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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Care of the Elderly (27 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: 708. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the private nursing home sector with particular reference to staffing levels, financial viability and supports being offered to the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3792/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Care of the Elderly (27 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: 710. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in the event of the closure of either private or public nursing home facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3794/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Care of the Elderly (27 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: 711. To ask the Minister for Health if a copy of contingency plans he may have for various adverse scenarios affecting private nursing homes will be provided; if a summary will be provided of these plans with particular reference to crises in staffing and in the event of serious Covid-19 outbreaks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3795/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Care of the Elderly (27 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: 712. To ask the Minister for Health if he has examined the option of emergency State intervention or State control of private nursing homes; if so, if costings for the acquisition and or operation of private facilities are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3796/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Health Services Staff (27 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: 709. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the most recent figures for HSE recruitment of healthcare workers particularly recruitment of care professionals from the private nursing home sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3793/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Hospital Services (27 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: 713. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic there were at one point over 2,000 vacant beds in the hospital system due to the cancellation of elective procedures and the reduction in non-Covid hospital admissions; the reason for missed targets despite this spare capacity given patient experience times...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Hospital Services (27 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: 714. To ask the Minister for Health his views and the data and on the way in which cancellations and reduced attendance at hospital affected health outcomes of patients generally and specifically in the case of persons over 65 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3798/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Care of the Elderly (27 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: 715. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered using information on reduced inpatient numbers and associated health outcomes to examine resourcing of care in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3799/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Consultancy Contracts (27 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: 716. To ask the Minister for Health if a list will be provided of current contracts that the HSE has with private consultancy firms for each HSE division and directorate, for example, corporate change, disability and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3800/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Consultancy Contracts (27 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: 717. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated spend on private consultancy and auditing services in the HSE in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3801/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (28 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: 316. To ask the Minister for Health if the EU Cross-Border Directive is affected by Brexit for Irish patients seeking to have surgeries in the UK; and if so, the changes in this regard. [4984/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Update (29 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: My first question is to Mr. Walsh. At any given time there is a certain amount of vaccine in the State. What is the situation with surplus vaccines? On any particular day is there a surplus available if there is an issue with either transportation or the roll-out? If there is a surplus of vaccine per week or per day, how can it be sourced?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Update (29 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: My second question is to Professor MacCraith. I say very sincerely to him that Ireland obviously as a vast pharmaceutical industry. We have one of the most advanced pharmaceutical sectors in the European Union. If patents and intellectual property were not in the way, could the production of vaccines be ramped up in any way by our pharmaceutical industry, given that thus far €5...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Update (29 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: There is capacity and this scenario could apply to the pharmaceutical industry in Ireland, particularly in view of what Professor MacCraith just said in the context of what is being done with the Pfizer vaccine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Update (29 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: I thank Professor MacCraith.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: Good morning everybody and I thank the witnesses for their contributions thus far. It makes for very sombre reading when we hear more than half of the people who have died were in nursing home settings. It is a terrible situation in which the staff in nursing homes, residents and their relatives find themselves. I worked in a nursing home for a number of years and I cannot imagine the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: I have two further questions and they are for Mr. Daly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: They are two very quick questions. Does Mr. Daly support a public inquiry into what has happened in nursing homes? I am not sure whether he will be able to answer my second question. Have new residents coming into nursing homes been given the first dose of the vaccine?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: 725. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns in relation to places on the list of priority for vaccine roll-out for persons with cystic fibrosis who are particularly vulnerable due to the fact their illness affects their lung capacity and respiratory system; and the steps he will take to resolve the matter. [5389/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: 726. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to all childcare and early educators workers that are working during the pandemic and the risks in their workplace; and if they will be added to the vaccine roll-out programme as a priority, in particular the group 4 category of childcare workers. [5390/21]