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Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Róisín Shortall
1684. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the average daily number of doses of Covid-19 vaccines that were administered over the past four weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34921/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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National Maternity Hospital
Róisín Shortall
1736. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the precise work done to date in his Department and in the HSE in order to comply with the rules governing spending on large State capital projects in respect of the new national maternity hospital; if business cases have been completed by his Department and the HSE in this regard; the conclusions reached in these business cases; if he will undertake to publish these documents in the public interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35256/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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General Practitioner Services
Róisín Shortall
1737. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if general practitioners are required to follow the HSE sequencing protocol with regard to spare vaccine doses; if not, the protocol for general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35298/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Róisín Shortall
1834. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the reason occupational therapists have been excluded from the list of eligible professions deemed qualified to apply as vaccinators as part of the HSE recruitment process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35575/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Legislative Measures
Róisín Shortall
1881. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost in a full year if the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 was fully commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35697/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Voluntary Sector
Róisín Shortall
1882. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2022 and in a full year of fully implementing the Catherine Day report of the independent review group established to examine the role of voluntary organisations in publicly funded health and personal social services. [35698/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Health Services Staff
Róisín Shortall
1883. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2022 and in a full year of ensuring that staff working in the 300 section 39 organisations covered under pay restoration have their pay raised to parity with equivalent workers in public sector and section 38 organisations. [35699/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Health Services
Róisín Shortall
1884. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost in a full year of eliminating deficits in section 38 organisations and section 39 organisations, respectively. [35700/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Care Services
Róisín Shortall
1890. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding set aside in 2021 to allow for the decongregation of persons living in inappropriate institutional settings; the estimated cost of full decongregation; and the timespan this estimate relates to. [35766/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Hospital Complaints Procedures
Róisín Shortall
1912. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if any retrospective complaints have been made regarding the sexual abuse of minors in a hospital (details supplied) which may have occurred from the late 1970s until the end of the 1990s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35849/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Nursing Homes
Róisín Shortall
1934. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2022 and in a full year of supporting every ten persons under 65 years of age to move out of inappropriate placement in a nursing home. [35695/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Nursing Homes
Róisín Shortall
1936. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the latest figure for the number of persons availing of the nursing homes support scheme; the number of these who are homeowners; the number who lease their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35906/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Prescriptions Charges
Róisín Shortall
1973. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 205 of 4 May 2017, 777 of 6 September 2019, 501 of 5 November 2019, 745 of 20 May 2020 and 1251 of 8 September 2020, the progress made on addressing an issue raised (details supplied); if this matter will be considered with greater urgency in view of the Covid-19 emergency and the fact that many in the vulnerable categories are affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36036/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Róisín Shortall
2058. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the details of the nature, value and duration of contracts with a company (details supplied) to provide services in relation to contact tracing. [36416/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Róisín Shortall
2059. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the details of the nature, value and duration of contracts with a company (details supplied) to provide services in relation to contact tracing. [36417/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Health Strategies
Róisín Shortall
2060. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the progress on the report on the breastfeeding action plan; the status and timescale for the full implementation of each of its elements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36418/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Róisín Shortall
2113. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that arrived here in each week from 26 April 2021 to date that had been in a designated state in the previous 14 days; the number from each designated state in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36561/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Róisín Shortall
2114. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that travelled into Ireland in each week from 26 April 2021 to date who declared an essential reason for travel; the percentage of these of the overall number of persons who travelled into the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36562/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Róisín Shortall
2115. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of persons vaccinated in each cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36563/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Róisín Shortall
2116. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the 14-day incidence rate and five-day average cases for the Ballymun-Finglas and the Artane-Whitehall local electoral areas. [36564/21]