Results 41-60 of 6,059 for speaker:Róisín Shortall in 'Dáil debates'

Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: If the Minister sets the word "irreversible" down in primary legislation, it will exclude people. A condition that is currently irreversible may not be so in even one month's time because, as the Minister says, the pace of scientific progress is such that these things can change quite quickly. On that basis, I think this is a mistake. I do not think any of us is medically qualified to give...

Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Did the Minister consider doing it on a case-by-case basis?

Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister has taken a reasonable approach on this. I endorse the point made by Deputy Cullinane. Speed is fine if people are in a hurry to get something but speed in addressing legislation, and especially legislation as long and very complex as this Bill, very often results in our having to revisit the issue unless adequate time is given for consideration of the provisions. Therefore, I...

Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I also raise concerns about these two amendments. AHR professionals have expressed serious concern about these two amendments and the removal of the term “progressive disorders” from the Bill. It is accepted that such conditions are rare. However, because of rapid advances in genetics and other fields, fertility preservation is possible. I have also been advised of several...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I wish to raise the issue of the long-awaited of the new national children's hospital, which cannot open soon enough. The understanding all along has been that there will be 380 beds in the facility. This week, Children's Health Ireland, CHI, released an update video about the hospital that in which reference was made to 300 beds. Can the Minister clarify if that was an error on the part...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Minister.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I said the Minister is commentating. He is in government.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I will ask the Taoiseach about the provision of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, classrooms. Two years ago, the NCSE recommended two new ASD classrooms for a school in Glasnevin in my constituency. However, the planning and building unit is not responding to any of its calls and has not responded for more than a year now. Is there an unwritten policy that only reconfigured classrooms, where...

Dentistry Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I thank everybody who contributed to the debate. I had hoped that the Minister would come in today and outline a clear plan to reform of public dentistry. However, all we got was talk. The scripts that were read out by the two Ministers of State were an absolute disgrace. The Ministers of State are either delusional or blatantly disingenuous. They displayed a complete disconnect from...

Dentistry Services: Motion (22 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I move: That Dáil Éireann: acknowledges that access to dental care is in crisis and that urgent action is required by Government to address the many aspects of this crisis; notes that: — there are an estimated 104,000 children on a waiting list for the school screening dental service, out of an eligible 208,000 children; — in the past five years there has been a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: It is not.

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: The previous Chair told us that because we were running behind schedule, there would be a little flexibility with the time.

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: There is a dire shortage of dentists and we were told the Minister's response was to put work out to the private sector. That is okay for a short-term stopgap measure. It does not work in the longer term. Will the Minister please try to concentrate on public employees in the public health service? In budget 2022, 21 neurological nursing posts were approved and 13 of those still have...

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I have a response to a parliamentary question that tells me the recruitment embargo is preventing them being filled. I got it last week.

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Okay, I will give the reply to the Minister. This is a no-brainer. There are 860,000 people with neurological conditions.

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: They need adequate community services. They deserve them, but it is also having a huge impact on the health service, with beds being taken up over a long period and people not being able to rehabilitate, get back to work and so on. These are the priority areas. I hope the Minister will give them attention.

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome this opportunity for statements on Sláintecare. I do not know why it was not entitled Sláintecare and I do not know why the Sinn Féin health spokesperson is trying to rebrand Sláintecare. Its strength is that it is an all-party policy. That is what gives it real effect. I think we should stick with that and be at one with regard to what we are trying to...

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Thank you.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I am glad to hear that because we have been waiting for a very long time. While home care hours and funding have been increased since 2020, waiting lists remain stubbornly high. In February, there were over 5,500 people approved for a home care package but no carer was available. These staffing challenges have only been made worse by the regressive HSE recruitment freeze. That freeze...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome this long-awaited Bill to progress recommendations 14.4 and 14.6 of the Covid-19 nursing homes expert panel, which the Social Democrats will support. However, it is deeply regrettable that it has taken this long for the Minister to produce the necessary Bill. While these reforms are welcome, the Bill will not deliver fully on the regulatory reform recommendations from the expert...