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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: What is the timeline for decisions to be made in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Ms Magahy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I referred to removal of cost as a barrier to accessing care.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: The Seanad was not sitting when the committee was set up.

Financial Resolution No. 3: Value Added Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Obviously we need to support businesses during this difficult period but there are problems with this approach. I am not going to vote against this resolution but the Government could have provided supports in a more targeted way. The first point is that the employment in the sectors affected by this VAT change tends to be of very poor quality. I repeat the point we made during the last...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Budget Statement 2021 (13 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: This is a budget like no other. It is being introduced in the context of events that are largely beyond our control. Certainly, no one would have chosen the circumstances in which we find ourselves. Covid-19 and Brexit are the twin challenges of budget 2021. How we respond to those challenges is critical. People who face insecurity, Covid-related and non-Covid health concerns, loss of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (13 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the price range of homes to be available under the affordable housing scheme for first-time buyers; if a 10% deposit will be required by applicants; if a grant or targeted financial supports will be available for applicants as part of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29722/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (13 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter regarding a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29725/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (13 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 323. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 who is in receipt Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment is eligible to take up a free Springboard course and keep their payment at the same time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30211/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (13 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30333/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 465. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved posts for adult and paediatric audiologists; the number of posts filled; the number of posts vacant by community healthcare organisation, CHO, area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29723/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (13 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 466. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for improving access to treatment for persons with gambling addictions; if he will consider the results of a study of the nine community healthcare organisation, CHO, regions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29724/20]

Covid-19: Statements (8 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister's colleague, the Tánaiste, on Monday night said on RTÉ, "So we thought that this was not the right way to do things, to land something like this on a Sunday night without prior consultation". Does the Minister accept that was a wrong description of the sequence of events over Saturday and Sunday, that there had been communication with the Minister and, I presume, that...

Covid-19: Statements (8 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: In light of the Minister being brought up to date with the deteriorating position on Saturday and again on Sunday, I presume he was expecting level 4. I will just assume that is case. This debate was promised by the Taoiseach when a number of us asked for it and he told us he would be present for it. It is a pity he is not. The debate was also rescheduled, as it was supposed to be...

Covid-19: Statements (8 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Is the Minister responsible for changing the policy?

Covid-19: Statements (8 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I am talking about a forum where real work can be done in a collaborative way.

Covid-19: Statements (8 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Why is that not happening?

Covid-19: Statements (8 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I have raised it with the Taoiseach for months.

Covid-19: Statements (8 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: To pick up on a point the Minister made, the practice is not to publish NPHET's letters until the Cabinet makes a decision. They do not come out straight after NPHET meets. Let us get matters clear about the leaking of the letter or the information about the recommendation to move to level 5. Did the Minister or anybody associated with him leak that information?

Covid-19: Statements (8 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: It is a straight question.