Results 161-180 of 13,095 for speaker:Róisín Shortall in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (17 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 1593. To ask the Minister for Health the reason letters are being sent to parents informing them that their child will be removed from primary care waiting lists unless they return a form within two weeks (details supplied); the rationale for this short timeframe of two weeks; if this practice is applied consistently across the country; if there is any recourse for parents who do not see this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (17 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 1689. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.150 of 15 November 2023, whether the Health Service Executive pensions section in Manorhamilton is now fully staffed and in a position to process all pension matters for retired HSE workers in a swift and timely manner; if not, if he will outline the reason why and the steps being taken to address this; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 1744. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to adding motor neurone disease (MND) and Kennedy's disease, which is rare but very similar to MND, to the list of medical conditions covered by the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1642/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Strategies (17 Jan 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 1745. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the National Service Plan 2024; if the HSE has submitted the NSP to him for approval; the timeline he is working towards in approving the NSP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1643/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2024 (14 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to respond to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council’s Fiscal Assessment Report, published recently; his views on their assessment of the health allocation for 2024 (details supplied); if he accepts the views of the Acting Chair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56155/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Poverty (14 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been brought to research into energy hardship experienced by cancer patients with life-limiting diagnoses (details supplied); the steps she is taking to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56154/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (14 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 506. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been brought to research into energy hardship experienced by cancer patients with life-limiting diagnoses (details supplied); the steps he is taking to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56153/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Budgets (14 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 507. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform regarding the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council’s Fiscal Assessment Report and their analysis of the Health allocation for 2024 (details supplied); his views on their analysis of the health allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56156/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disability Services (13 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet representatives of an organisation (details supplied) to discuss serious funding challenges and its role in the evolving further education and training ecosystem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55813/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (12 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports that will be made available to small retailers to take part in the deposit return scheme; if any research has been carried out as to whether there is potential for some retailers, such as small off-licences, to be disadvantaged by the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55091/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Pricing (12 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 731. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that alcohol price reductions on the basis of a customer having a supermarket loyalty card are not in breach of the Public Health Act (Alcohol) 2018; the engagements he has had with supermarkets on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54494/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (12 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 851. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 17 May 2023, if any beds, units or buildings have been closed in the Mater Misericordia University Hospital, Dublin 7, this year; if there are any plans to do so in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55360/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 858. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the lack of capacity in PrEP services, particularly in view of the 68% increase in HIV diagnoses in 2022; how the additional €600,000 allocated to support PrEP services in budget 2024 will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55412/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 859. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in public PrEP services in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, by location, in tabular form; the number of vacancies in the service in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55413/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 331. To ask the Minister for Health if a company will be in a position to begin the diabetic retina screening programme in January 2024 (details supplied); if this organisation has signed its contract with the National Screening Service; the reason the National Screening Service appointed a sole bidder for all of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54381/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Constitutional Amendments (6 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 152. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to respond to matters raised in correspondence regarding the wording of the proposed constitutional amendment to the definition of a family (details supplied); when an announcement will be made in respect of the proposed wording; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54097/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (6 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 158. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the health technology assessment on the herpes zoster vaccine which also protects against shingles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53921/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (6 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 184. To ask the Minister for Health the number of properties owned by the HSE, by location, use and value, in tabular form; and the number of these which are vacant and the length of vacancy. [54094/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (6 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 185. To ask the Minister for Health the number of properties rented by the HSE, by location, use and annual cost, in tabular form. [54095/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (6 Dec 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine a matter in relation to a SUSI grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54024/23]