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Thu, 2 May 2024
oral
Legislative Measures
Róisín Shortall
73. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on reform of the ethics in public office legislation, given that the review of the statutory framework was completed in December 2022; the reason for the delay in publishing the heads of Bill; if he expects this Bill to be introduced this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20037/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Medicinal Products
Róisín Shortall
296. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of each of the recommendations from the review of governance arrangements to support the HSE drug reimbursement process, prepared by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19698/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Róisín Shortall
297. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the reason the Midwest Cancer Centre does not have access to a device (details supplied); if a device will be provided to this centre; if this device is available in any of the other designated cancer centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19699/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Departmental Data
Róisín Shortall
494. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice the amount of funding allocated to projects in the Dublin 9 and 11 areas out of the community safety initiative/community safety innovation fund; the details of the initiatives funded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19028/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Departmental Data
Róisín Shortall
495. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice whether community safety initiative/community safety innovation fund monies can be used to support public realm space/park improvements in areas which have suffered from criminality; if so, if she will point to successful examples of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19029/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Vaccination Programme
Róisín Shortall
642. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 21 March 2024, to provide an update on the status of the proposed vaccine damage scheme; the timeline he is working towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18818/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Róisín Shortall
662. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health his plans for the special scheme of paid leave for eligible public health sector employees suffering from long-Covid, following the three-month extension announced on 16 April 2024; if he will replace the temporary scheme with a long-term occupation illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18929/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Healthcare Policy
Róisín Shortall
663. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health his response to the Law Reform Commission's report entitled 'A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding'; his plans in respect of implementing the recommendations; if he will commit to establishing a new and fully independent national safeguarding authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18930/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Health Services
Róisín Shortall
683. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will add endometriosis to the long-term illness scheme; if this is being considered as part of the development of the National Endometriosis Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19030/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Health Services
Róisín Shortall
684. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the status of the National Endometriosis Framework; the timeline he is working towards for publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19031/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Health Services
Róisín Shortall
685. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will consider changes to the age and body mass index limits for fertility treatment; if clinicians have discretion to treat patients over those limits in certain circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19032/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Departmental Strategies
Róisín Shortall
702. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health his views on the letter addressed to him from leading cancer experts regarding the National Cancer Strategy (details supplied); to respond to their concerns. [19185/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Departmental Correspondence
Róisín Shortall
336. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) by a concerned parent of a child in Dublin 11; the steps he is taking to address the issues raised by the parent; if he will examine this particular case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18623/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Health Services
Róisín Shortall
175. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he intends to further expand the medical conditions screened for under the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme; the conditions currently being considered by the National Screening Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18225/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Health Strategies
Róisín Shortall
176. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he plans to add familial hypercholesterolemia to the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme; if this is being considered by the National Screening Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18226/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Health Strategies
Róisín Shortall
177. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health when testing for severe combined immunodeficiency and spinal muscular atrophy will commence under the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme, following the announcement of additional funding to expand the programme in February; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18223/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Health Services
Róisín Shortall
184. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he plans to provide further supports and services for patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18309/24]
Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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Programme for Government
Róisín Shortall
185. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to introduce a statutory right to homecare; the timeline he is working towards in publishing the legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18326/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Health Services
Róisín Shortall
675. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a campaign by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the lack of community rehabilitation and support services for stroke and heart failure patients; his plans to address the deficit in services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17978/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Medical Register
Róisín Shortall
676. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of radiation therapists registered by CORU in each of the years since 2017, in tabular form. [17979/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Medical Register
Róisín Shortall
677. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of people who applied to CORU for registration as a radiation therapist in each of the years since 2017, in tabular form; and the number whose applications were refused. [17980/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Medical Register
Róisín Shortall
678. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for registration as a radiation therapist currently with CORU; and the average wait time for a decision on applications. [17981/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
written
Medical Aids and Appliances
Róisín Shortall
289. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he plans to provide patients with financial support to cover the cost of the strips required to measure warfarin levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17133/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Departmental Reports
Róisín Shortall
290. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the status of the report of the National Radiation Therapist Review Group; the timeline for publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17147/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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Tax Exemptions
Róisín Shortall
16. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he has considered the proposal submitted to him in March 2024; if he intends to extend the VAT exemption to counsellors and psychotherapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16821/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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Disabilities Assessments
Róisín Shortall
124. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [16953/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Róisín Shortall
125. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons on a waiting list for initial contact from a CDNT, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [16960/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Róisín Shortall
152. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and language therapy, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [16950/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Róisín Shortall
153. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for physiotherapy, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [16951/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Róisín Shortall
154. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for occupational therapy, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [16952/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Róisín Shortall
155. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for ophthalmology, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [16954/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Róisín Shortall
156. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for audiology, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [16955/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Róisín Shortall
157. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for podiatry, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [16956/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Róisín Shortall
158. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for community psychology services, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [16957/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Róisín Shortall
159. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for counselling services, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [16958/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Róisín Shortall
160. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS, by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form. [16959/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Róisín Shortall
161. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for dietetics, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [16961/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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Departmental Data
Róisín Shortall
162. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges, by hospital, in tabular form. [16962/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Róisín Shortall
163. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home care packages in each month in 2023 and to date in 2024, by CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [16963/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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Tobacco Control Measures
Róisín Shortall
164. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he intends to legislate to raise the legal age of the sale of tobacco from 18 to 21 this year; if so, the timeline he is working towards in progressing the necessary legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16964/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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Departmental Meetings
Róisín Shortall
165. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1360 of 9 April 2024, to clarify his Department's definition of an "informal" meeting; to outline the difference between a "formal" and "informal" meeting when engaging with lobbyists; if any records are kept of such "informal" meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16965/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Róisín Shortall
311. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education if she will respond to matters raised in a letter from the parents’ association of a school in Dublin 11 (details supplied); if she will meet with the parents of pupils in the school as requested; if she will provide a definitive timeline for the redevelopment of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16329/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Róisín Shortall
634. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of patients treated in each of the long-Covid and post-acute clinics, by clinic and year, in tabular form. [16012/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Róisín Shortall
635. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently being treated in each of the long-Covid and post-acute clinics, in tabular form. [16013/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Róisín Shortall
636. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of patients discharged from each of the long-Covid and post-acute clinics, by clinic and year, in tabular form; the number who self-discharged; the number who were discharged due to a failure to show up for an initial appointment; and the number who were discharged due to a failure to show up for a follow-up appointment. [16014/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Healthcare Policy
Róisín Shortall
736. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the status of the National Hearing Care Plan; if the working group membership has been agreed; if terms of reference for the working group have been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16553/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Healthcare Policy
Róisín Shortall
737. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he expects to receive initial recommendations from the National Hearing Care Plan Working Group in time for consideration in Budget 2025 planning and negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16554/24]
Thu, 11 Apr 2024
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Transport Infrastructure Ireland
Róisín Shortall
102. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); his views on the concerns raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15818/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Public Transport
Róisín Shortall
197. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport the number of agreements that have been reached between Transport Infrastructure Ireland and organisations that previously expressed concerns about the MetroLink project since the beginning of the railway order application oral hearing (details supplied); the details of these agreements; if any are non-disclosure agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14063/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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International Protection
Róisín Shortall
1125. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will respond to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the International Protection Integration Fund; the steps he will take to ensure greater dissemination of information relating to the fund, in particular to ensure that community organisations are aware of the fund and its associated deadlines; the reason groups registered on the Public Participation Network were not notified of the details of, including the deadlines for, the fund; if community organisations who are keen to receive funding can apply to the fund at this point; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14495/24]