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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (13 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 1136. To ask the Minister for Health if there have been any circumstances where the State has covered the cost or provided the direct funding for pectus carinatum bracing for an individual, through either the cross-Border Directive or on a discretionary basis to be carried out within another state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27269/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (13 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 1278. To ask the Minister for Health the reason court safety orders or court barring orders older than 12 months are not accepted as proof of relationship estrangement by the medical card assessment unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28317/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (13 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 1279. To ask the Minister for Health if he will account for the reason that a medical card was withdrawn from a person (details supplied) in five successive months, and had to be reinstated in each of the five months before being withdrawn entirely, prior to the expiry of the three-year term of their medical card. [28318/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (13 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 1288. To ask the Minister for Health what plans he has to address hospital parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28393/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (13 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 1289. To ask the Minister for Health what plans he has to address the high cost of parking near a Dublin hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28394/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: There are currently 856 unsolved missing persons cases in the State. In addition, an unknown number of unidentified remains are documented in various files in coroners' offices throughout the country. Advances in DNA profiling have led to some cases being solved in recent years. In the middle of May, for the first time ever, the Department of Justice published information provided by...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: Over recent days. the Minister and his Government have trumpeted and celebrated the country's high employment figures. However, if we look under the bonnet, what workers are really facing is a crisis in their real wages, terms and conditions of employment and how far their wage packets are going. In recent weeks my colleague, Deputy Nash, has raised how the price of basic foodstuffs and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: The contingency plans are cutting it very fine for something so important. On the retained firefighters - and I want the Minister come back on this - this is a 24-7 commitment, 365 days a year. That huge sacrifice impacts on their professional careers, their ability to get mortgages and loans and it ties them physically to the towns and villages they are in. The cost of a fully staffed...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2023)

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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (1 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: It is not an easy issue and we are aware of the complexity of it. It is, however, important for us to keep the pressure up. These workers took pay cuts back during the economic crash, in line with public sector workers. They have not had their pay restored. We are looking at the structure of the CDNTs, which we all want to see be successful. CDNTs are provided across HSE services and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (1 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 24. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the pay claims by section 39 organisation workers following the meeting of officials from his Department, the HSE, the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and Tusla with union representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26663/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (1 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: I am seeking an update on outstanding pay claims for workers in section 39 organisations. This is an issue on which we have been supporting the trade union movement. It goes back to the problem with recruitment and retention right across our healthcare provision, including the voluntary sector.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Disputes (1 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: It is worth pointing out that this is all happening against the backdrop of 13% of medical scientists' posts being vacant. Staff are being attracted out of the public health service. Many are going into the private sector. We have a booming pharmaceutical industry. There are many jobs outside the public health system. With morale low, the increase in demand and pressures on staff in the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Disputes (1 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 11. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress made with regard to the pay parity claim by medical scientists, one year after they suspended their industrial action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26661/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Disputes (1 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: We are just over a year on from when the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association, MLSA, suspended its industrial action to return to talks. Can the Minister provide an update on the progress made with regard to the medical laboratory scientists' long-standing pay parity claim?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Disputes (1 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: The recommendations from that report were most welcome. They backed up what medical scientists knew for a long time, that there was no material distinction between the work they do and the work the clinical biochemists do. This dispute is not just a year and a bit long, it is 22 years long. We have the upcoming pay discussions that this will be included in. This group of workers have been...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (1 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: The Minister mentioned that Saturday is the best day, and I know what he means. However, the average figures are such that even when we get to Friday and Saturday, the numbers are still far too high because of the carryover from the weekend. In respect of the seven-day roster, a number of unions, such as the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, has said it is willing to talk. The...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (1 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: The emergency department task force, which is co-chaired by the HSE and the INMO, warned this week that we could have another winter with RSV, Covid-19 and other respiratory challenges. Given everything the Minister has said and offered, and everything in the pipeline, is he considering specific targets? He does not have to mention those targets on the floor of the Dáil but is he...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (1 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: 2. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed update on his plans to end hospital overcrowding and accident and emergency wait times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26950/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (1 Jun 2023)

Duncan Smith: May saw 11,856 people, including 300 children, waiting on trolleys. What plans does the Minister have to end hospital overcrowding and accident and emergency department wait times, knowing that the numbers in May were higher than the numbers in January when we had the triple respiratory threat?