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Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome this opportunity for statements on Sláintecare. I do not know why it was not entitled Sláintecare and I do not know why the Sinn Féin health spokesperson is trying to rebrand Sláintecare. Its strength is that it is an all-party policy. That is what gives it real effect. I think we should stick with that and be at one with regard to what we are trying to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: It is quite unsatisfactory, if that arrangement had been made. The other thing, of course, is that we will have to have the HSE and the CEO back before the committee because very clear commitments were given to us this time last year. We took those commitments in good faith and they are not happening now. It is really disappointing. Apart from the rights of people with neurological...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: On the neurological teams, it is very disappointing. We were given a commitment that recruitment would take place in early 2024. Now, late 2024 is being said. Is that actually going to happen? Does Ms Rogers know what stage that recruitment is at?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: There should be 108 multidisciplinary therapists in those teams. How many members of those teams are there at the moment? There are two teams in existence. It is hugely understaffed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: To go back to Ms Rogers's point about the implementation strategy and the lack of energy, the implementation framework was established in February 2019. That is five years ago. How does that operate at the moment? Who is responsible for driving it?

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I am glad to hear that because we have been waiting for a very long time. While home care hours and funding have been increased since 2020, waiting lists remain stubbornly high. In February, there were over 5,500 people approved for a home care package but no carer was available. These staffing challenges have only been made worse by the regressive HSE recruitment freeze. That freeze...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome this long-awaited Bill to progress recommendations 14.4 and 14.6 of the Covid-19 nursing homes expert panel, which the Social Democrats will support. However, it is deeply regrettable that it has taken this long for the Minister to produce the necessary Bill. While these reforms are welcome, the Bill will not deliver fully on the regulatory reform recommendations from the expert...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: At a cost of 3.2 billion.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 601. To ask the Minister for Health to provide on update on the work of the commission on care for older people; the number of meetings held since the appointment of the chairman and other members; the timeline for completion of each module, and the date at which he expects the report to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20699/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 611. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on a waiting list for dental and orthodontic treatment at the end of February in each of the years between 2018-2023, by age, CHO and wait time, in tabular form. [20721/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: All of that is very positive and it is just important that we measure it. We need systems in place to do that. I want to go back to points that were made about children's mental health services. A comment was made or an indication was given that they are standardised across the country. There has, understandably, been a lot of political focus on child and adolescent mental health...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: WHO Treaty on Pandemic Preparedness: Department of Health (8 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Is there a wider group at national level feeding into that from the Department of Health and other relevant agencies?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (2 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: There have been incredible delays in all of this. It is 14 months since the review report was published. We know the important areas that are covered by it. We should not have any further delay. It is 20 years now since SIPO started identifying the serious gaps in its powers. It is supposed to be a watchdog but it seems to be more of a lapdog at this stage because of the failure of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (2 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: That is a really disappointing response that the Minister expects the heads of the Bill to go to Government in a short number of months when, at most, there is a year left in this Government. It is quite clear that even if we do see the heads of this legislation in the next few months, it will entail pre-legislative scrutiny, drafting and then the passage of legislation. I do not see any...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Taoiseach. I am not suggesting that acquiring Barrington's Hospital is going to solve all the problems by any means but it will make a significant contribution to expanding capacity. It is an existing operating hospital and could be brought onstream very speedily. I welcome the fact that the Taoiseach will pursue that further. Other critical things obviously need to happen...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: The details that emerged during the inquest of 16-year-old Aoife Johnston were horrific. She did not need surgery; she needed an antibiotic. Instead of receiving the care she needed, she was left to die. On the night that Aoife lay dying, one doctor was trying to manage 191 emergency department patients. Medics at the inquest described the emergency department that night as a war zone and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: To get back to the issue of supply and demand, which seems to be an underlying issue impacting many of these problems, how is the number of training places determined at present? I do not know whether Mr. O'Flynn has covered this, but will he clarify what is happening in existing dental schools regarding the number of places for Irish trainees? What is that number relative to the number of...

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling this motion and providing us an opportunity to debate the cost of fuel. There is no doubt but the high price of petrol and diesel has had a huge impact on workers and families across the country, in particular in rural Ireland. That is why interventions like excise duty cuts have been required. After two years it is surely time for the Government to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Good morning everyone and I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Certainly, when I was doing some research on this issue I found it very frustrating because so little official data is available from the hospitals providing the clinics or from the HSE itself. I can only imagine how much more frustrating it must be for the witnesses. Last month, I tabled a parliamentary question to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Obviously, there is a considerable lack of patient data. We have been able to get our hands on the basic data on staffing of clinics. It would seem that most of the hospitals have between four and five staff associated with their clinic. However, the opening times of the clinics range from two and a half to four hours per week across all the hospitals. That is a very limited time window...