Results 381-400 of 1,045,620 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Ned O'Sullivan OR speaker:Pa Daly OR speaker:Leo Varadkar OR speaker:Róisín Shortall OR speaker:David Stanton OR speaker:Seán Canney)
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Did Mr. Watt put forward a specific figure to cover the demographic costs?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: I raised the HSCP issue with Mr. Gloster at the break. I endorse the campaign that is under way at the moment. We had a situation in the Department where it was doctors who were represented on management and we had a battle to get nurses represented and to have a director of nursing. Then we had a battle to get HSCPs represented in management in the Department. Finally, that was achieved....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Does Ms Kenna have a ballpark figure on that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: I would appreciate that because not only are some existing nurses looking for additional hours but a number of nurses who were on career break are finding it difficult to get taken back in, although they were guaranteed they could return to their job. Again, that is very hard to understand in the context of so many agency staff.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Mr. Gloster spoke earlier about utilising equipment, operating theatres and so on to the max. When we compare what is happening in the HSE with the private sector, there is a significant amount of unused time in the week, and that is not even going into the night-time. It does not make sense from a productivity perspective to have expensive equipment lying idle. Has Mr. Gloster looked at...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Most of the unions support the principle of a four-day week. It can be very attractive for staff.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Right. Sure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Could I ask one more question about clinical placements?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Perhaps Mr. Gloster would come back to me about clinical placements for radiation therapists.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Thank you, Chair.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Ten minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)
Róisín Shortall: It seems to be an issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2024)
David Stanton: I will probably not take all the time as Deputy O'Reilly already asked many of the questions I was going to ask. When did the Minister request the economic impact assessment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2024)
David Stanton: When was that? What was the approximate date?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2024)
David Stanton: Can Ms Pyke give the committee an approximate date?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2024)
David Stanton: Six months later the Department is starting the work.