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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (13 Jul 2021)

Alan Kelly: What about GPs?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (13 Jul 2021)

Alan Kelly: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit. [36198/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (13 Jul 2021)

Alan Kelly: The parliamentary liaison unit is a very important one. In the previous Dáil, there was significant reform arising from the dynamic that was in place with the confidence and supply agreement. The Taoiseach was a big champion of Dáil reform but we have now gone backwards. I accept that these are difficult circumstances because of Covid but Bill after Bill is now being rushed...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (13 Jul 2021)

Alan Kelly: I probably did but we did not say the person misspoke; we said it was a mistake. At least we were honest about it. We now have confirmation that GPs can issue letters. Those are three different statements on the same topic. That is not the way to work with the Opposition. Members of the Government do not know what they are doing themselves. I am asking this sincerely. The Irish...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (13 Jul 2021)

Alan Kelly: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department in preparing a formal commemorative event for all those who lost their lives during the struggle for independence as recommended by the expert advisory group. [34838/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (13 Jul 2021)

Alan Kelly: The National Day of Commemoration took place at the weekend in Collins Barracks. It also marked the centenary of the Truce in the Irish War of Independence. More than 2,000 people were killed in the conflict before the Truce on 11 July 1921. Hannah Carey was one of the last people killed. She worked as a waitress in the Imperial Hotel, Killarney and was hit in the throat by a stray bullet...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2021)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Taoiseach for the positive reply and for his comments on taking an all-party approach. Establishing a regulator is taking too long. I have serious issues with regard to what the regulator should be doing about how betting companies and establishments such as casinos behave. Gambling companies are totally unscrupulous. If people have a problem with gambling and they search...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2021)

Alan Kelly: I welcome my colleague, Deputy Ivana Bacik, into Dáil Éireann and congratulate her on her achievement. We are very proud of her in the Labour Party. She is an incredible legislator and I thank the Taoiseach and the leader of Sinn Féin for their kind words. I assure the Taoiseach that Deputy Bacik is someone who will hold him and his Government to account over the coming...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Jul 2021)

Alan Kelly: 138. To ask the Minister for Health when children under 18 years of age will be vaccinated against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37593/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jul 2021)

Alan Kelly: 103. To ask the Minister for Health the advice NPHET has provided to him on ventilation, particularly air purifiers, in combatting Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37596/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tribunals of Inquiry (13 Jul 2021)

Alan Kelly: 106. To ask the Minister for Health the number of recommendations of the Scally scoping inquiry into the CervicalCheck screening programme that have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37595/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Jul 2021)

Alan Kelly: 108. To ask the Minister for Health when a catch-up programme will commence for the HPV vaccine for secondary school students due to missed vaccines during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37592/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (13 Jul 2021)

Alan Kelly: 118. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37594/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (13 Jul 2021)

Alan Kelly: 274. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is likely that the help to buy scheme will be extended into 2022; and if not, if it will cease on 31 December 2021. [37629/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (8 Jul 2021)

Alan Kelly: 155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the social protection supports in place to assist persons requiring the use of incontinence pads and those with carers using personal protection equipment to pay for the cost of the disposal of such items given the large weight which accumulates with their use and consequent higher waste charges; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (8 Jul 2021)

Alan Kelly: 209. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Ireland remains a neutral state; if he is satisfied that Ireland’s membership of PESCO and EPF is compatible with Irish neutrality; if there will be an update to Ireland’s defence policy given the potential infringement on Irish neutrality implied by membership of these organisations; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (8 Jul 2021)

Alan Kelly: 211. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason that public consultation was not conducted upon joining PESCO and EPF; if there will be a review of the membership of these organisations by the State; if greater public consultation in relation to similar future policy changes will be committed to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36890/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (8 Jul 2021)

Alan Kelly: 210. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of carbon emissions as a result of the activities of the Defence Forces; the plans of the Defence Forces to reduce its carbon output; the breakdown of the extra carbon emissions emitted as a result of extra duties carried out by the Defence Forces through memberships of PESCO and EPF; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Jul 2021)

Alan Kelly: I want to begin by welcoming Vicky Phelan home. I am delighted that she is on her way home to her family. I hope she gets to spend a lot of quality time with them in the coming days and weeks. Without her, I do not think we would be here today discussing all the issues, failings and positive aspects. I was in touch with her last night and she is looking forward to coming home. We will...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (7 Jul 2021)

Alan Kelly: 17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on progress towards implementing the citizens' assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [34836/21]