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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Strategic Options for Government Plan to Eliminate Community Transmission (23 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: How close are we to having those testing systems available?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (24 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 245. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline to establish the national psychology placement office which will be tasked with examining the funding for all trainee psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26131/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 286. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 9 September 2020, if he will provide further clarification on matters raised in follow-up correspondence (details supplied) regarding the employment wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26936/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to facilitating dialogue between local authorities in Dublin regarding the possibility of an intercounty housing transfer system for tenants wishing to seek a housing transfer from one Dublin local authority to another; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26931/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the extra measures which will be put in place to support retail, bar and restaurant and allied workers in the Dublin region in view of their loss of income following the tightened Covid-19 emergency period restrictions for Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26449/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider reinstating the full €350 per week rate for the pandemic unemployment payment for the Dublin region for the duration of tightened Covid-19 emergency period restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26450/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 677. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider decreasing the €3,000 maximum rate of the student contribution in view of the fact that many students will not be using third-level facilities due to the Covid-19 emergency period and will instead be attending college courses and lectures remotely; if further consideration will be given to the fact that third-level...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 955. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns raised by dentists in relation to the lack of provision of personal protective equipment for dentists in independent practice; his plans to address rising costs for dentists which have led to many withdrawing dental service which is negatively impacting upon children and special needs patients; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 908. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 9 September 2020, the National Immunisation Office policy on the availability of the HPV vaccine for an adult who has gone through a colposcopy and has received a prescription for the HPV vaccine from their consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26932/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Counselling Services (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 909. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocation in 2020 for the counselling in primary care service for each of the nine community healthcare organisations; the amount in each CHO budget for counselling therapists employed on an agency basis; the amount of the budget from 2020 left in each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26934/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: My understanding was that representatives from NPHET were due to come in last week.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: For whatever reason, they did not. My expectation certainly was that they were coming in this week.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: This is the last week for this committee to meet and we had intended bringing in all the health bodies that are relevant in the context of dealing with Covid. I am quite taken aback that they are not here. I would like to know the reason. Today we are concentrating on testing and tracing. The HSE has a certain amount of information to provide to us, but many aspects of testing and tracing...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: What is the requirement to go into private session?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Mr. Reid and the rest of the team for their work and for their attendance. I have three questions initially and we will see how I get on with the time. Mr. Reid said earlier that the median turnaround time for testing and tracing for positive cases is 3.5 days. Is that for all testing and tracing or does he have a figure that relates to community cases only? My second question...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Sorry, I missed that. What is the figure of €700 million?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Mr. Reid. I ask him to clarify the figure of €700 million he mentioned earlier. I am not sure as to what that relates.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: That is for next year. Is Mr. Reid sticking with the figure of €450 million for the current year?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I find that hard to understand. As the Minister for Health stated that by early July, the figure spent to date at that point was €50 million, it is hard to understand how the figure of €450 million would apply.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Update on Testing and Tracing and Rising Incidence in the State (29 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I would appreciate that. On the point about contact tracing, Mr. Reid stated that the public health teams had knowledge. Where is that knowledge in respect of where people may have picked up the virus held, and how can we access it?