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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: What is the view of the witness, given the inordinate length of time this entire process is taking and the lack of any sense of urgency on the part of agencies or successive Governments? Has the commission considered a more effective approach that would break this into sections, starting with the assumption that there is a real urgency about the health and social care element and that it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the witnesses. I am just restating the point that given the breadth of the process, in the meantime and in real time people are being failed by the lack of regulation. Older people are dying and have died in substantial numbers over the past year because of the lack of regulation. I am asking the commission to consider making a recommendation to the Government for health settings....

Insurance (Restriction on Differential Pricing and Profiling) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome this Bill. The Social Democrats are happy to support it. It is timely that it has come before us. I commend Deputy Pearse Doherty on producing the Bill, which deals with one of the very important aspects of the scandal that is our insurance industry. While it is just one aspect, it is a very important one. It underlines that there has been a huge amount of foot-dragging in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: In an interview in last Sunday's The Sunday Times, the Taoiseach said that, "The government will introduce retrospective contact tracing of Covid cases for the first time once daily case numbers fall to manageable numbers". He went on to say that he believed that, "a robust approach to tracking the infection pathways of each case of Covid-19 backwards from the point of diagnosis [...] will...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: It is disappointing for the Taoiseach to portray this as engagement that began in January. This has been recommended for 15 years. Three major reports have recommended it. Since last summer, various Government spokespersons have been saying that we are nearly there and nearly reaching a conclusion. The Taoiseach drove public health doctors to the point of threatening strike action in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: For a long time now, there has not been an opportunity to have any debate on the Government response to Covid. The Government announced its response this week and it is talking about another version of the living with Covid plan, but it has not allowed any debate in the Dáil on the Government response. That is just not acceptable. When one combines that with the fact that there has...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Tell us the dates.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (17 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will engage with the banks to discuss the matter of mortgage approval expiration dates given that there is a six month expiration on mortgage approvals and currently there are no in-person viewings of properties for sale; if he will request the banks to extend approval periods in cases in which there has been no change of circumstance; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking in response to instances in which students with additional needs attending mainstream schools will not currently be able to return to school on 22 February 2021 due to their school not having a special needs class; the plans in place to ensure that these students will be able to return to school in February 2021; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (17 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to address the issue of jobseeker’s benefit expiring for workers in the aviation industry who have been put on short time for the duration of the pandemic; if an allowance will be made to extend jobseeker’s benefit for these workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7988/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (17 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a social welfare payment for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8551/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (17 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a jobseeker’s claim for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8846/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probate Applications (17 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 627. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average and longest waiting time in each probate office for applications by solicitors and personal applicants, respectively; the number of applications on hand in each office; if the e-probate system is fully live in each office; the effect that the e-probate system has had on average waiting times to date; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (17 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 682. To ask the Minister for Health the approval process in place to permit a private provider to administer Covid-19 tests; the oversight in place to monitor private providers of Covid-19 tests and ensure they comply with health standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8008/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (17 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 683. To ask the Minister for Health if a company (details supplied) has been approved to administer Covid-19 tests; the oversight in place to ensure the company complies with health standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8009/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (17 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 684. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to prevent profiteering from privately provided Covid-19 tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8010/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 733. To ask the Minister for Health if mop-up clinics are currently under way in nursing homes that will enable residents to receive a second vaccine (details supplied); when every nursing home resident will receive the second vaccine; the process which applies if a nursing home resident cannot receive the vaccine within the recommended 21-day period; if they will have to start the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 739. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of incoming passengers who declared an essential reason for travel in each week in January 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8249/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (17 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 807. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient consultant appointments by hospital group which were postponed in January 2021 due to the Covid-19 outbreak; the number that have been rescheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8458/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 809. To ask the Minister for Health if a HSE worker will lose some of their employment sick day entitlement for the period of restricted movement in cases in which they are informed by the HSE to restrict their movements and remain home from work as a result of being identified as a close contact with a work colleague who had Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8460/21]