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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 596. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the agreement between his Department and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland to commission the recent review by the authority of the national vitamin D guidelines; if a literature review was required as part of the report; if the review referred to the issue of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44477/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety Authority of Ireland (17 Dec 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 597. To ask the Minister for Health if the membership of the public health nutrition sub-committee convened to generate the Food Safety Authority of Ireland report "Vitamin D – Scientific Recommendations for Food-Based Dietary Guidelines for Older Adults in Ireland" included specialist expertise in the areas of immunology, virology, infectious disease or geriatric medicine; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 598. To ask the Minister for Health if an independent expert group will be convened to examine the evidence linking vitamin D levels and susceptibility to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44479/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (17 Dec 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 599. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 916 of 24 November 2020, if officials in his Department have concluded their examination of the matter; and the reason for not publishing the Smith report. [44483/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (17 Dec 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 607. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 916 of 24 November 2020, if officials in his Department have concluded their examination of the matter; the reason a report (details supplied) on the proposed national genomic and genetic medicine strategy has not been published; and if he will publish it without delay.. [44543/20]

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (13 Jan 2021)

Róisín Shortall: How long was the slot to be?

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (13 Jan 2021)

Róisín Shortall: There was no clock for-----

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (13 Jan 2021)

Róisín Shortall: As a point of information, there was no clock on for five minutes and then a further seven minutes were given.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (13 Jan 2021)

Róisín Shortall: As we all know, the situation in the hospitals is on a knife-edge. We also know that we have currently got exceptionally high daily case numbers. It is very important that there is a recognition of the reason we have got to this point. There has to be a recognition that many of the decisions that were taken in the lead-up to Christmas were high-risk decisions that have put the country at...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

Róisín Shortall: As the Minister has heard from all sides of the House, there is a huge gap in information on vaccines and the public is crying out for that information. The quicker we can provide that information and the more clarity that can be brought, the better for everybody. I want to ask the Minister if he will commit to providing a number of pieces of information on vaccines. I fully accept that...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

Róisín Shortall: What about registration?

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Yes.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Has the IT system been sorted out? Is that ready?

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I look forward to getting that information. In relation to healthcare staff, they are all under enormous pressure at present. They are doing incredible work in extraordinarily difficult circumstances. There are two particular areas where they need the Minister's support. The first is in relation to public health doctors. Traditionally, they have been very badly treated in this...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

Róisín Shortall: With all due respect, there is vast amounts of money going into call centres privatising elements of this service. It is the public health doctors who are the people who know how to do the proper tracing and who know how to manage staff in that regard. Can the Minister give us a date when those promises will be delivered on?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (13 Jan 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the Córas Iompair Éireann pension committee regarding the restructuring of pension benefits for the 1951 superannuation scheme; if legal and actuarial documentation and clarifications sought on behalf of the scheme’s pensions committee have been withheld from the legal...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (13 Jan 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 9 September 2020, when funding for a development (details supplied) will be approved; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44852/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Agreements (13 Jan 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 367. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of negotiations by Ireland to join the WHO C-TAP initiative; the number of meetings that have taken place between his Department and the WHO; the representatives from his Department who attended these meetings; the outcome of the meetings; if he will provide meeting records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44851/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Treatment Benefit Scheme (13 Jan 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to instances in which a company (details supplied) has been charging patients for eye tests despite these same patients qualifying for free eye tests under the treatment benefit scheme, that is, PRSI optical benefits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44716/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (13 Jan 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 699. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current average processing time for citizenship applications; if she will address concerns from applicants that there are currently long delays with citizenship applications being processed, which results in their passports not being returned for a long time; if she will consider steps to improve the turnaround time; and...