Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Vaccination Programme

Alan Kelly

829. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the details of external service providers that have been procured or hired for the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccination programme to date; the value of each contract; the name of each contractor; the purpose of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4287/21]

Vaccination Programme

Alan Kelly

830. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the expenditure to date on the Covid-19 vaccination programme; the value of each contract for the purchase of vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4288/21]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Alan Kelly

831. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if there is a plan to provide the FreeStyle Libre for all type-1 diabetics in view of the fact that it is only available for persons with type-1 diabetes between the ages of four and 21 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4289/21]

Hospital Data

Alan Kelly

371. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with an address based in County Tipperary who have been admitted to the department of psychiatry, St. Luke's hospital, Kilkenny, per annum since 2012. [3146/21]

Hospital Facilities

Alan Kelly

372. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if there is an estimated cost of works recommended to be carried out at the department of psychiatry, St. Luke's hospital, Kilkenny, following the recommendations made by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment report. [3147/21]

Hospital Services

Alan Kelly

373. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the Minister of State, Deputy Butler's statement when she met local mental health groups in Clonmel, County Tipperary in August 2020, that the department of psychiatry, St. Luke's hospital, Kilkenny, was delivering an impeccable service with facilities and procedures of an incredibly high standard after recent investment was compromised by the publication of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment report 2020. [3148/21]

Cabinet Committees

Alan Kelly

1. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee dealing with housing will next meet. [41650/20]

Departmental Functions

Alan Kelly

4. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [41652/20]

Economic Policy

Alan Kelly

4. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach the progress of his plans for a high-level review of the economy to be led by his Department. [43179/20]

Departmental Functions

Alan Kelly

8. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [41651/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Alan Kelly

9. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the establishment of the high-level task force on Covid-19 vaccination. [41648/20]

Health Services

Alan Kelly

607. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of additional beds that have been provided to date under the winter plan; the breakdown under each category of bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43452/20]

Health Services

Alan Kelly

608. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the way in which he is monitoring implementation of the winter plan; if he is receiving regular updates; when he last received an update on implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43453/20]

Health Services

Alan Kelly

609. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of critical care beds now in place, as provided for under the winter plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43454/20]

Health Services Staff

Alan Kelly

610. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an itemised list of each section 39 organisation that to date has not yet had pay restored since the agreement at the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, in October 2018; if he will provide a list of those that to date have had pay restored; the projected cost of resolving the outstanding bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43455/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Alan Kelly

611. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the projected additional spend on Covid-19 in the health service in 2020; the spend to date; the breakdown of the figures by the amount spent on additional staff and on testing, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43456/20]

Health Services

Alan Kelly

627. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if section 38 and 39 service providers have to provide a first aid qualified person at each location. [43488/20]

Health Services

Alan Kelly

628. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if a training grant is provided to section 38 and 39 organisations to provide first aid services at each location. [43489/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Alan Kelly

629. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if all disability day service care workers or staff that were redeployed during Covid-19 have been returned to their original day service; the number of staff by service provider and location that have not been returned to their pre-Covid-19 location; and the number of service users that have had the service curtailed as a result in tabular form. [43500/20]

Palliative Care Services

Alan Kelly

631. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if palliative care and respite beds will return to St. Brigid’s facility, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary; and if so, the date. [43502/20]

Tribunals of Inquiry

Alan Kelly

103. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of women and families that have appeared before the CervicalCheck tribunal since its commencement; the status of his engagements with a group (details supplied) relating to the CervicalCheck tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42342/20]

Healthcare Policy

Alan Kelly

105. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when a terminal illness card will be provided for persons with less than two years to live will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42343/20]

HSE Staff

Alan Kelly

116. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that have been recruited by the HSE since he launched the winter plan; the total increase in HSE employment that this represents in net terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42346/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Alan Kelly

120. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine immunisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42344/20]

National Children's Hospital

Alan Kelly

163. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the status of the construction of the national children’s hospital; the details of level of spending to date in 2020 on legal fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42345/20]

Ministerial Advisers

Alan Kelly

1. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach the number of advisers appointed in his Department, including press advisers; and the annual cost. [40161/20]

Cabinet Committees

Alan Kelly

27. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Covid-19 will next meet. [41653/20]

Cabinet Committees

Alan Kelly

28. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [41654/20]

Cabinet Committees

Alan Kelly

29. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and Investment will next meet. [41655/20]

Autism Support Services

Alan Kelly

221. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the last occasion by date and medium by which the HSE was in contact with each school in County Tipperary with ASD units in tabular form. [42397/20]

Autism Support Services

Alan Kelly

222. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the breakdown by date of the last visit by HSE personnel to each school in County Tipperary with an ASD unit in tabular form. [42398/20]

Cabinet Committees

Alan Kelly

3. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Europe last met. [41646/20]

Programme for Government

Alan Kelly

10. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he plans to publish a review of the progress made on implementing the programme for Government. [41647/20]

Data Protection

Alan Kelly

79. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if his Department has been the subject of an investigation by the Data Protection Commission from 2016 to date; the number of specific investigations underway or completed; the dates on which his Department was first notified of the investigation; the details of the investigation; and the nature of the complaints. [40819/20]

Credit Unions

Alan Kelly

167. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to have the Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 enacted by end 2020 to ensure that credit unions can have virtual AGMs; if he will commence the relevant sections as soon as possible in order to enable credit unions to pay back interest rebates to members before Christmas 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41532/20]

Social Welfare Fraud

Alan Kelly

379. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the special investigation unit in her Department is not allowed to stop the fraudulent payments being claimed by persons who are working and wrongly in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment. [41253/20]

Cancer Services

Alan Kelly

598. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have availed of cancer screening at each acute hospital in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41255/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Alan Kelly

599. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if his Department has carried out an analysis of the number of cancers missed due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41256/20]

Data Protection

Alan Kelly

142. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has been the subject of an investigation by the Data Protection Commission from 2016 to date; the number of specific investigations underway or completed; the dates on which his Department was first notified of the investigation; the details of the investigation; the nature of the complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40808/20]

Judicial Appointments

Alan Kelly

144. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the date on which he was informed that the then Attorney General would apply to the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board for a recommendation for appointment to the Supreme Court vacancy occasioned by the retirement of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40856/20]

Judicial Appointments

Alan Kelly

145. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he was told by the then Attorney General that, although they would apply to the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board for a recommendation for appointment to the Supreme Court vacancy occasioned by the retirement of a person (details supplied) their preference was to stay on in that office under the new Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40857/20]

Judicial Appointments

Alan Kelly

146. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the date on which he was told that the then Attorney General had been recommended by the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board for appointment to the Supreme Court vacancy occasioned by the retirement of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40858/20]

Judicial Appointments

Alan Kelly

147. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, having learned that the then Attorney General had been recommended by the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board for appointment to the Supreme Court vacancy occasioned by the retirement of a person (details supplied) he sought or received clarification as to whether the Attorney General was at that stage willing to be nominated for appointment by that Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40859/20]

Judicial Appointments

Alan Kelly

148. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a recommendation from the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board having been made for appointment to the Supreme Court vacancy occasioned by the retirement of a person (details supplied) no such nomination was made by his Government during the remainder of its term in office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40860/20]

Office of the Attorney General

Alan Kelly

149. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the date on which he informed a person (details supplied) that they would not be reappointed to that office by the incoming Taoiseach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40861/20]

Judicial Appointments

Alan Kelly

150. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if and the number of times he discussed or communicated with a person (details supplied) or with them subsequent to their leaving office as Attorney General their future career in the context of them not being reappointed as Attorney General; if in particular the status of their recommendation from the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board for appointment to the Supreme Court vacancy occasioned by the retirement of a person (details supplied) was mentioned in any such discussion or communication; if the possibility of the incoming Government nominating them for appointment to the Supreme Court was mentioned; the nature of any such discussions and communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40862/20]

Judicial Appointments

Alan Kelly

151. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if and the number of times he discussed or communicated with the previous Minister for Justice matters in relation to the Supreme Court vacancy occasioned by the retirement of a person (details supplied); if the interest of the then Attorney General in being nominated for appointment to that position was mentioned; if the former Attorney General's preference to stay on in office under the new Government was mentioned; if a postponement of the Government’s decision on the nomination was mentioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40863/20]

Judicial Appointments

Alan Kelly

152. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if and the number of times he discussed or communicated with the current Minister for Justice in relation to filling the Supreme Court vacancy occasioned by the retirement of a person (details supplied); if the interest of the former Attorney General in being nominated for appointment to that position was mentioned; if the former Attorney General’s preferences in relation to a nomination being made by the previous Government was mentioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40864/20]

Judicial Appointments

Alan Kelly

153. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he was motivated by any sense of loyalty, commitment or obligation, whether personal or related to party or to service together in Government in canvassing support for the nomination of a person (details supplied) for appointment to the Supreme Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40865/20]

Judicial Appointments

Alan Kelly

154. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if and the number of times he discussed or communicated with the current Taoiseach, before or after his appointment to that office, the filling of the Supreme Court vacancy occasioned by the retirement of a person (details supplied) and the interest of the former Attorney General in appointment to that position; if he indicated his own preference in relation to the matter; if so, if he sought and secured the current Taoiseach’s agreement; the nature of any such discussions or communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40866/20]