Results 17,361-17,380 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the mock leaving certificate examinations in view of the associated public health concerns; if guidance has been issued to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12057/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 552. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding social welfare entitlements for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11699/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Covid-19 rent supplement will be extended beyond 31 March 2021, given the ongoing impact of the pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11820/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 745. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding discussions with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the offer from vets to assist with the Covid-19 vaccination programme when it comes to the stage that the supply of vaccine increases and the programme increases in pace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11110/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 748. To ask the Minister for Health if nursing home visitation guidelines will be revised in relation to situations in which both the visitor and the resident have received their full Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11116/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 749. To ask the Minister for Health if nursing homes are being reimbursed for antigen tests deployed on site under the Covid-19 temporary assistance payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11117/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 751. To ask the Minister for Health if he is strategically targeting resources to combat Covid-19 in the areas that have the most persistently high rates of the virus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11119/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 928. To ask the Minister for Health the number of healthcare workers who are in direct patient contact who are yet to receive the first dose of the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11815/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 929. To ask the Minister for Health the protocol to vaccinate agency healthcare assistants and agency nurses; the number of these staff in the country; the number who have received the first dose and the second dose of the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11817/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 930. To ask the Minister for Health the number of homecare agency staff; the number that have been vaccinated to date; the number yet to be vaccinated; the number who have declined to take a vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11818/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Collection (3 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1012. To ask the Minister for Health if he conducted patient and public engagement prior to enacting SI No. 18/2021 Data Protection Act 2018 (section 36(2)) (Health Research) (Amendment) Regulations 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12160/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Collection (3 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1013. To ask the Minister for Health if section 3B(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018 (section 36(2)) (Health Research) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 applies to genomic research in circumstances in which there are implications for relatives of the data subject (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12161/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Collection (3 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1014. To ask the Minister for Health the position in respect of deferred consent of personal data in circumstances in which an individual dies without capacity to give explicit consent for research purposes; and if there is an ethical framework or policy to deal with this matter. [12162/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Collection (3 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1015. To ask the Minister for Health if a deceased person’s personal data may be used in genomic research if consent was not obtained while the data subject was alive in view of the implications for relatives of the deceased. [12163/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Collection (3 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1016. To ask the Minister for Health if a controller may use a patient’s data for research purposes in circumstances in which the patient lacks the capacity to consent and his or her next of kin ​and or power of attorney objects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12164/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Collection (3 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1017. To ask the Minister for Health the reason explicit consent or ethical approval is not required when a controller obtains personal data to establish if a person may be suitable or eligible for inclusion in research; the criteria used to ascertain if research is preliminary or substantive (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12165/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Safety Regulations (3 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1018. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a composite version of regulations (details supplied) as amended. [12166/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1019. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have arrived into Ireland based on their original country of departure for each category 2 designated state in each week from 1 January 2021 to date in tabular form [12167/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1020. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that school aged children do not miss their routine vaccinations as a result of school closures due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12170/21]

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out Programme: Statements (Resumed) (4 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I will put my questions quickly and, hopefully, get the Minister's response. I agree with the point made by earlier speakers about the need for transparency. That is very important. All the information relating to the number of vaccines that are delivered here, the number available, the number being held back and the number administered should be public information. Everybody understands...