Results 321-340 of 13,104 for in 'Written Answers' speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 219. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request that the HSE immediately begin recruiting the project manager post for the diabetes register; to provide a timeline as to when the HSE recruitment freeze will end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43086/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Inquiries (28 Sep 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 770 of 11 September 2023, if the inquiry team will be asked to respond to the survivor's request; her views on whether the emphasis on "recompense" in the guidance booklet is likely to steer survivors in that direction; if the inquiry team will proactively explore options for a "learning-oriented" approach...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Sep 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 712 of 25 July 2023, the status of her Department's consideration of the European Commission's recommendation to recognise Covid-19 as an occupational illness; if she has concluded her engagements with other Departments and Ministers; the timeline she is working towards in making her...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (28 Sep 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of her Department's review of eligibility requirements for family reunification; the timeline she is working towards; if this review will address issues related to family reunification for non-EEA healthcare assistants under the general employment permit (details supplied); the engagements she has had with the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (28 Sep 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 271. To ask the Minister for Health if the national cancer screening taskforce intends to update the screening guidelines to reduce the age of bowel cancer screening; the timeline the taskforce is working towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41969/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (28 Sep 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 272. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to improve the bowel screening programme; his plans to improve GP access to the programme for patient referrals, particularly younger cohorts of patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41970/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (28 Sep 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 289. To ask the Minister for Health to arrange for the publication of the review of spinal surgeries in Crumlin Hospital, which has been completed for some time; to commit to publishing that review during the week commencing 25 September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42039/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Sep 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 290. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of the national diabetes registry, which received funding in Budget 2023; the status of the project manager post; the timeline for the recruitment of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42041/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (27 Sep 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 135. To ask the Minister for Health if the 6,000 additional staff across acute and social care services announced in Budget 2023 have been recruited; to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, by discipline and recruitment status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41733/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (26 Sep 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure special education teachers for a DEIS school (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41038/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (21 Sep 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 244. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the little baby bundle pilot initiative; if an estimated timeframe will be provided for the completion of the pilot scheme; if his Department is committed to a wider roll-out of the little baby bundle scheme after it takes into account the feedback of parents participating in the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (20 Sep 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will take steps to approve the long-awaited pension increase for An Post pensioners (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39700/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (20 Sep 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure that schools-based gambling education and awareness remains free from the influence of the gambling industry; if she intends to introduce gambling education and awareness in the post-primary curriculum at both junior and senior cycle; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40180/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (20 Sep 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 524. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the role of Chief Executive of Dublin City Council was not advertised and appointed ahead of the previous Chief Executive vacating the post, thereby removing the necessity to appoint an acting Chief Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40178/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (20 Sep 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 953. To ask the Minister for Health the status of new legislation to replace the Dentists Act 1985; the timeline he is working towards; the reason for the delay in progressing this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40065/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 Sep 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 954. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 403 and 404 of 8 February 2023 and No. 481 of 3 May 2023, if he is aware of the position of the HSE's Heads of Psychology Services Ireland, HPSI, and the Psychological Society of Ireland, PSI, on the use of certain titles, given that these titles are not recognised as being currently in use by the HSE's national HR...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (20 Sep 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 967. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that non-consultant hospital doctors (NCHDs) are not consistently emergency taxed each time they change hospitals; to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the engagements he has had with the HSE and the Minister for Finance on this matter; when he expects this unsustainable problem for NCHDs to be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (20 Sep 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 968. To ask the Minister for Health the date at which he expects the National Taskforce on NCHD Workforce to publish its report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40142/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (20 Sep 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 970. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the number of pregabalin-related deaths between 2012 and 2020, as reported by the Health Research Board (details supplied); the actions he intends to take to address the substantial rise in pregabalin-related deaths; if he intends to curtail the source of pregabalin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40177/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (20 Sep 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 971. To ask the Minister for Health if, further to the announcement of additional annual funding of €3.5 million for drugs and inclusion health services, he will provide further details on how this additional funding is to be allocated if this money is to be used to remediate deficits in local and regional drug and alcohol task force projects' funding; if it will apply to all DATF...