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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Okay, but is the key issue that there are not enough places at third level? I would like to get to the bottom of this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: There is the individual and then there is also the family and the impact on them.

Appropriation Bill 2023: Second Stage (12 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate and to highlight the Social Democrats concerns about the Government's funding of key public services. While I will refer to some of the amounts provided for in the Bill, I begin my contribution by raising the most pressing spending issue of the day, which is what would appear to be the deliberate decision by the Minister for public...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (12 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports that will be made available to small retailers to take part in the deposit return scheme; if any research has been carried out as to whether there is potential for some retailers, such as small off-licences, to be disadvantaged by the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55091/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Pricing (12 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 731. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that alcohol price reductions on the basis of a customer having a supermarket loyalty card are not in breach of the Public Health Act (Alcohol) 2018; the engagements he has had with supermarkets on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54494/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (12 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 851. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 17 May 2023, if any beds, units or buildings have been closed in the Mater Misericordia University Hospital, Dublin 7, this year; if there are any plans to do so in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55360/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 858. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the lack of capacity in PrEP services, particularly in view of the 68% increase in HIV diagnoses in 2022; how the additional €600,000 allocated to support PrEP services in budget 2024 will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55412/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 859. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in public PrEP services in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, by location, in tabular form; the number of vacancies in the service in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55413/23]

Delivery of a Rights-Based Care Economy in Ireland: Motion (7 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Successive governments have undervalued and under-recognised care and unfortunately, very little has changed in the last three and a half to four years of this Government. It seems that care is increasingly viewed as a commodity, with private providers operating almost 80% of nursing homes, while only 39% of home care hours are provided directly by the State. However, this rampant...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 331. To ask the Minister for Health if a company will be in a position to begin the diabetic retina screening programme in January 2024 (details supplied); if this organisation has signed its contract with the National Screening Service; the reason the National Screening Service appointed a sole bidder for all of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54381/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Constitutional Amendments (6 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 152. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to respond to matters raised in correspondence regarding the wording of the proposed constitutional amendment to the definition of a family (details supplied); when an announcement will be made in respect of the proposed wording; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54097/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (6 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 158. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the health technology assessment on the herpes zoster vaccine which also protects against shingles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53921/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (6 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 184. To ask the Minister for Health the number of properties owned by the HSE, by location, use and value, in tabular form; and the number of these which are vacant and the length of vacancy. [54094/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (6 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 185. To ask the Minister for Health the number of properties rented by the HSE, by location, use and annual cost, in tabular form. [54095/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (6 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine a matter in relation to a SUSI grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54024/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The witnesses are now telling us that it will be at least ten years since the Sláintecare proposals for elective hospitals before the first hospital will be built and operating. Is that not the case? That will be in Galway, and it will be at least ten years. That is just shocking. The proposal was based on the experience in Scotland where a decision was taken by NHS Scotland to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: When?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. The last time, when Mr. Watt was in here, he said it would be very shortly, in the coming weeks. He said that in September. When I tried to press him, he said it would probably be just after the budget. Now the Department is saying sometime next year. What is delaying it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Has a site been selected?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Who is in charge of this? The witnesses are all, nearly, the most senior people in the Department. Has the site been selected for one or both of the Dublin hospitals?