Results 1-20 of 91 for cork speaker:Róisín Shortall

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

Róisín Shortall: ...hospital in the country. It is overcrowded all the time. Today, we learned that last month, it had nearly twice as many patients on trolleys as the second most overcrowded hospital, which was Cork University Hospital. The Minister for Health has conceded that chronic overcrowding means the hospital is not safe. That is what a deathtrap means; it is unsafe. I know the Taoiseach will...

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: ...a shortage of radiation therapists across the country. In Galway University Hospital, one of the five HSE radiation treatment centres, the radiation therapist vacancy rate is almost 30%, while in Cork University Hospital, the vacancy rate is an absolutely shocking 39.4%. I am glad to see that the Minister of State, Deputy Colm Burke, who is from the county, has arrived into the Chamber....

Select Committee on Health: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...a lot of time into the pre-legislative scrutiny and we had two sessions with gardaí and a number with departmental officials. Many of us struggled with the idea that if somebody was protesting in Cork one week and breached the regulations, and then a few weeks later was protesting in Dublin, there might be no communication so gardaí could take action against the person...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...area. A lot of premises are involved, particularly in a city. I understand the challenges there. To return to the key point, if there is no way a garda in Dublin can know that Mr. X protested in Cork, how can a prosecution be brought against him when he is protesting for the second time?

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...Second Stage passes this week. I again stress the point about warnings. It is a precondition of prosecution that a prior warning has been given. A situation may arise, for instance, where an individual protesting in Cork on a Friday is given a warning. If, the following day or week, the person protests in Donegal, in breach of the provision in the legislation for safe access zones,...

Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Jun 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...little more than tinkering around the edges. The real battleground is online. In January, the Health Research Board highlighted a study conducted by Leah Nolan, a transition year student at Loreto Secondary School in County Cork. Her winning entry to the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2023 investigated the impact of social media on adolescents' attitudes to vaping. After...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (23 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: .... There were supposed to be three hospitals. If the Government had acted on Sláintecare, those three hospitals would be in operation now. There is no other movement on the sites that have been identified for counties Cork and Galway, and we have yet to hear about a site in Dublin. This is basic stuff that the Government should be doing. It is failing the people due to its failure...

Targeted Investment in the Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...No. 1: To insert the following after "replace paper-based health records without further delay": "further calls on the Government to accelerate the development of elective hospitals in Cork, Dublin and Galway; make provision for salaried GPs to strengthen out of hours services; and complete and publish the Regional Health Areas Implementation Plan". I want to talk about what I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...and used it for elective purposes. They then built a second one. I feel the Department is moving away from that. Certainly, there has been an inordinate delay in progressing that proposal. With Cork and Galway, it is being said that they would be essentially day hospitals to start. The location for the Dublin one has not yet been announced. Instead of that, the Department is...

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Second Stage (24 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...the line created conditions for further scandals to take place. In the absence of clear legislation, many bereaved families have been failed by the State. Most recently, there was a scandal in Cork University Maternity Hospital, where the remains of 18 babies were sent to Belgium for incineration without the knowledge or consent of the bereaved parents. I do not think any of us can...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (22 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 749. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science regarding increased capacity in University College Cork and Trinity College dental schools to produce more graduates across dentistry, dental nursing and dental hygiene; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58079/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: In a scenario where a person is protesting in Cork, the person receives a warning from the local gardaí there, and a couple of weeks later the person is protesting in Dublin, how would a member of An Garda in Dublin be aware a warning had been given in Cork?

Finance Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Róisín Shortall: ...context of the housing crisis that we have at the moment. Consider all the commentary on vacancy and dereliction impacting the centre of Dublin and the Dublin Central constituency, the O'Connell Street general area and stretching into the north inner city. The same points apply to the centre of Cork. I had the opportunity to travel around the centre of Cork and see the extent of vacant...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (19 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: ...for the new facility; if all outstanding industrial relations concerns are being resolved; if site identification has progressed for the two new 30-bed regional intensive care units in counties Cork and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25655/22]

Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: ...loans are a heavy burden. They may seem at the beginning to be helping people out of a difficulty but they inevitably end up being a heavy burden. According to a report from University College Cork, entitled Interest Rate Restrictions on Credit for Low-income Borrowers, there are an estimated 330,000 moneylender customers in Ireland. The average loan size is €566 and these loans...

Health Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: ...was when the Sláintecare office ceased to exist and the two leaders to whom I referred earlier left. The project to streamline care pathways. from prevention to discharge is listed disimproving. The project to develop elective centres in Dublin, Cork and Galway is an essential part of Sláintecare because, as Deputy Howlin just said, we have a lot to learn from the private...

Cancer Care: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: ...to €25 a day and there are many others doing likewise. In total this blatant moneymaking exercise amounts to around €12 million a year in income at HSE-run hospitals. These car parking charges are especially high in urban areas where our eight designated cancer centres for individual cancer types are located. The centres are in Dublin, Cork, Waterford, Galway and Limerick....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: ...saving in staff. One cannot help but think this is part of the motivation and that rather than meeting the needs of people with significant dependencies in the mental health area within east Cork, the HSE is forcing people to fit into its requirements. I cannot help but think that is what is motivating this. I want to address a couple of questions to Mr. Morrison. In June, when he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: ...to send the current residents. There is no justification there and this was certainly used as an excuse. There is a significant population of approximately 92,000 to 94,000 people in east Cork. What is Mr. Morrison’s assessment of need for high-dependency mental health residential facilities is that area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Yes, I appreciate that. I ask that Dr. O’Brien just answer the question asked, please. What is the assessment of need for high dependency residential facilities to serve the population of east Cork?