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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (7 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 432. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children seeking international protection in Ireland at present who are in the State unaccompanied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60032/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (7 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 433. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children who sought or applied for international protection in Ireland in each of the past five years and to date in 2021; and the number who were granted asylum here in each of the past five years. [60033/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (7 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 434. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that sought or applied for international protection in Ireland in each of the past five years and to date in 2021; and the number that were granted asylum here in each of the past five years. [60034/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (7 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 442. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the person in the Irish Prison Service who dealt with the Health and Safety Authority in relation to a complaint by a person (details supplied); and the title and role of the person in the Irish Prison Service. [60276/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 582. To ask the Minister for Health the evidence or science that shows mandating children to wear masks in schools will reduce the rate of hospitalisation from Covid-19. [60275/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 520. To ask the Minister for Health if any of the PPE, ventilators and equipment purchased from China was deemed unfit for use or was not used for a different reason; and the amount of unused equipment, PPE and ventilators which are still in storage. [59979/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (7 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 521. To ask the Minister for Health the number of reserve HSE staff available to assist in nursing homes in the event of a Covid-19 outbreak in a nursing home; the number of reserves per county; and if the HSE is still in a position to provide emergency staffing supports to nursing homes. [59980/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (7 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 522. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who were tested for Covid-19 in pop-up testing centres since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic; and the breakdown per county. [59982/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 526. To ask the Minister for Health if persons who are taken to hospital via ambulance are confined in a Covid-19 ward pending a negative PCR test as a matter of policy; if the case of a person (details supplied) is a policy particular to the hospital in question or due to the reason for the person's admission to hospital. [60006/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (7 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 549. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children born either addicted to or severely affected by alcohol or drugs in each of the past ten years and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60083/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (7 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 554. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE has carried out an internal review or investigation into the impact of the three-day waiting period provision within the existing abortion legislation. [60095/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (7 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 555. To ask the Minister for Health the name of the groups and persons that have requested to meet him regarding the three-year review of the Health (Regulation of the Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; the groups and persons that his Department has initiated a meeting with; the requests that were granted to groups or persons since January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 581. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has conducted a study on the effect or impact of lockdowns and restrictions on children, particularly vulnerable children. [60274/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (7 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 629. To ask the Minister for Health when patients will be able to access medical cannabis from the Medical Access Programme. [60505/21]

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: We in Aontú will be opposing the extension of this legislation. We are the only political party in the Chamber that has opposed each extension of these measures. Governance of this country is at a low ebb. It is incredible that even today, details of NPHET's proposals concerning potential restrictions were leaked to the media before that information was even given to the Government....

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: He wants to control RTÉ now.

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Are you telling RTÉ what to do now?

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I have plenty of manners.

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I am just making a point.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I wonder whether the Minister got lost on his way to this debate or did not have it in his diary. Is it not the case that Opposition parties like mine should be listened to by the senior Minister on debates as important as this one? In most debates in the House, the Minister is typically gone by the time the Regional Group gets to speak. That is a pity, as we can all learn from one...