; if 234 calendar days are not being used, if 273 calendar days are being used; if so, if this can be stated clearly on the website of her Department; if it is the case that recipients of the pandemic unemployment payment...

Farrelly Commission of Investigation Substantive Interim Reports: Statements (11 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I listened to the Minister of State's earlier contribution and I was a bit surprised that it was so short. I got very little sense of the State's response to this appalling case. The Minister of State took a lot of time talking about the Brandon case with which there are obvious parallels which we need to address. I acknowledge Deputy Pringle and all of the work he did on the Brandon case....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (11 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if improvements were made to the better energy warmer homes scheme in the recent Budget; if he is considering providing a grant for low-income households in order to avail of a free building energy rating assessment; if he has plans to include solar panels under the better energy warmer homes scheme; if double glazed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (11 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 366. To ask the Minister for Health the current Covid-19 testing protocols in place for hospital emergency department admissions and discharges from hospital wards; if patients are checked before, during and after admission and on discharge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55337/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I thank both of the witnesses for coming along. Those last few comments are demoralising, to say the least, where Professor McCormack talked about everything being chaotic and much of this is down to the tendency towards privatisation in recent years in the health service. I would not disagree with Professor McCormack on that at all. They made the point that nothing is working from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Is there an estimated build time on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: What is our total number of orthopaedic surgeons who deal with children and what ratios are regarded as best practice? How far out of line are we?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Much of the concentration is on the waiting lists for surgery and they are pretty scandalous. There are no two ways about that. There is also the waiting list of almost 44,000 children for outpatient appointments and that, again, is shocking. Many of the parents say there are serious problems with the lack of communication and they do not know where they stand. They are waiting to hear a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: As I said, we have not received the plan for Cappagh but we will seek it now and take it up in whatever way we can with the Minister and the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I am curious to know, and I imagine parents are as well, about the prioritisation system for the waiting lists for both surgery and outpatient appointments. Is there potential for better streamlining of those waiting lists? Parents do not know how long the waiting list is for one surgeon compared with that for another and there seems to be no movement between waiting lists. Is there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I appreciate that but parents do not seem to be aware of how lists are created and what the prioritisation system is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I commend Professor McCormack and I am really impressed by his clear analysis of the nature of the problem. It is very refreshing to hear somebody speak so frankly about problems within the system and the putting forward of solutions. Is there any forum in which that analysis can be considered or inputted? Does such a forum exist in Children's Health Ireland or the orthopaedic community...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I thank all of the witnesses for their attendance and for the presentation. My question is to Ms Hardiman. In the course of her responses to a number of members and in her presentation she talked about plans for a fifth theatre in CHI at Temple Street, additional staff, additional beds, and so on. In relation to each one of those, she put in the proviso of "subject to approvals". Can she...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: When are decisions due on that?