Results 1-20 of 21 for lottery speaker:Róisín Shortall

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Community-based Cancer Support Services: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: ...I am looking at Dublin because I am a Dublin TD. There are many areas of Dublin that do not have centres, and I am sure the same applies all over the country. There is a big element of postcode lottery. Would the NCCP be initiating or recommending new centres to start?

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: ...key principles of that proposal is that there would be objective resource allocation to each RHA. I am just checking. I take it the Minister supports the principle that we need to end the postcode lottery and ensure all resources are allocated fairly.

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: ...should be. Critical opportunities to pick up conditions that could be treated at an early stage are being missed. I went about trying to establish how many posts there are around the country because it is a postcode lottery. I asked how many posts there are and the vacancy rate. The reply I got from the HSE is that it does not keep records of vacancies. That is incredible. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I ask Mr. Watt for an update on funding of the carer’s guarantee for family carers to eliminate the postcode lottery that currently exists and take pressure off carers. What is the status of the funding of that guarantee?

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...dilution of the principle of the common bond would potentially be catastrophic for credit unions. While I support the slight relaxation provided for in the Bill to ensure access to service is not just a postcode lottery, I would have serious concerns about further liberalisation of the common bond. This unique characteristic of the credit union movement must be protected and...

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...lack of accountability has been descriptive of the situation in CAMHS. The other issue relating to the structure of the health service was referred to by Deputy Sherlock. We have a postcode lottery. Whether a child can get access to services within a reasonable period of time is hit and miss. Children are in many cases left waiting indefinitely. That is why we need a new structure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Integrated Eye Care: Discussion (13 Jul 2022)

Róisín Shortall: ...do the populations of CHO 1, CHO 8 and CHO 9 fare funding-wise for eye services compared with similar populations throughout the rest of the country? There is this perennial problem of postcode lotteries tying into funding. Is it a case that those three CHOs, compared with others throughout the country, have additional funding?

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: ...and there must be consequences for them if things go wrong and they do not do their job properly. Another essential part of this is that resources must be allocated on the basis of need. We talk about the postcode lottery. It is just crazy at the moment. Three of the community healthcare organisations account for much more than 50% - the figure is something like 80% - of the waiting...

Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Jul 2020)

Róisín Shortall: ...the various schemes thereunder, but there is no similar legal entitlement to healthcare. That is a fundamental problem in the context of how we provide services. It is one of the reasons for there being a postcode lottery when it comes to accessing services. Certain areas operate the schemes differently from other areas, depending on their funding and share of the healthcare budget,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery (3 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are delays with persons being paid their national lottery winnings in cases in which they have won a prize; if so, when the problem will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9166/20]

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Róisín Shortall: The Government is therefore lumping bingo in with all lotteries and gambling and because of that it is not regarded as a separate activity in its own right. It seems that what the Government is proposing to do is unnecessarily rigid and potentially unfair. That is how it strikes me. I wish we had a proper briefing from the Minister of State to address the concerns that have been expressed...

Special Needs Education Places: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2019)

Róisín Shortall: ...from having to fight for every single service they needed. This story is replicated many times all around the country. There is no doubt many families face what is, in effect, a post code lottery when it comes to accessing school places or the basic therapeutic services that simply do not exist in many regions. The denial of those basic services results in a denial of those...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (10 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: ...home loan scheme whereby some applicants are being forced to foot legal fees in local authority areas in which there is no dedicated council law department; his views on whether this geographic lottery and the associated costs is an unfair burden on applicants; the steps he will take to address this anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41318/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Licence Sale (8 Mar 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the change in policy regarding the use of unclaimed prize money which was agreed during the sale of the national lottery in 2014; if the intention to allow the use of unclaimed prize money to fund marketing activities was communicated to the tender bidders prior to the awarding of the contract; and if he will make a...

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Róisín Shortall: ...that support the provision of victims' services throughout the country. That, again, raises the question of resources. When it comes to support services and many social services there is a geographic lottery and for that reason it would be very helpful if there was a centralised approach in terms of referral and then access to regionalised support services. Such support services and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (17 Jan 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 1247. To ask the Minister for Health the National Lottery allocations made in 2014, 2015, and 2016 with details of the amounts, the name and address of the beneficiary and the purpose of the allocation; and the criteria which applied to these allocation decisions. [1423/17]

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: HSE (30 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: That is the issue; it is about measuring activity levels and ensuring there is not a geographical lottery, about which many people complain. It is especially about establishing accountability for what is happening. Currently, it seems there is fog.

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

Róisín Shortall: .... There is a significant amount of agreement. I will very briefly run through those areas. They are the importance of the patient voice, inequality of access and the fact that we have a two-tier system, the geographical lottery that applies because of the unequal distribution of resources, moving from the hospital-centric model we have currently to putting far greater emphasis on health...

Departmental Funding (23 Mar 2011)

Róisín Shortall: ...Children, Deputy James Reilly and I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. In 2010, a grant of almost €172,000 was approved from the Department of Health and Children's allocation of national lottery funds to Dignity 4 Patients. This was given towards the cost of providing information and support to victims of abuse wishing to attend the Drogheda review. This independent review was...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (13 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: ...and Law Reform the action the Gardaí plan to take in regard to the continued operation, especially in the Dublin area, of gaming arcades and other premises operating in breach of the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956, particularly in regard to the maximum permitted stake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19621/10]