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Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (21 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 315. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1342 of 3 November 2020, the number of applicants for the primary medical certificate programme in 2020 to date as the HSE has not yet provided a reply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2992/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 330. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the vaccination strategy for healthcare workers; the priority for management levels, front-line healthcare workers and ancillary staff in healthcare settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3016/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 384. To ask the Minister for Health if frontline healthcare workers as defined in the national Covid-19 vaccination programme implementation plan include public nurses and HSE carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3212/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 385. To ask the Minister for Health the group under which vulnerable persons being cared for in the home are categorised under page 9 of the national Covid-19 vaccination programme implementation plan sequencing table; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3213/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 406. To ask the Minister for Health the date the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine commenced in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3274/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 407. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doses of the Covid-19 vaccine that were allocated to Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3275/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 408. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doses of the Covid-19 vaccine allocated to Letterkenny University Hospital that have been administered to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3276/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 409. To ask the Minister for Health the number of frontline staff in direct patient contact in Letterkenny University Hospital that have still to receive the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3277/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 410. To ask the Minister for Health when the Covid-19 vaccination of frontline staff in direct patient contact in Letterkenny University Hospital will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3278/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 411. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the next consignment of the Covid-19 vaccine is expected to be allocated to Letterkenny University Hospital in order to complete the roll-out of the first round of vaccinations of frontline staff in direct patient contact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3279/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (21 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 18 November 2020, his plans to have Naval Service personnel board any of the factory vessels currently fishing off the west coast for mackerel to check them for compliance with the Common Fisheries Policy as the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority has not provided a reply; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Apiculture Industry (21 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to introducing legislation in the current Dáil term to ban the importation of non-native bee species in order to protect the native stock of Irish honey bees apis mellifera mellifera; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3204/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Apiculture Industry (21 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the importation of non-native bee species here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3205/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Apiculture Industry (21 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the controls in place to monitor and control the importation of non-native bee species here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3206/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Apiculture Industry (21 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is any analysis of the environmental impact on Ireland’s native stock of honeybees apis mellifera mellifera caused by the importation of non-native bee species here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3207/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on Fisheries Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Chairman for the opportunity to participate in the meeting as I am not a member of this committee. I got the document just before the meeting started and have looked through it while the discussion was ongoing. We have had a number of debates on the floor of the Dáil on fishing, yesterday included. This is a very serious situation for the fishing industry. It is debatable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on Fisheries Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: The Minister did not answer two of my questions. I wonder if he could answer them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on Fisheries Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I am interested in the meeting the Minister attended with Michel Barnier and the Commissioner and in what they actually said at the meeting, rather than what the Minister said. Will there be representatives of fishermen - as opposed to fishery owners - and factory workers whose livelihoods depend on it on the task force the Minister is establishing in order that their voices will be heard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on Fisheries Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I, too, extend my sympathies following the death of Mr. Hugo Boyle. In terms of the discussion so far, I caution against the establishment of a Department of the marine. We had one for many years although it might only have had a junior Minister. The reality is that there is no political responsibility so having a Department will not make a difference because Fianna Fáil and Fine...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on Fisheries Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: Regulatory pursuance after the event is not much good.