754. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if the Cabinet Committee on Health has concluded its consideration of the recommended legislative changes contained in the review of the operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy Services) Act 2018; the status of the options paper developed by his Department in response to the report of the Oireachtas Health Committee into the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36635/24]
753. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will publish an implementation plan for the Women’s Health Action Plan 2024-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36634/24]
752. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if a dedicated funding allocation for the development of the inpatient mental health support mother-and-baby unit has been agreed; if not, when he expects to announce this allocation; the timeline he is working towards in establishing this unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36633/24]
728. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the reason an elderly medical card holder with a prescription from their GP for pain reduction patches (details supplied) is not entitled to this prescription free of charge, and instead must pay for it out of limited means; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36509/24]
705. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will fund consultant neurology posts in the five regional hospitals that currently have no, or very limited, access to neurology services, in line with the 2016 Model of Care for Neurology Services in Ireland, which stipulates that all model three and four hospitals should have a dedicated neurology service (details supplied); the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36438/24]
704. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the policy for nursing homes support offices in respect of accepting applications for the nursing homes support scheme, also known as fair deal (details supplied); if local offices should accept soft copy applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36437/24]
700. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of funded posts which remain unfilled due to the staff ceiling placed on the HSE in the 2024 pay and numbers strategy; the number of these posts in which the recruitment process had begun; the status of recruitment for these posts; if funding for these posts remains in place or if it has been redirected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36405/24]
660. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 877 of 11 June 2024, to provide an update on the regulations being developed under Section 23 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; the timeline his Department is working towards in enacting the necessary statutory instrument; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36086/24]
609. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide funding for community neurorehabilitation teams in CHO5 and 8, in line with the 2019 Neurorehabilitation Strategy Implementation Framework which committed to a team in each CHO; the steps he is taking to address the staff shortages CHO1 and 3 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36439/24]
386. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities have a funding ceiling for the tenant-in-situ scheme; if not, if his Department will fund as many suitable tenant-in-situ purchases as required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36510/24]
190. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance the total revenue generated from the capital allowances for intangible assets scheme in each year since 2010, and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [36661/24]
189. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance to provide a list of the companies who benefited from the 100 percent cap on capital allowances for intangible assets from 2015 to 2017 (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36660/24]
188. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance if he will publish the legal and taxation advice provided to the Minister for Finance in 2016 following the European Commission’s ruling in the company State aid case (details supplied), upon which the decision to appeal this ruling was taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36659/24]
187. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to understand how the Revenue Commissioners determined the profits payable in this country by the companies (details supplied) under the 1991 and 2007 tax rulings; if he will undertake a review of the actions of Revenue, previous Governments and any other relevant parties in respect of the actions taken in agreeing and issuing these tax rulings; his views on if the tax arrangements agreed between the State and both subsidiaries differed from the traditional ‘double Irish’ scheme which existed at the time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36658/24]
186. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance the expected timeline for recovery of unpaid taxes from a company (details supplied) for the period 2003 to 2014, following the European Court of Justice ruling on the State aid case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36657/24]
185. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance the total costs incurred by the State in its appeal of the European Commission’s ruling in the company State aid case (details supplied); the total cost of managing the escrow account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36655/24]
1945. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health how the decision to pursue the appointment of a director of psychology post in the South West Regional Health Area is in line with the recruitment cap imposed by the Government's Pay and Numbers Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35939/24]
1944. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the director of psychology post in the South West Regional Health Area; the date this was approved; if this allocation impacted funding to other HSE posts in the region; and, if so, to provide details of same. [35938/24]
1935. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the status of plans for a 60-bed community nursing unit in Cashel, County Tipperary; if a new site has been identified (details supplied); the timeline he is working towards in delivering this new development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35902/24]
1934. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the reason a maternity hospital is still operating pandemic-related visitor restrictions (details supplied); if there are plans to end this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35901/24]
1933. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the reason health and social care professionals (HSCPs) are the only clinical group excluded from a role in the senior management structure of the new health regions; if his attention has been drawn to a petition (details supplied); if he has engaged with the HSCPs trade union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35900/24]
1932. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will include clinical placement coordinators in the revised PHN/CNM2/CNS salary scale pay agreement; the reason this linked grade has been excluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35899/24]
1931. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the reason a department (details supplied) in Crumlin Hospital is not being transferred to the new National Children's Hospital; the plans for the department of clinical genetics following the opening of the new hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35898/24]
1930. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will accept the recommendations of the National Radiation Therapist Review Report; and if he will commit to full implementation of said recommendations. [35894/24]
1929. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if his Department or national HSE management were aware of the role of director of psychology being created in the south-west regional health area prior to that post being advertised in July 2024. [35893/24]
1928. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if the recently advertised director of psychology post is being developed in the south-west regional health area in response to the waiting-list crisis in primary care psychology services locally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35892/24]
1927. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he intends to develop directorships for each discipline as part of the transition to regional health areas; if not, if this will be confined to psychology in the south-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35891/24]
1926. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if role development and governance will be consistent across the new regional health areas; and his views on the director of psychology role in the south-west regional health area in this regard. [35890/24]
1925. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health how the director of psychology role fits into the overall governance structure of the regional health areas; to outline how the development of the post was decided upon and by whom within the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35889/24]
1924. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been brought to a report into the experiences and needs of caregivers of people living with FASD in Ireland (details supplied); his views on the findings regarding supports; the steps he is taking to address the inadequacies identified in the provision of supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35888/24]
1923. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in providing the agreed funding to an organisation (detail supplied); the rationale for waiting until services had to be suspended before providing the agreed funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35887/24]
1199. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the Ballymun Implementation Board which was announced in February 2024; the full membership of the board; the number of meetings and the dates of meetings held since its inception; the programme of work which this body will undertake; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35813/24]
1198. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice to outline the proposed arrangements for the successor structures to replace the existing Joint Policing Committees; the areas in which it is intended to establish such structures; the timescale proposed for the establishment of such structures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35812/24]
716. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education if she has issued any guidance to schools in respect of parents entitlement under the Constitution, to withdraw their children from religious instruction classes in schools; if so, if she will provide a copy of this; if not, if she will now commit to doing so as a matter of urgency, in view of the fact that many schools do not make provision for such arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35997/24]
697. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education to outline the course of action open to parents who are unable to secure a place for their child in a multi-denominational school, in respect of their wish that their child should not have to attend any denominational ‘faith formation’ class; if she will outline the arrangements required to be made by publicly funded schools in order to respect the belief system of such families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35811/24]
526. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education the status of the Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34191/24]
447. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he plans on reinstating the supplementary pension for members of Dublin Fire Brigade who are on the fast accrual single public service pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35895/24]
307. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the Luas Finglas; the status of the preliminary business case; the timeline being worked towards in submitting a railway order application to An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35896/24]
11. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Taoiseach for an update on the Covid-19 evaluation; the timeline for publishing the terms of reference; and the reason for the delay. [35897/24]
2527. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if recruitment will commence of the 12 remaining neurology nurse specialist posts, funded in budget 2023, following the comments made by the CEO of the HSE at a recent Oireachtas health committee meeting (details supplied); if direct communication has been issued to this effect to the hospitals involved; if not, the timeline for doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33452/24]
2526. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a diagnostic waiting list, by type, wait time and location, in tabular form. [33451/24]
2396. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to provide details regarding the onset of new medical conditions recorded among patients in long-Covid and post-acute clinics, by clinic and year in tabular form; and the exacerbation of pre-existing medical conditions. [32864/24]
2395. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to update GP guidance in respect of recognising current symptoms of Covid and long-Covid, particularly during a significant rise in Covid transmission alongside very limited testing; if the Minister intends to restore a system for reporting and monitoring community transmission and infection to enable accurate data to be collated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32863/24]
2394. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the funding provided to long-Covid and post-acute Covid clinics, by clinic and year, in tabular form; and the direct contact hours with long-Covid patients in these clinics. [32862/24]
2393. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of patients discharged from each of the long-Covid and post-acute Covid clinics, by clinic and year, in tabular form; the number who were discharged without making a full recovery; the reason these patients were discharged; the discharge protocol to inform both patients and their GPs of discharge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32861/24]
2392. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the agreed definition of recovery in long-Covid and post-cute Covid clinics; the way in which recovery is measured; if recovery means that patients return to their previous baseline health status; the recovery figures by clinic and year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32860/24]
2391. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in addressing the national shortfall of 832 acute psychiatric inpatient beds, as identified by the Specialist Group on Acute Bed Capacity, which was set up to implement Sharing the Vision recommendation 46; the number of acute psychiatric inpatient beds that have been delivered in each of the years since 2020, by location; the number of planned new acute psychiatric inpatient beds, by proposed year of delivery and location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32859/24]
2390. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 421 of 10 July 2024, the timeline for completion of the internal audit review into the allocation of €19 million to Children’s Health Ireland to tackle waiting lists for scoliosis and spina bifida; the date at which he expects to receive the final report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32858/24]
2389. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if consideration is still being given to extending the opening hours of minor injury clinics in Nenagh, Ennis and St John’s, Limerick, to a 24-hour service; the status of these plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32857/24]
2388. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health to provide timelines for extending the opening hours of injury units, by unit; the new operating hours in each unit; the reason a unit is to be excluded from these plans (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32856/24]