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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: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: There are only 52 weeks in a year.

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister talks about public health advice as if it is a uniform issue. He acts as if it is singular and there are no differences of opinion in public health advice, or that it is given down from on high. The truth of the matter is there are many different public health advices. Every single country in the EU has a chief medical officer who delivers public health advice and much of that...

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: It is important that this Dáil and our elected representatives have the opportunity to push hard at the people who are behind the decisions and who are making them. There is no doubt in my mind that many decisions have emanated from NPHET which we have not been able to challenge. I have asked journalists to attend press conferences and ask questions of NPHET so we could get a better...

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: It is the scrutiny element of the amendment that I am speaking to now. I will come to a close now but I have a question similar to the one that was asked earlier. The Covid pass currently allows people with Covid to circulate in hospitality and stops people who may not have Covid from doing so. If the Government's logic is to be followed, it will have to change it to cover only people who...

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: This is a very important debate. I will be supporting Deputy Connolly's amendments, both in terms of providing the House with the statistics on prosecutions but also with regard to the protection of smuggled persons from prosecutions from the act of being smuggled. The Bill is silent on the rights of smuggled persons - victims - and that is wrong. I have no doubt that fear of prosecution...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Investigations (9 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 9. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commissions of investigation currently ongoing under the remit of his Department; the duration of each commission of investigation; the deadline for each commission of investigation; and the actual and projected cost of each commission of investigation. [54098/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Investigations (9 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: This question is about investigations in the Department. I am concerned with one investigation in particular. The farm nutrient management scheme in the North of Ireland provided funding for the improvement of animal waste storage. The scheme cost more than £200 million and nearly 4,000 farmers participated in the scheme. It is alleged that the tanks constructed under the scheme are...