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Tue, 31 May 2022
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Health Services Staff
Róisín Shortall
753. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 751 of 1 March and 430 of 31 March 2022, the consideration that his Department has given to the Health Service Executive funding request for an additional 100 neurology nurse specialists; the timescale for approval of these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27939/22]
Thu, 26 May 2022
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Health Services Staff
Róisín Shortall
4. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the status of the Sláintecare consultant contract negotiations; the rationale for not appointing a new independent chair; the timeline that he is now working towards for the introduction of a new contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27163/22]
Thu, 26 May 2022
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Health Strategies
Róisín Shortall
384. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the measures that he has taken to ensure that the State is prepared for the possibility of monkeypox cases; the role of the Incident Management Team; the steps that he has taken to ensure that vulnerable groups are aware of symptoms and treatment pathways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27155/22]
Thu, 26 May 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Róisín Shortall
385. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the reason that the interim guidance plan for long-Covid, published September 2021, does not include neurological rehab and psychological supports and strategies; the data used to inform the decision to provide eight nutritionists as part of this plan; the rationale for the exclusion of the Mater Hospital, which is home to the original long-Covid clinic from the list of designated sites for long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27156/22]
Thu, 26 May 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Róisín Shortall
386. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding the interim guidance plan for long-Covid; if they will be allowed to present their data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27157/22]
Thu, 26 May 2022
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Healthcare Policy
Róisín Shortall
387. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health when the 24 additional lactation posts that were announced over a year ago will be filled; the reason that these posts remain unfilled; his plans to review and update the National Breastfeeding Action Plan which was dated up to 2021 and extended to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27158/22]
Wed, 25 May 2022
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Home Care Packages
Róisín Shortall
238. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1816 of 26 April 2022, the status of the proposed lots for the upcoming homecare tender which will be based on volume as opposed to community-healthcare organisations; when providers can expect to receive the details of these lots; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26893/22]
Tue, 24 May 2022
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Departmental Reports
Róisín Shortall
571. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health when the evaluation of the individual placement and support services will be published; the cost of each individual placement and support service; the outcomes of each individual placement and support service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25967/22]
Tue, 24 May 2022
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Mental Health Services
Róisín Shortall
623. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of participants in each of the individual placement and support services per county in tabular form; if there are waiting lists for any of the individual placement and support services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25966/22]
Tue, 24 May 2022
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Home Care Packages
Róisín Shortall
689. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss changes to the homecare tender and its potential impact on not-for-profit and community homecare providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26482/22]
Thu, 19 May 2022
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Health and Safety
Róisín Shortall
196. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of unannounced Health and Safety Authority inspections in approved meat processing plants in each of the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25612/22]
Thu, 19 May 2022
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Health and Safety
Róisín Shortall
197. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of unannounced Health and Safety Authority inspections in approved meat processing plants in each of the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25612/22]
Thu, 19 May 2022
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Flexible Work Practices
Róisín Shortall
225. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 583 of 26 April 2022, the way that flexi-leave will be taken into account for those who work less than five days per week further to the publication of the Civil Service Blended Working Policy Framework; if details of the way that blended and hybrid-work will take flexi-leave into consideration will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25479/22]
Thu, 19 May 2022
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Passport Services
Róisín Shortall
267. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25654/22]
Thu, 19 May 2022
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Passport Services
Róisín Shortall
268. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will be provided for a baby (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25656/22]
Thu, 19 May 2022
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Travel Documents
Róisín Shortall
334. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice the position regarding travel documents for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25480/22]
Thu, 19 May 2022
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Departmental Expenditure
Róisín Shortall
385. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the capital funding which has been provided by his Department and the HSE to each private voluntary hospital in each of the past 20 years in tabular form. [25613/22]
Thu, 19 May 2022
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Mental Health Services
Róisín Shortall
393. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 244 of 25 March and 1128 of 2 November 2021, the current projected timeline for the opening of the new national forensic mental health service hospital, Portrane; if recruitment has been successfully completed to ensure a full complement of staff for the new facility; if all outstanding industrial relations concerns are being resolved; if site identification has progressed for the two new 30-bed regional intensive care units in counties Cork and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25655/22]
Wed, 18 May 2022
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Work Permits
Róisín Shortall
44. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the next review of the critical skills and ineligible occupations lists will take place; if he intends to include home carers in the critical-skills exemption for non-EEA employment permits; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25225/22]
Wed, 18 May 2022
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Passport Services
Róisín Shortall
102. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25223/22]