Results 17,321-17,340 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (25 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance if guidance and advice will be provided to the public in respect of charges that are payable on items purchased online from the UK; the permissible taxes; the permissible customs duty; the permissible other charges on these transactions; the recourse for consumers who are overcharged under these headings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10928/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently investigate a matter regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10777/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (25 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 187. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a carer’s payment appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10930/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (25 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if data are available regarding arrests, prosecutions and convictions for the theft of catalytic converters and the handling of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10778/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (25 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 299. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 844 of 17 February 2021, if private providers of Covid-19 antigen tests are required to report their results to the Chief Medical Officer given that the tests do not go to a laboratory; the way these antigen tests are accounted for in daily case figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10776/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (25 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 300. To ask the Minister for Health if there was political involvement in the decision to purchase ventilators from a company (details supplied); if he signed off on the deal at the time; and the due diligence carried out on the company in question prior to awarding a contract. [10780/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 333. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that arrangements are in place for administration of the Covid-19 vaccine when numbers are expected to reach 1.2 million per month in April, May and June 2021; the number of staff being recruited; the date they are expected to be in their post; the number of vaccines which will be in use; and the intended daily capacity in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 334. To ask the Minister for Health the groups of persons who are exempted from quarantining after arriving into Ireland; the arrangements to ensure that these groups do not import the virus into the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10932/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 335. To ask the Minister for Health the details of his response to the arrival of the Brazil P1 variant of Covid-19 into Ireland which was announced on 19 February 2021; the steps he is taking to minimise the spread of this variant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10933/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 336. To ask the Minister for Health if the three cases of the Brazil P1 variant identified in Ireland are directly associated with recent travel from Brazil; the steps he is taking to prevent further importation of this variant and others through travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10935/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 337. To ask the Minister for Health the projected deliveries of Covid-19 vaccines into Ireland for the next six months; the quantities of each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10936/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 338. To ask the Minister for Health the advice he is following in relation to mixing vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10937/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 339. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the strategy for deployment of a vaccine (details supplied) in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10938/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 340. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements for checking that persons arriving into Ireland from abroad have a negative PCR test result; if the test result is verified pre-departure, upon arrival or both; the person or body with responsibility for checking the test results at each stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10939/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 341. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons arriving into Ireland from abroad who presented a negative PCR test upon arrival; and the number who failed to present a negative PCR test in each week from 1 January 2021 to date in tabular form. [10940/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 342. To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken to date in the case of persons arriving into Ireland from abroad without a negative PCR test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10941/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 343. To ask the Minister for Health the number of checks that have occurred in each week from 1 February 2021 to date on persons quarantining at home after arriving into Ireland; the number in each case of SMS, telephone, and Garda checks; and the number of persons who were compliant and non-compliant in tabular form. [10942/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Health Related Issues: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I have a number of questions, which I will run through one by one, the first of which is on the vaccine programme. The fortnightly sessions in the Dáil on the vaccine programme have not been terribly satisfactory because it is hard to get answers in that forum. I asked the Minister some time ago if he would commit to providing figures on the actual delivery of vaccines into this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Health Related Issues: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Those figures do not tally with the figures in the table that has been put out and the table that was used in the plan for living with Covid. That is why we need up-to-date accurate figures. The figures do not tally as of now and it is important that we have accuracy. Previous speakers referred to our meeting a few weeks ago with the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, the Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Health Related Issues: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Speaking of Sláintecare, a critical element of the plan is ensuring that services are provided at the lowest level of care, particularly for chronic illness, which is to be taken out of the hospitals and brought back to primary care level and nurse-led care. This is critical for chronic illness generally but also for the whole issue of nurse and midwife-led care right across all care...