486. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the status of phase 3 of the Framework for Safe Nurse and Skill Mix in long-term residential care settings for older persons; if testing has concluded; the timeline he is working towards in publishing a national policy document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45820/24]
93. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will conduct a full audit of the standard of the Dublin Fire Brigade fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45351/24]
92. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to procure additional fire trucks for Dublin Fire Brigade; if so, if those being considered are new or second-hand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45350/24]
91. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of fire trucks currently in Dublin Fire Brigade fleet; the number that are operational; the age of each fire truck; the date each was procured; and whom they were procured from, in tabular form. [45349/24]
72. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 23 October 2024, if she will clarify what exactly the design tender is, referred to in her previous reply; where that tender can be viewed; the timescale for tenders to close; the likely timescale for the design work on the promised school to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45465/24]
22. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of plans to increase payments to retired An Post pensioners; if his Department is still considering this matter; the timeline for payment of these increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45353/24]
21. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason the increased payments to retired An Post pensioners have still not taken effect; the timeline for payment of these increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45352/24]
1293. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the shortage of a medication used to treat and manage polycythemia vera (details supplied); if an alternative medication is being considered for approval for reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45282/24]
1292. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of each of the recommendations from the Report of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Health Care Assistants, in tabular form. [45281/24]
1291. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the total number of nursing home beds in the State in each of the years since 2020, broken down by HSE-provided, HSE-funded under Section 38 and 39 of the Health Act 2004 and privately provided, in tabular form. [45280/24]
1290. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the total number of people in nursing homes under the fair deal scheme in each of the years since 2020. [45279/24]
1289. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the total number of dentists participating in the dental treatment services scheme in each of the years since 2019, by CHO and LHO, in tabular from. [45278/24]
1288. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the total number of dentists employed directly by the HSE in each of the years since 2019, by CHO and LHO, in tabular from. [45277/24]
1287. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the total number of patients attending for assessment under the school screening dental programme in each of the years since 2019 by CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [45276/24]
1286. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the uptake of the public-only consultant contract, by principal clinical site, in tabular form (details supplied). [45275/24]
1285. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to provide a percentage split of home care service provision between direct and indirect delivery (details supplied). [45274/24]
1284. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the current hourly direct cost and indirect cost of delivery home care; and the total cost of direct and indirect delivery of home care in each of the years from 2020 to 2023. [45273/24]
1283. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on acute inpatient bed delivery (details supplied); the number of additional beds delivered since publication of the Acute Hospital Inpatient Bed Capacity Expansion Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45272/24]
1282. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the enhanced provision of elective care programme; the status of his plans for elective-only hospitals in Dublin, Cork and Galway following site selection; the timeline his Department is working towards for delivery of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45271/24]
1281. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of the Covid-19 Nursing Homes Expert Panel Report, by recommendation. [45270/24]
1280. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 407 of 11 July 2024, to provide an update on his Department's consideration of the Law Reform Commission's report entitled 'A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding', and its recommendations; if work has begun on drafting a new safeguarding Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45269/24]
1279. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed update on implementation of the new HSE health regions; if the hospital groups and CHOs have been stood down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45268/24]
1278. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of GP training places on offer in each of the years from 2018 to 2024; the planned increases in training places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45267/24]
1277. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors who undertook specialist training for general practice in each of the years from 2018 to 2024; the number who completed the training programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45266/24]
1276. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of the Budget 2025 allocation to eHealth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45265/24]
1275. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the work of the Commission on Care for Older People; the status of the three modules; to provide further details in respect of the work of Reference Group and the number of times it has met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45264/24]
1274. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to address matters relating to a pilot treatment programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45260/24]
1253. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for three practice tutor posts for radiation therapy; the timeline he is working towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45135/24]
1179. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health for details of the HSE Health areas that will be reviewing the 2025 section 39 funding applications for an organisation (details supplied); if he will arrange for the organisation to be contacted directly to provide a point of contact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44774/24]
1099. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if his Department has any isochrone or administrative travel time data informing its own policy around geospatial location of acute and primary care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44287/24]
1098. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if the findings of the Herity report are used by his Department in determining cardiac care policy in the south east of Ireland. [44286/24]
1097. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to provide a schedule of the various budgets, cost estimates and actual outrun of costs incurred by the Steering Group for the National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services. [44285/24]
1096. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of those who were consulted by the Steering Group for the National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services. [44284/24]
1095. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to provide a schedule of meetings of the Steering Group for the National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services; and to provide a schedule of meetings between his Department and representatives of the steering group. [44283/24]
1094. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed timeline for the initiation, progress, and finalisation by his Department of the Steering Group for the National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services. [44282/24]
999. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if the HSE intends to no longer prescribe a treatment for Covid-19 in high-risk patients (details supplied); the basis for this decision; the engagements he has had with patient representative groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43935/24]
981. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people aged under 65 residing in nursing homes in each of the years since 2020. [45263/24]
950. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for details of which HSE Health areas will be reviewing the 2025 section 39 funding applications for an organisation (details supplied); if he will arrange for the organisation to be contacted directly to provide point of contact and liaise with them in relation to each of their applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44775/24]
474. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education the way the Department of Education Inspectorate inspect the teaching of religious education in primary schools with a denominational patron and, in , whether, and how, they inspect the educational experience of children who are formally opted out of religious education as per their constitutional right. [44942/24]
473. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education the way a denominational primary school should uphold the child and family’s constitutional rights (details supplied) where just one child is formally opted out of religious education and whose parents do not wish them to be involved in any doctrinal activities, and the entire school and all teachers are undertaking a visit to a religious building for a religious service. [44941/24]
323. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the status of the 2020 Programme for Government commitment to reform and consolidate the ethics in public office legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45262/24]
67. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Taoiseach to outline his plans for a specific module on long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes, with respect to the evaluation of the State's response to the Covid-19 pandemic; if this will include a mechanism for individuals, families and groups to meaningfully participate in the process and recount their experiences; if this process will review the State's elder care model and the impact of nursing home and home care privatisation on the State's response to the pandemic. [45261/24]
211. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 302 of 8 February 2024, to provide an update on the development of a new model of care for gender healthcare, and an implementation plan for its delivery; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43550/24]
210. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 19 September 2024, if section 39 organisations that tender to the HSE will be included in the Workplace Relations Commission agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43549/24]
202. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of children who have undergone spinal surgeries abroad since an agreement was reached with facilities in other jurisdictions; the number of children’s spinal surgeries currently scheduled to take place in these facilities, by location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43474/24]
194. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 756 of 18 September 2024, to provide an update on the new Sláintecare implementation strategy; if the updated version referenced in his previous reply has been submitted to the Cabinet committee on health; the timeline for publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43407/24]
95. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the reason for the long delay in the progress of a promised new school building (details supplied); when this project is likely to move to stage 1 preliminary design; and if she will agree to an early meeting between officials in her Department and the school representatives in order to clarify the precise timescale applying to this project. [43519/24]
829. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter raised by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43215/24]
808. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of patients receiving biologic medicines for severe asthma, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form. [43073/24]
807. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of patients receiving biologics medicines for severe asthma; and the specific biologic medicines included, in tabular form. [43072/24]