Results 541-560 of 23,533 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 1416. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is any legal obligation on large retailers to provide disability trolleys in their stores; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1224/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 1417. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an allocation under the new youth employability scheme will be made to an organisation (details supplied), given that the special purpose grant allocated to the organisation for its Employability Support Programme expired at the end of 2023; if he will provide a timeline for the allocation of such funding;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (17 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 1509. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of public hospitals refusing GP referrals for DEXA scans (details supplied); the reason for this policy in a number of hospitals; the steps being taken to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56579/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 1550. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the number of doctors in HSE consultant posts that are not on the Irish Medical Council specialist register for the specialty they are practising in (details supplied); his views on the potential for patient safety issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56773/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (17 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 1593. To ask the Minister for Health the reason letters are being sent to parents informing them that their child will be removed from primary care waiting lists unless they return a form within two weeks (details supplied); the rationale for this short timeframe of two weeks; if this practice is applied consistently across the country; if there is any recourse for parents who do not see this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (17 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 1689. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.150 of 15 November 2023, whether the Health Service Executive pensions section in Manorhamilton is now fully staffed and in a position to process all pension matters for retired HSE workers in a swift and timely manner; if not, if he will outline the reason why and the steps being taken to address this; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 1744. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to adding motor neurone disease (MND) and Kennedy's disease, which is rare but very similar to MND, to the list of medical conditions covered by the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1642/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Strategies (17 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 1745. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the National Service Plan 2024; if the HSE has submitted the NSP to him for approval; the timeline he is working towards in approving the NSP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1643/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2024 (14 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to respond to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council’s Fiscal Assessment Report, published recently; his views on their assessment of the health allocation for 2024 (details supplied); if he accepts the views of the Acting Chair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56155/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Poverty (14 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been brought to research into energy hardship experienced by cancer patients with life-limiting diagnoses (details supplied); the steps she is taking to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56154/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (14 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 506. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been brought to research into energy hardship experienced by cancer patients with life-limiting diagnoses (details supplied); the steps he is taking to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56153/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Budgets (14 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 507. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform regarding the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council’s Fiscal Assessment Report and their analysis of the Health allocation for 2024 (details supplied); his views on their analysis of the health allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56156/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disability Services (13 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet representatives of an organisation (details supplied) to discuss serious funding challenges and its role in the evolving further education and training ecosystem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55813/23]

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

Róisín Shortall: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. It is hard to believe that conditions that have such a massive impact on people's lives, on the health service and on our economy are so neglected. It is difficult to figure out why that is the case. Do the witnesses have views on that? There obviously is an impact for the individual in terms of death rates and disability. As this then takes...

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

Róisín Shortall: Did something initiate the previous ten-year strategy, which our guests have said was very good? How did that come about and how is it that we do not have that continuing?

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

Róisín Shortall: The then Minister had a particular interest in it.

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

Róisín Shortall: Have both organisations met the current Minister?

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

Róisín Shortall: Okay, but have they met the Minister on the issue of the review and of the strategy?

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

Róisín Shortall: It is difficult to understand why we are not making progress in this area.

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

Róisín Shortall: There is no joined-up thinking.