Parliamentary questions

Maternity Leave

Róisín Shortall

100. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will honour his commitment to legislate to ensure women going through a cancer diagnosis or other serious illness during maternity leave can defer that leave while they recover; the timeline he is working towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22063/24]

Statutory Instruments

Róisín Shortall

246. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance if he has responded to a letter from an organisation (details supplied); if in respect of SI 308 of 2023, the European Union (Anti-Money Laundering: Beneficial Ownership of Corporate Entities) (Amendment) Regulations 2023, he will meet this organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21803/24]

Gender Recognition

Róisín Shortall

422. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason Irish nationals who are not ordinarily resident in the State and who do not hold any of the documents specified in section 9(1)(a) of the Gender Recognition Act 2015 are precluded from applying for a gender recognition certificate (details supplied); the rationale for their exclusion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21755/24]

Departmental Inquiries

Róisín Shortall

544. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will respond to a letter delivered to his office from an organisation on 23 April 2024 requesting a commission of investigation into baby deaths, maternal deaths and catastrophic birth injuries (details supplied); and if he intends to act on this request. [21804/24]

Legislative Programme

Róisín Shortall

645. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in commencing the Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023, which was signed into law on 2 May 2023; the timeline he is working towards for commencement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21805/24]

Health Service Executive

Róisín Shortall

646. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the person or body responsible for the oversight and accuracy of deaths reported in the HSE monthly maternity patient statements; if all maternity hospitals are recording baby deaths; if not, the repercussions for not doing so; if discrepancies between CSO and HSE data in respect of baby deaths has been reviewed; if so, the reason these sets of data do not correlate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21806/24]

Health Services

Róisín Shortall

647. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the reason the annual total numbers of reported serious incidents on the national incident management system is not reported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21807/24]

Departmental Data

Róisín Shortall

648. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the total number of baby deaths, maternal deaths and catastrophic birth injuries reported on the national incident management system in each of the years since 2013, by category, in tabular form; the number of cases where the open disclosure field within NIMS was populated; the number that led to an inquiry; the number of where open disclosure occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21808/24]

Health Services

Róisín Shortall

649. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the source of his advice in relation to 21 baby deaths (details supplied); if he or his source of advice had sight of the names of the 21 babies before a radio interview; if he is aware that this list has grown to 45 babies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21809/24]

Health Services

Róisín Shortall

650. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that staffing levels and facilities are adequate in all maternity units, labour wards and neonatal units; the impact of the HSE recruitment freeze on maternity care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21810/24]

Hospital Services

Róisín Shortall

651. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to respond to concerns raised by doctors in Temple Street (details supplied); the steps he is taking to address these concerns; if a review will be conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21811/24]

Hospital Procedures

Róisín Shortall

652. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the mortality rate for babies sent to Temple Street and Crumlin Children's Hospital for surgical procedures and subsequently returned to a maternity hospital. [21812/24]

Health Service Executive

Róisín Shortall

653. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the involvement of bereaved families in HSE internal reviews into baby deaths, maternal deaths and catastrophic birth injuries; the steps taken to ensure that these cases are dealt with in a timely manner in safety incident management team reviews; if there is any available data in respect of these time frames; the person or body responsible for oversight of these reviews; the repercussions for non-adherence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21813/24]

Third Level Staff

Róisín Shortall

662. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the necessary clinical tutor posts to honour a previous commitment to provide five additional places on the radiation therapy programme in Trinity College Dublin; if not, the reason this commitment will not be fulfilled for the 2024-25 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21884/24]

Health Services

Róisín Shortall

664. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if training in respect of sepsis management is provided to healthcare workers; if so, the categories of healthcare workers who receive such training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21906/24]

Departmental Data

Róisín Shortall

273. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the total number of full and partial lower limb amputations that were carried out in 2021, 2022 and 2023; the number of these patients, by county, who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20959/24]

Departmental Data

Róisín Shortall

274. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of patients, by county, treated for foot ulcerations, which do not require a full or partial limb amputation in 2021, 2022 and 2023; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20960/24]

Departmental Data

Róisín Shortall

275. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of patients under the age of 65 years, by county, treated for foot ulcerations, which did not require a full or partial limb amputation, in 2021, 2022 and 2023; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20961/24]

Departmental Data

Róisín Shortall

276. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of full and partial lower limb amputations that were carried out in 2022 and 2023, by county, on persons under 65 years of age; the number of these patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20962/24]

Departmental Data

Róisín Shortall

277. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of bed days required by patients treated for foot ulcerations, which do not require a full or partial limb amputation, in the years 2021, 2022 and 2023; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20963/24]