Results 541-560 of 13,113 for speaker:Róisín Shortall in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (3 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 347. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 22 March 2023, in relation to the €11 million that has been allocated to address waiting lists for clinical assessments identified through the assessment-of-need process, if it is possible to apply to receive funding for a private assessment under this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (3 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 472. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline he is working towards for recruitment of chief executives for the new regional health areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20707/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (3 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 473. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to publish a plan in relation to the role of the HSE centre following implementation of regional health areas; the timeline he is working towards for publication; if this plan will include provisions for voluntary redundancy or other exit routes, in view of recent comments from the CEO of the Health Service Executive (details supplied); and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Sales (3 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 474. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints made to the HSE in relation to breaches of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2008, and to which sections of the Act they refer to, in tabular form. [20709/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Sales (3 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 475. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to increase the budget for the HSE Environmental Health Service for monitoring and enforcement of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20710/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Qualifications Recognition (3 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 476. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1768 of 18 April 2023, if a healthcare award at level 6,7, or 8 instead of the QQI healthcare support level 5 award will be accepted for employment permit purposes for healthcare assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20711/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (3 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 481. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 403 and 404 of 8 February 2023, how certain titles came to be used in two CHOs (details supplied); the means by which these titles were conferred and by whom, given they are not recognised as being currently in use by the HSE's national HR office; if these individuals should refrain from using these titles, given they...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (27 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 19 April 2023, if additional student funding supports, separate to those already announced for trainee educational psychologists, will be considered as part of the interim recommendations of the working group; the exact timeline she is working towards; the estimated date for completion of the final...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (26 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 178. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide additional capacity in public nursing homes; the number of additional public nursing home beds that have been provided in each of the past five years; if there are plans to develop new public nursing homes; if so, the location of these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19877/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (26 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 179. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1768 of 18 April 2023, the engagements he has had with employers in relation to the 'sign-off' process for healthcare assistants working under the General Employment Permit who have not completed the relevant QQI level-5 course but their existing qualifications and experience meet or exceed level-5; the steps he is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (25 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 428. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration is being given to reducing the minimum salary for family reunification concerning non-EEA healthcare assistants under the general employment permit, in view of changes to the scheme in 2021 that set the annual minimum salary at €27,000 for healthcare assistants under the general employment permit; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 570. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appeal against the refusal to pay out the pandemic special recognition payment for a group of front-line healthcare workers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19278/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (25 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 614. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the review of Ireland's terminations of pregnancy law; the timeline he is working towards; if he will present the review to the Oireachtas Committee on Health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19489/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (20 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 48. To ask the Minister for Health if the new home care tender will be in place by 1 May 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18119/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Hospital Staff (19 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the funding that will be provided to incoming first-year trainee educational psychologists; if this funding will be provided to all first-year trainee educational psychologists from September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18573/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Hospital Staff (19 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to provide funding for current trainee educational psychologists, separate to the one-off bursary for trainees in their third year of professional training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18574/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 169. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have been treated in long-Covid and post-acute clinics since they were established, by clinic, in tabular form. [18517/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on a waiting list for long-Covid and post-acute clinics, by clinic and wait time, in tabular form. [18518/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 171. To ask the Minister for Health the existing staffing levels in each of the long-Covid and post-acute clinics, by role, in tabular form; the number of vacant posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18519/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (19 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 172. To ask the Minister for Health the date at which he intends to commence the Health (Amendment) Act 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18520/23]