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

Róisín Shortall: ...-bed unit, which is really a 71-bed unit, will come onstream next year. Another 96-bed unit is to be delivered in 2028 and that is if there are no delays. People in the mid-west cannot wait that long, and they should not have to. They do not have to. A fully operational 53-bed hospital in Limerick city, the landmark Barrington's hospital, has just come on the market with a guide price...

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

Róisín Shortall: ...and election time. I see little vision for the future in the Government's energy policy or for that matter from anywhere else. Where are the solutions to what looks like at least a medium if not a long-term problem? This motion unfortunately contains no measures to reduce our reliance on oil or the number of cars on our roads. It certainly does nothing to address our exposure to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (30 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 662. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the special scheme of paid leave for eligible public health sector employees suffering from long-Covid, following the three-month extension announced on 16 April 2024; if he will replace the temporary scheme with a long-term occupation illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18929/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 683. To ask the Minister for Health if he will add endometriosis to the long-term illness scheme; if this is being considered as part of the development of the National Endometriosis Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19030/24]

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

Róisín Shortall: ...to a whole lot of aspects of the operation of the clinics and numbers and I am waiting on all of that. The reply I received was: I wish to advise we have contacted the hospitals providing long Covid and post-acute Covid clinics in relation to the information which you are seeking. Unfortunately, we have been advised by the hospitals that this patient-level data is not collected and...

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

Róisín Shortall: My final question is about children. No service seems to be available for children at the moment. The attitude seems to be that children do not get long Covid. Have many people contacted LCAI about children who have the symptoms of long Covid?

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

Róisín Shortall: ...operating is very unsatisfactory. The witnesses referred to the HSE interim model of care, which has been in place since September 2021. One would hope that a great deal has been learned about long Covid since then. Why is the HSE still operating an interim model? Is work on developing a permanent model under way?

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

Róisín Shortall: It would be interesting if we could get that information. It has not been provided yet. The plan was for eight post-acute clinics and six long Covid clinics. A number of the clinics are a combination, but I believe the total comes to just 12. We have not reached 14 yet. Is that right?

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

Róisín Shortall: "FADA" stands for "Follow-up After Disease Acquisition". Does that mean the HSE recognises long Covid as a disease?

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

Róisín Shortall: The final question is on children with long Covid. What service provision is made in that regard?

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

Róisín Shortall: For a long time, our cancer strategies were the success stories of the health service. They were prime examples of what the HSE could achieve if sustained investment was matched by political will. Patient outcomes were greatly improved by the first and second strategies, launched in 1996 and 2006, respectively. According to the Irish Cancer Society, between 1994 and 1998, just 44% of Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 634. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients treated in each of the long-Covid and post-acute clinics, by clinic and year, in tabular form. [16012/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 635. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently being treated in each of the long-Covid and post-acute clinics, in tabular form. [16013/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 636. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients discharged from each of the long-Covid and post-acute clinics, by clinic and year, in tabular form; the number who self-discharged; the number who were discharged due to a failure to show up for an initial appointment; and the number who were discharged due to a failure to show up for a follow-up appointment. [16014/24]

Anniversary of the Introduction of the Smoking Ban: Statements (11 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: ...It is certainly a far cry from the type of pioneering public health policy we are honouring today. Instead of action, all we have got is not one but two rounds of public consultation. This comes after a very long process, with which the Minister of State is familiar, that we went through at the Joint Committee on Health. We went through extensive pre-legislative scrutiny and the...

Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Second Stage (10 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: ..., clearly, pension entitlements. When decisions are being taken about outsourcing so many of our public services, there is a short-term benefit in terms of cost but, inevitably, there are significant long-term costs as there is more dependence on the State. In terms of fiscal policy, the continued erosion of our tax base is deeply concerning. Given the volatile and uncertain nature of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Is that not a long way short of best practice?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Mar 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 390. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to provide specialist long-Covid services for children; the steps he is taking to ensure that children with long-Covid have access to appropriate treatment and care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11360/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Mar 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 391. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the HSE FADA survey regarding the prevalence of long-Covid; the timeline for completion; the type of data being collected and measured; the reason children are not included in this survey; if this survey has been extended beyond HSE Public Health Area B; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11361/24]