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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (8 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the need for a primary and or post-primary school in Meakstown (details supplied) will be addressed; if a site will be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21783/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Data (8 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 686. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter raised in correspondence in relation to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21616/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (8 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 694. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that were in receipt of the short-term work scheme in each of the past twelve months in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21786/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: International Students (8 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 864. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of overseas students that have enrolled in Irish universities for the autumn term; the provisions in place to ensure that students coming from abroad adhere to the two-week self-isolation period; the person or body responsible for overseeing these provisions and monitoring students’ compliance; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (8 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 865. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of student accommodation across Ireland which would be considered a congregated setting according to the definition in which ten or more persons are accommodated in a single living unit or in which persons are placed in accommodation that is campus-based; the number of students housed in each setting; the control measures in place...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (8 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 867. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the qualifying criteria that applies to students and the definition of disadvantage being used further to the announcement of a €15 million fund to help disadvantaged students with the cost of information technology equipment. [21971/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (8 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 868. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process for the way in which students in specialist training provision in the further education and training sector can access and apply for the fund further to the announcement of a €15 million fund to help disadvantaged students with the cost of information technology equipment; if he will further set out the process through which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (8 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 886. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the increase in pet thefts in recent months; the way in which she plans to address pet theft; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21784/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (8 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 928. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of dogs and cats reported stolen in each of the past six months and the corresponding figures for the same months in 2019, in tabular form; the penalties for stealing pets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21785/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1290. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 745 of 8 May 2019, if the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics has completed its full health technology assessment of the new anti-calcitonin gene-related peptide used for the preventative treatment of chronic migraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22004/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (8 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1249. To ask the Minister for Health the longest and average waiting times for assessment of needs under the Disability Act 2005 by each CHO and by each LHO or alternative area sub-group; the number of cases in each of the past three years in each CHO in which the delay resulted in a non-compliance with the statutory limits set down in the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (8 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1250. To ask the Minister for Health the resources that will be invested into the expansion of the newborn screening programme in each of the next five years; the details of his plans to expand the programme and the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21789/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (8 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1251. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 205 of 4 May 2017, 777 of 6 September 2019, 501 of 5 November 2019 and 745 of 20 May 2020, the consideration given to the issue raised (details supplied); if this matter will be considered with greater urgency in view of the Covid-19 emergency and the fact that many in the vulnerable categories are affected; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (8 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1252. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a case (details supplied); and the protocols that exist within emergency services, call centres and the An Garda Síochána to act upon reports of a potential suicide [21791/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (8 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1268. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the expert group which is examining alternative testing methods for Covid-19 including a less invasive nasal swab and a cheek saliva swab both of which could be of particular benefit to young children; if the introduction of new testing methods will have an impact on cost or testing capacity; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care for Children (8 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1291. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the absence of paediatric palliative care in the south east; his plans to provide this service in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22005/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1301. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 677 of 21 July 2020, if he will make available copies of the NPHET document entitled Risk Register for each month since March 2020; and the reason for the delay in making these documents available [22031/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1308. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE nurses that would prefer to return to work on a phased basis after having contracted Covid-19 due to fatigue and other after effects, are required to take hours less than full-time from their annual leave or unpaid leave; if a facility is in place to allow those that have been ill to return on a phased basis; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (8 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1342. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff needed per week for Covid-19 testing and for contact tracing, respectively in order to reach a full testing capacity of 100,000 per week; the permanent staffing level for Covid-19 testing and for contact tracing, respectively; the details of recruitment plans for staff in testing and tracing separately; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (8 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he plans to address animal welfare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21784/20]