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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (24 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 920. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will be seen by the school age team; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38673/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Benefit Scheme (24 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 921. To ask the Minister for Health the policy position on the optical benefit refund scheme; the reason the policy was amended given the hardship the change has created for families; and if he will consider reversing the policy. [38674/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (24 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 938. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists that have been reassigned to the Covid-19 testing and tracing response by CHO in tabular form; the impact this has had in respect of waiting lists; the timeline his Department is working towards to return all redeployed HSE staff to their original posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38776/20]

Greyhound Industry: Motion [Private Members] (25 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Thanks to the "RTÉ Investigates: Greyhounds Running for their Lives" programme that aired last year, the cruel and inhumane practices of the greyhound industry were revealed to the public. For many, this was the first time they were confronted with the reality of what goes on behind closed doors in greyhound racing and it spurred a major public outcry. Since the airing of that...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Alcohol Sales (25 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 23. To ask the Taoiseach the volume of alcohol sales in each of the past 12 months in tabular form. [39148/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Programme (25 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Retention of Records Bill 2019; her Department's proposals to re-examine the proposed legislation; the way in which this legislation will deal with the case records and testimonies of those who gave statements to both the Ryan report and the redress board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38902/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the case of a person (details supplied); if she has engaged with the company on this matter; and the steps she has taken to protect pregnant school staff. [39019/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (25 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to increase the availability of multi- or non-denominational school places in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39145/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (25 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by students trying to access multi- or non-denominational post-primary schools in circumstances in which these schools give preference in their admission policies to students who attended multi- or non-denominational primary schools; her views on whether this practice amounts to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps being taken to ensure social welfare support and protection for persons experiencing symptoms of long Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38971/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Archives (25 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 153. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 591 of 22 September 2020, if he will provide detailed responses to questions raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38901/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (25 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 188. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the drawdown of approved spending to date by the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board; the estimated scheduling of outstanding moneys within the original approved envelope; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39163/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 223. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a document (details supplied); the steps being taken to update guidance on pregnancy and Covid-19 regularly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39018/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 209. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure long-term care and support for persons experiencing symptoms of long Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38970/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (25 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 222. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to establishing a multi-stakeholder group to examine the efficacy of mandated risk minimisation methods in respect of prescription drugs, in particular sodium valproate, as has been called for by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39016/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (25 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 260. To ask the Minister for Health the number of alcohol-related cases, including blood alcohol poisoning and liver disease, that have presented to hospital in each of the past 12 months, in tabular form. [39147/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (25 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 262. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the approved level of legal fees contained within the figure of €1.433 billion approved for the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board; the status of the further request by the board for approval of legal fees estimated for 2020 to 2022 of €15 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39159/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (25 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 263. To ask the Minister for Health the current working assumptions of his Department in respect of the estimated completion date and final cost of the national paediatric hospital building project; the role of his Department in respect of cost containment on this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39162/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (25 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 264. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that patients requiring mental health treatment in St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, are being asked to wait outside the hospital with no shelter; if he has engaged with the hospital on this issue; the steps his Department is taking to address this practice; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 207. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the limitation of the Covid restrictions support scheme, which requires companies to have a fixed premises and, as a direct result, excludes many businesses in the events industry, artists, taxi drivers and others from availing of the scheme; the options available to these companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39325/20]