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Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Citizen-Centred Health Care: Civil Engagement (5 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Senator Black makes her point very well that the distinction within the HSE between mental health services and addiction services is an unreal distinction which to be bridged and that the services must be co-ordinated.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Citizen-Centred Health Care: Civil Engagement (5 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: There are a number of related questions.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Citizen-Centred Health Care: Civil Engagement (5 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: A number of members raised the issue of dual diagnosis.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Citizen-Centred Health Care: Civil Engagement (5 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I would be interested in hearing Senator Dolan's views about the issue of the delivery of services through the primary and community care model and the role of charities.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Citizen-Centred Health Care: Civil Engagement (5 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: If you are brief, as we have been sitting since 9 a.m. and are keen to wrap up very soon.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Citizen-Centred Health Care: Civil Engagement (5 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I acknowledge the submission made by the Disability Federation of Ireland. It is very comprehensive and we very much appreciate it. A number of members of the committee were not able to be here this morning because the meeting clashes with other committees. That is an issue we are all grappling with. It is very unsatisfactory and the issue must be dealt with separately. I thank the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Exemptions (5 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost in 2017 and in a full year of addressing the step effect for persons whose income rises from just below the universal social charge entry level threshold to just above it; the number so affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28825/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (5 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 201. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on recent shortages with the supply of gabapentin; the reason this occurred; and the steps he will take to prevent a recurrence. [28950/16]

Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Staff Remuneration (4 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: How many vacancies are there?

Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Staff Remuneration (4 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Donohoe, for coming in to the House to respond to this topical issue. In December 2015, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, the Psychiatric Nurses Association of Ireland and the SIPTU nursing unions concluded an agreement with the HSE and the Department of Health. The agreement was to restore recognition of the...

Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Staff Remuneration (4 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Minister for that reply but there are several points that the Minister seems to be ignoring. Can the Minister stand over a situation whereby people doing the same job are not being paid the same amount? That is what it amounts to for graduates who came out between 2011 and 2015. People who graduated before that get the incremental credit, but people who graduated this year do...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (4 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015; when she expects to bring the Bill to Second Stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28132/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Funding (4 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 417. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a severe funding issue impeding the work of a facility that is the only residential detox service for adolescents (details supplied); his views on the appropriateness of the current funding model that allows this service to function; if he will commit to devising an appropriate long term funding model for this essential...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (4 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 402. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the HSE's policy in respect of the provision of mobility scooters and motorised wheelchairs in each of the nine CHOs; the reason for the variation in these policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28276/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (4 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the profit or loss of Bus Éireann's various businesses such as public service obligations, PSOs, expressway services, school transport and other businesses (details supplied) in tabular form. [28279/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (4 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 612. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of whole time equivalent social worker posts within each Tusla local area office, in tabular form; the number of posts that are currently filled; the number of posts that are on leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28594/16]

Report of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Motion (29 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome the contributions of all speakers to the debate. It is refreshing and encouraging to have a health debate which is focused not on health problems but solutions. That is a real step forward and it is the general approach that has underpinned the committee's work. We talked about a number of common themes. One of the most surprising things we have learned through the work of...

Report of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Motion (29 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: This is a very brief overview of what we have been doing to date. There is excellent ongoing work and there is huge potential for political consensus in producing our report in the coming months. I pay tribute to the exceptional work done by staff supporting the committee in its work.

Report of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Motion (29 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I move:That Dáil Éireann shall consider the Interim Report of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 4th August, 2016. It is a great pleasure to present the interim report of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare. This committee had its origins in a motion passed by the Dáil on 1 June last. It was a historic...

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Home care is much cheaper than a hospital bed.