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Wed, 21 Jun 2023
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Cancer Services
Róisín Shortall
219. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number and proportion of people who attended CervicalCheck in each quarter in each of the years 2017 to 2023, in tabular form. [30074/23]
Wed, 21 Jun 2023
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Cancer Services
Róisín Shortall
220. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number and proportion of people who attended BowelScreen in each quarter in each of the years 2017 to 2023, in tabular form. [30075/23]
Wed, 21 Jun 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Róisín Shortall
223. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 24 May 2023, if his officials have concluded their review of options in relation to the special scheme of paid leave for healthcare workers suffering from long Covid; if he intends to extend or replace this scheme before it is due to end on 30 June 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30189/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Departmental Funding
Róisín Shortall
201. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport the grant funding provided to each of the four Dublin local authorities for road maintenance in each of the past ten years to date; how this compares with the funding requested; the measures in place to ensure the funding is drawn down and spent by the local authorities on road maintenance works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29144/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Financial Services
Róisín Shortall
253. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence regarding mortgage protection (details supplied); if the person applying for mortgage protection in this case may be facing discrimination on health grounds; if his Department will issue any additional guidance in relation to the rights of the person in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29692/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Departmental Strategies
Róisín Shortall
353. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the date on which the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People Implementation Plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29657/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Departmental Data
Róisín Shortall
421. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in publishing the Review of the Reasonable Accommodation Fund; the timeline he is working towards for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29661/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Disability Services
Róisín Shortall
528. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of assessment of need applications received by CHO in each of the last five years, in tabular form. [29491/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Disability Services
Róisín Shortall
529. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if children referred to children's disability network teams by a GP, public health nurse or other health official are automatically added to the assessments of need waiting list as covered by the Disability Act 2005; if not, if they are added to a separate list that is not covered by the Act; where a separate list that is not covered by the Disability Act 2005 is maintained, how a child can be added to the assessments of need waiting list covered by the Act; if this requires an application via an assessment of needs officer; the number of children on a separate list that is not covered by the Act, by CHO; their duration on this list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29493/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Disability Services
Róisín Shortall
539. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date at which the Disability Capacity Review Action Plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29656/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Disability Services
Róisín Shortall
540. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline he is working towards for publication of the Roadmap for Progressing Disability Services which was said to be in development in June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29658/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Disability Services
Róisín Shortall
541. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline he is working towards for publication of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) Implementation Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29659/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Disability Services
Róisín Shortall
542. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline he is working towards for publication of the Cost of Disability Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29660/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Disabilities Assessments
Róisín Shortall
685. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of assessments of need performed by each CHO in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [29492/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Strategies
Róisín Shortall
717. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been brought to a campaign by an organisation (details supplied) calling for a national strategy for haemochromatosis to be developed in Ireland; his views on same; if he will commit to developing a national strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29690/23]
Thu, 15 Jun 2023
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Qualifications Recognition
Róisín Shortall
193. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will issue a circular to nursing homes clarifying that health care assistants with Indian nursing qualifications approved by QQI NARIC Ireland do not need to complete a level 5 health care assistant course to renew their general employment permits (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28935/23]
Thu, 15 Jun 2023
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Health Services
Róisín Shortall
296. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health his response to a media report (details supplied); when this deficit in the Service Plan was identified by this Department; the action he proposes to take to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29024/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Disability Services
Róisín Shortall
1066. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if exit interviews or questionnaires are conducted when staff leave Children’s Disability Network Teams; if so, to provide analysis of the responses given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27845/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Legislative Process
Róisín Shortall
1102. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health his views on the development of the Health (Adult Safeguarding) Bill 2017 which is currently being led by his Department; and the reason this is not being developed by the Department, given that adult safeguarding is much broader than health and requires a cross-departmental and inter-agency approach, as well as a whole of society approach. [27053/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Healthcare Policy
Róisín Shortall
1103. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if the Health (Adult Safeguarding) Bill 2017 will provide for the establishment of an independent national adult safeguarding authority with an interagency structure, overarching responsibility for safeguarding and clearly defined statutory powers. [27054/23]