Results 581-600 of 13,145 for speaker:Róisín Shortall in 'Written Answers'

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]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Prisoners Abroad (18 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of an Irish citizen (details supplied) who is being detained abroad; if his Department has engaged with authorities in the country in which the Irish citizen is detained in relation to this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17180/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (18 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17531/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (18 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has liaised with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities on the issue of energy companies reducing electricity and gas prices for their customers, given the significant fall in European wholesale gas prices over recent months; when it is expected such reductions will take place; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Qualifications Recognition (18 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 478. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if non-Irish healthcare assistants with level 7 or level 8 relevant equivalent qualifications will only be permitted to renew their employment permits if they complete the NFQ level 5 apprenticeship for the occupation of healthcare assistant, once this has been established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16592/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Family Reunification (18 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 494. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration is being given to reducing the minimum salary for family re-unification concerning non-EEA healthcare assistants, under the general employment permit, in view of changes to the scheme in 2021 which set the annual minimum salary at €27,000 for such healthcare assistants; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Health Services Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 495. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of healthcare assistants who have been granted a general employment permit since changes to the scheme in 2021, which set the minimum salary at €27,000; the number of these workers who have the relevant level 5 qualifications required under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18226/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (18 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 810. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the latest available data on the number of vacant properties by county, in tabular form. [17403/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Policy (18 Apr 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 821. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will respond to concerns regarding the energy efficiency retrofit programme being carried out by a local authority (details supplied); if he will liaise with the local authority to explore ways in which individual homes that are in urgent need of insulation works can be prioritised; and if he will make a statement on...