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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (3 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: The Minister can change the law.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (3 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: I produced legislation to deal with this issue.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (3 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: No, the Minister has not. He does not realise how serious this issue is.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (3 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: The Taoiseach-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nursing Education (3 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: 117. To ask the Minister for Health when student nurses will be paid in full for the work they carry out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33476/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nursing Education (3 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: I endorse everything my colleagues have said on this matter. I have one additional point to make. Unless there is some capacity to distinguish between the risk of getting Covid for a nurse who is working full time and a nurse who is a fourth-year student, then this is an utterly disgraceful action and the Minister is putting students at risk as they strive to complete their education. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nursing Education (3 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: There is a real issue for the Minister to deal with in this regard. Many of us have had student nurses and their parents contact us to tell their stories. Their health is at risk when colleagues go out sick with Covid and they have been thrown in at the deep end, being told to go into situations they did not expect to go into, sometimes with only a day's notice and certainly no more than a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: HSE Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: 90. To ask the Minister for Health the number of professionals who have been hired by the HSE since he launched the winter plan; the total increase in HSE employment that this represents in net terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33477/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: HSE Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: The Minister will be delighted to hear that this is a question I probably will ask him every month for the duration of his Ministry. It relates to the number of health professionals the HSE has hired since the launch of the winter plan, the total increase this intake represents in net terms and the total HSE employment numbers. The Minister has made some deep and serious commitments on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: HSE Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: I will honour that offer.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: HSE Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: I will refresh the Minister's memory and that of the House as to what these commitments are. There is a commitment to hire 8,500 staff by the end of next month, 12,500 by the end of April, and 16,000 by December of next year. Again, that is 8,500 by the end of December. I am really looking forward to getting that document on 15 November because massive progress must obviously have been...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: HSE Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: It was an increase of 1,800.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: HSE Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: The Minister is going over old ground. We have been over the issue of whole-time equivalents before. I actually gave him the figures the last time as well. It is perplexing and wrong that these are not full-time positions. It would be helpful it the Minister could listen to me. It is perplexing and wrong. Will the Minister please explain to the House why these 1,800 people are not on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: 127. To ask the Minister for Health when nurses on temporary contracts in the HSE will be given permanent contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33475/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (3 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: 136. To ask the Minister for Health the reason rapid testing has not been put in place to be used as part of the fight against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33474/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the engagements he has had with the private hospital owners' association regarding access to those hospitals since he became Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33473/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: 1267. To ask the Minister for Health if his office receives daily or weekly reports on Covid-19 positive cases and the number of tests taken and contact tracing calls made; if so, the person or body that provides same; the format in which these are presented to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32842/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: 1302. To ask the Minister for Health the number of healthcare personnel that have been recruited by the HSE since March 2020 whose previous employment was in nursing homes and or caring for the elderly facilities by CHO area and by month, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33013/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (3 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: 1396. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that the substantial deficits currently experienced by section 38 and 39 disability service providers are eliminated; the target date he is working towards for the elimination of these deficits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30662/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Voluntary Sector (3 Nov 2020)

Alan Kelly: 1397. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he plans to take to ensure that the recommendations of the independent review group examining the role of voluntary organisations is fully implemented; the recommendations acted upon to date; his timeline for the completion of each of the actions contained in the recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30663/20]