Results 8,141-8,160 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 246. To ask the Minister for Health the staff currently assigned or redeployed to Covid-19 testing and tracing work on the basis of their original discipline or area of work within the health service and from other Departments or agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23223/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 247. To ask the Minister for Health the current information available to him on the efficacy of single Covid-19 testing for persons that are asymptomatic in respect of the reliability of such results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23224/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: That is inappropriate. The Deputy should not be going along with this now.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome the witnesses from HIQA. Some people need to be reminded that a regulator is only as effective as the legislation that underpins it and as the budget provided to it. It is hard to take Government representatives here - one member for the second time - having a go for the purposes of headlines rather than taking responsibility for the lack of legislation and powers given to HIQA....

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Sorry, I wish to clarify what Ms Dunnion is saying. Is she saying there is no statutory requirement for nurse ratios in nursing homes?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: So it is one's definition of "appropriate level".

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: On how many occasions, roughly, has HIQA brought the absence of statutory staffing levels to the attention of a Minister?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Have there been official responses from various Ministers?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Examination of HIQA Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland (10 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Just on that question of the numbers of residents in nursing homes who died from Covid as opposed to with Covid, is there any further work being done on that?

Mental Health and Older People: Statements (9 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I believe everybody in this House is only too aware of the challenges in respect of mental health. We see people facing such challenges in our own families, in our communities and in our constituencies. People regularly come to the House to talk about the level of need, particularly unmet need, that exists. That has been going on for some time. The real test of people's commitment to...

Mental Health and Older People: Statements (9 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: On a point of order, we usually follow the Labour Party.

Mental Health and Older People: Statements (9 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: That is not the order that was followed in the last statements session.

Mental Health and Older People: Statements (9 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Maybe we could have-----

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (9 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: It is unfortunate that the time allowed for these statements is so short. It is very unsatisfactory, as is much of the engagement. The Minister spoke of political solidarity but there has been very little opportunity for that in recent times. I will return to that in a moment. I ask the Minister if, when summing up, he will clarify exactly what the strategy is for responding to the Covid...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (9 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the employment wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22987/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (9 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding for a development (details supplied) will be approved. [22877/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (9 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 196. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the qualifying age for the State pension will not rise to 67 in 2021 as per the programme for Government commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22879/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (9 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address concerns raised that persons trying to obtain an appointment with the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service online appointment booking system which is saying that there are no appointments currently available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22715/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (9 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 281. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the recruitment shortfall in the medical science profession; the reason for staff shortages in hospital laboratories; and if he has had engagement with the HSE and CORU on this matter. [22876/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (9 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 282. To ask the Minister for Health when he will commence the Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22878/20]