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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues and Challenges relating to Cardiology: Irish Cardiac Society (23 Oct 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Could it be included in that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues and Challenges relating to Cardiology: Irish Cardiac Society (23 Oct 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. I want to pick up on some of the points made about testing diagnostics generally. Are cardiac diagnostic services not included in the new primary care diagnostics initiative, that is, the direct referrals?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues and Challenges relating to Cardiology: Irish Cardiac Society (23 Oct 2024)

Róisín Shortall: That makes sense. I completely agree with Dr. Murphy's point that we should be developing our own services within each RHA instead of the outsourcing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues and Challenges relating to Cardiology: Irish Cardiac Society (23 Oct 2024)

Róisín Shortall: It reaches a tipping point then and the public service is always inadequate. I want to go back for a minute to that question of the prescribing of injectable cholesterol-lowering treatments. What is the position? Presumably, we know high cholesterol is very prevalent. What happens if a person is being prescribed that treatment? Does that mean they can eat and drink whatever they like?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues and Challenges relating to Cardiology: Irish Cardiac Society (23 Oct 2024)

Róisín Shortall: They are only allowed after the event, as it were, and not as a prevention measure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues and Challenges relating to Cardiology: Irish Cardiac Society (23 Oct 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues and Challenges relating to Cardiology: Irish Cardiac Society (23 Oct 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Are there any generic medicines coming on stream any time soon on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues and Challenges relating to Cardiology: Irish Cardiac Society (23 Oct 2024)

Róisín Shortall: That is an important issue we may pursue as a committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I will pick up on that last point. It is important that we get the full picture. I address this to Deputy Lahart too. We all know that the population is growing and ageing, and the level of dependency is increasing. It is important to bear in mind that the budget allocation to help last year was insufficient. That is not just me saying that; the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council said it when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Turning to the productivity and savings task force, the expectation is that staff would be well represented on a body like that. What was Fórsa's experience of looking for that representation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

Róisín Shortall: That is incredible. It is very hard to understand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Of course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

Róisín Shortall: It is really important that a cost-benefit analysis be carried out on that within different sectors of the health service. There is a view that private healthcare is more efficient, cheaper and so on but, of course, we know that is not the case in the long run. Even so, we need to have the figures on that. On the net point about the data on the number of vacancies at 31 December last...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in the HSE: Fórsa (23 Oct 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the representatives.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Oct 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the reason for the long delay in the progress of a promised new school building (details supplied); when this project is likely to move to stage 1 preliminary design; and if she will agree to an early meeting between officials in her Department and the school representatives in order to clarify the precise timescale...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (23 Oct 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 194. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 756 of 18 September 2024, to provide an update on the new Sláintecare implementation strategy; if the updated version referenced in his previous reply has been submitted to the Cabinet committee on health; the timeline for publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43407/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (23 Oct 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 202. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who have undergone spinal surgeries abroad since an agreement was reached with facilities in other jurisdictions; the number of children’s spinal surgeries currently scheduled to take place in these facilities, by location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43474/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 Oct 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 210. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 19 September 2024, if section 39 organisations that tender to the HSE will be included in the Workplace Relations Commission agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43549/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (23 Oct 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 211. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 302 of 8 February 2024, to provide an update on the development of a new model of care for gender healthcare, and an implementation plan for its delivery; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43550/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 258. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a reply will issue to correspondence regarding lodges in the Phoenix Park (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42783/24]