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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 2541. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a clear pathway for a person who has experienced an adverse reaction to their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine and who has received medical advice that they should not be given a second dose of the same vaccine and therefore requires access to an alternative vaccine in order to be fully vaccinated such as in the case of a person (details...

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Bodies (27 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 2666. To ask the Minister for Health if he will elaborate on the governance shortcomings in the operations of the North Inner City Drug and Alcohol Taskforce communicated in a letter (details supplied) to members of the taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38696/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Bodies (27 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 2667. To ask the Minister for Health the legal basis for the suspension of the North Inner City Drug and Alcohol Task Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38697/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (27 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 3335. To ask the Minister for Health the reason children with additional needs living in the Dublin Central and North Dublin area are experiencing significant delays in receiving disability services such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and psychology. [41375/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (27 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 3336. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time disability reconfiguration processes have been going on in the areas covered by CHO9 and CHO7; the reason for such delays given the reconfiguration process began long before the public health emergency began in 2020; and the timelines as to when services will resume. [41376/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (27 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 3337. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive disability services recommended as a result of an assessment of needs completed in 2018. [41377/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (27 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 3338. To ask the Minister for Health if undocumented persons or those without a PPS number can access abortion services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41378/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (27 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 3339. To ask the Minister for Health if persons from Northern Ireland are able to access abortion services without a PPS number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41379/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 3340. To ask the Minister for Health if it is possible for undocumented persons and those without a PPS number to access the maternity and infant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41380/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (27 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 3341. To ask the Minister for Health the costs received by each public hospital against the costs incurred by each public hospital in contracting external debt collection agencies to pursue unpaid statutory charges in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41397/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (27 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 3342. To ask the Minister for Health the costs received versus incurred by the HSE in contracting debt collection agencies to pursue unpaid statutory charges by each year from 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41398/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: I would like to bring the Minister back to 4 March, when the former Minister Katherine Zappone texted him to thank him for the job. He has already stated that he did not dissuade her from that notion and that he regrets not dissuading her from that notion. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: I will go on to another text from 4 May. Katherine Zappone was not offered a job in March. However, on 4 May she texted the Minister saying, “Hi Simon, hope all well. Any news yet? You had mentioned June as start time." The Minister mentioned in his contribution that he did not speak to Katherine Zappone between March and July. If they did not speak between those times, why did...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: But she had a start date for a job that did not exist yet and that she had not been offered. There is no record of the Minister dissuading her from that notion. There are two text messages. She said thank you for the job on 4 March. Then, on 4 May, she had a start date for a job that was not designed and had not been offered to her. It barely seems believable. I want to go to another...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister. Last week, the Minister specifically brought the word “lobbying” into his contribution to the committee. He specifically said that he did not feel Katherine Zappone was lobbying him for a job. Does the Minister want to reflect on that statement and change any part of it for the committee? Does he still believe Katherine Zappone was not lobbying?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: This is necessarily a criticism. It is in keeping with regulations that are clearly laid out. What exactly is the Minister's understanding of lobbying? Does he accept that seeking to influence senior Ministers in relation to the awarding of a plum job constitutes lobbying? In the case of Katherine Zappone, we know she contacted the Minister for Finance, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: So there was no lobbying there. Friends of Ministers, who were previously a Minister, do not come under the same conditions as the rest of us simply because they are friends. I am alarmed-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: I am alarmed by how narrow the Minister's interpretation of lobbying is but I will move on to another question. The Minister has been a Minister for more than ten years. For how long has he been deleting text messages from his phone? Is he aware that if he deletes texts which record official Government business without making a copy, he is in breach of the Freedom of Information Act?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: Can the Minister specifically tell me when he cleared the text message between him and the Tánaiste talking about the appointment of Katherine Zappone? On what date did he delete that text message?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: My questions specifically pertained to the deletion of texts between two Ministers discussing a matter of State in contravention of the Freedom of Information Act. I asked for the date and that was not forthcoming. I asked whether the Minister was aware of the guidelines in that Act and he-----