Results 41-60 of 1,029 for long speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Mar 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 396. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria for discharging patients from long-Covid and post-acute clinics; if people can discharge themselves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11366/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Mar 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 397. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the training and information provided to general practitioners and general practice nurses in respect of treating long-Covid and making referrals to specialist services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11367/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Mar 2024)

Róisín Shortall: ...To ask the Minister for Health the engagements he had with trade union representatives regarding his decision to conclude the temporary scheme of special leave with pay for healthcare workers with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11368/24]

Rare Diseases: Statements (6 Mar 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Last week, along with other Members of the House, including Deputy Naughten, I had the pleasure of attending the "I Am Number 17" exhibition launch in St. Stephen's Green. The exhibition features 17 people living with rare diseases, reflecting the fact that one in 17 people will be affected by a rare disease at some point in their lives. Putting their stories on display in the heart of our...

Child and Youth Mental Health: Statements (29 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: ...primary recommendation out of 49 recommendations in total that CAMHS should be regulated by the Mental Health Commission. This is a measure the Government could take that would be transformative. How long will the Government go on listening to excuses and reasons for things not being done by the HSE? How long will the Government continue with a situation where the HSE is effectively...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: ...ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the promised compensation scheme for people who had adverse reactions to Covid 19 vaccines; the reason the scoping of such a scheme is taking so long; the timescale for the completion of this exercise; when he expects to be in a position to announce details of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9770/24]

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: ...Money is provided in the budget but the money does not get spent and the excuse is, "We cannot get the staff". Why can CAMHS not get the staff? Why has the Minister of State not dealt with this long ago? Why has there not been proper workforce planning in this area so we know the necessary therapists and specialists needed for recruitment in this area are trained and available? This...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: ...commenting on this matter. In November, the expert task force published its initial recommendations. I commend Minister on the speedy way in which he acted on those recommendations. It is not so long ago that it was a struggle to get any expansion of pharmacy services over the line. When it was first proposed that pharmacists would start to administer the flu vaccine, it was a real...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: ...to this area. Again, what we are seeing is a focus on the expensive elements so the treatment of people rather than the prevention of disease. That is regrettable and underlines the fact that we have such a long way to go. The Minister of State has talked about the idea of health in all policies. Ill-health prevention must very much be a cross-cutting all-of-government issue and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: ...them. We also know, of course, that some of those industries are providing educational programmes in schools. Drinkaware, for example, was providing to schools material about drinking. It took a long time for the Minister to put a stop to that. The same is now happening in our schools in respect of gambling. I accept that this is a new area. We have talked a lot this morning about...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I will also say thanks. These comments are normally reserved for the end of the process. There is a long process ahead of us. I appreciate all the work that has been done to date and look forward to getting through this monstrous task as regards the volume of the Bill and the amendments. I hope we can do so as expeditiously and as thoroughly as possible.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: ...the birth. We discussed this at the briefing last week, namely, the status during the period between the child being born and the parental order being made. I asked the Department of Justice how long it would be likely to take, given the waiting lists in the courts and so on for a parental order application to be heard. Could that be a lengthy period? I am thinking of the difficulties...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 57: In page 32, line 29, after “sperm” to insert “or her egg”. This provides for donor gametes to be used after a donor dies as long as he or she has consented. When we discuss that, there seems to be a lack of equality between males and females, particularly in circumstances where the donor is deceased and consent has been given to use...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Nursing Homes (18 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 4. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to the recent ERSI report on the changes and challenges facing the Irish long-term residential care sector since Covid-19; his views on the consolidation of nursing home ownership, with 14 operators controlling 40% of all beds, and the increasing monetisation of elder care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2279/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Families for Reform of CAMHS (17 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: ...Health Commission identified. The first of those was the immediate and independent regulation of CAMHS. That is by far the most important one. There have been years of excuses, explanations and long stories about why the service is so bad. There is a need for that essential service to be independently regulated because we cannot depend on either the HSE or the Department to be upfront...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Families for Reform of CAMHS (17 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I have a few more issues to raise if the witnesses do not mind. It has been a long morning and they are probably keen to call it a day. On the last point about being warned about not giving out about CAMHS and the effect that might have on recruitment, that kind of secrecy is an old ploy to keep people quiet and also underlines the need for outside regulation by the Mental Health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: ...for Health if consideration will be given to adding motor neurone disease (MND) and Kennedy's disease, which is rare but very similar to MND, to the list of medical conditions covered by the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1642/24]

Delivery of a Rights-Based Care Economy in Ireland: Motion (7 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...sector with poor pay and conditions. This damaging legacy could be addressed in part through full implementation of the strategic workforce advisory group’s recommendations and the introduction of a long-promised statutory home care scheme, which we are still awaiting. In 2018, a statutory right to home care was first promised, with a 2021 target for delivery. Here we are,...