Results 561-580 of 13,145 for in 'Written Answers' speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 194. To ask the Minister for Health if a person living with type 2 diabetes who does not have a GMS card or a GP-visit card will be seen free of charge when referred by a GP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21965/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (9 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 526. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date he intends to ratify the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as committed to in the programme for Government; the reason for the delay in doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21081/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (9 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 527. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider providing funding to reinstate the employability support worker for the Finglas Targeted Youth Employability Support Initiative; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21082/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (9 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 653. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 473 of 3 May 2023, the timeline he is working towards for finalisation and publication of the RHA Implantation Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21749/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (9 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 654. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken in his Department and the HSE to ensure that senior leaders have been freed up from some of their ‘business as usual’ responsibilities to devote time to Regional Health Areas implementation; if external experts and resources have been sought to assist with RHA implementation; and if so, to provide details; if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (9 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 655. To ask the Minister for Health if the Regional Health Areas Implementation Plan will outline the proposed governance and accountability arrangements for RHAs; if consideration is being given to legislative changes required for implementation, including accountability relationships between and among RHAs, HSE Centre and his Department, as recommended in a letter from the RHA Advisory...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (9 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 656. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on each of the ten key next steps in Regional Health Areas implementation, in tabular form (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21752/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (9 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 716. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide further details regarding the recently announced €25 million in funding for 854 additional nursing posts to fully implement the Framework for Safe Nurse Staffing and Skillmix in all acute hospitals; the timeline he is working towards for filling these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21863/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (4 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 282. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the further delay to the HSE Home Support Tender 2023; the steps he is taking to ensure that the tender is not delayed any further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21034/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (4 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 283. To ask the Minister for Health the funding proposals he has considered for the HSE Home Support Tender 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21035/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (4 May 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 284. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make orally inhaled levodopa (details supplied) available under the long-term illness scheme to treat Parkinson’s symptoms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21038/23]

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

Róisín Shortall: 346. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the pay budget amount for each children’s disability network team, in tabular form. [20408/23]

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...