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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 282. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve the use of pulse oximetry to detect early deterioration of patients with Covid-19 in primary and community care settings similar to the NHS in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4859/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Update (29 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: We need to put all of this into perspective. Forty days ago, we did not have a single vaccine dose available, but in forty days' time, we will have four different vaccines. I have a couple of specific questions. On front-line healthcare workers, a category that includes home help, there seems to be a differentiation between HSE employees and private employees contracted with the HSE. Can...

Finance Act 2004 (section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2020: Motion (3 Feb 2021)

Denis Naughten: Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, more than one person died every week in Ireland as a result of asthma. One in five children and one in ten adults in Ireland have asthma. One in 14 people in Ireland have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD. There is no doubt that these people are more likely to be hospitalised or to die as a result of Covid-19. Energy poverty has an adverse effect...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Feb 2021)

Denis Naughten: 98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the mechanism for a person to travel who has recovered from Covid-19 but who would still test positive to a PCR test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5153/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (3 Feb 2021)

Denis Naughten: 178. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who claimed remote working relief from the Revenue Commissioners in the most recent tax year for which data is available; the amount of relief provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5151/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (3 Feb 2021)

Denis Naughten: 646. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 583 of 17 December 2020, the reason the HSE has refused to disclose the location of the 18 ambulatory carer hubs; if his Department has been provided with locations for some or all of these hubs; if so, the locations of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5150/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (3 Feb 2021)

Denis Naughten: 647. To ask the Minister for Health if a mechanism is available for older persons to seek a waiver for prescription charges in cases in which a substantial bill has accumulated because the person was too ill to collect the medication in person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5154/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services (3 Feb 2021)

Denis Naughten: 650. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an audiology appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5183/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ophthalmology Services (3 Feb 2021)

Denis Naughten: 711. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to involve private optometrists in the provision of eye care for those awaiting appointments and treatment under the public health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5349/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ophthalmology Services (3 Feb 2021)

Denis Naughten: 712. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll-out the Sligo model of eye care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5350/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (3 Feb 2021)

Denis Naughten: 713. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle the increasing waiting list for eye appointments and surgery as a result of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5351/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (3 Feb 2021)

Denis Naughten: 847. To ask the Minister for Health when a final decision will be made on an application for the reimbursement of the drug dupilumab; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5828/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (3 Feb 2021)

Denis Naughten: 951. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the EU co-financed funding provided in 2015 and 2016 to the Irish dairy sector to address income volatility within the sector; the value of each measure introduced; the terms and conditions of each scheme; the level of compliance with the terms of each measure; the refunds sought; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5733/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (3 Feb 2021)

Denis Naughten: 952. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a derogation from the 5% bovine livestock manure nitrogen on a holding that is locked up due to TB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5740/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Felling Licences (3 Feb 2021)

Denis Naughten: 968. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when felling licences for a person (details supplied) will be approved; the status of the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5978/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Fáilte Ireland (4 Feb 2021)

Denis Naughten: 71. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the Shannon master plan and the Beara Breffni master plan will be published by her Department in conjunction with Fáilte Ireland; if she plans to develop a similar master plan for the Dublin-Galway greenway once the route is finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6239/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Feb 2021)

Denis Naughten: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will issue a circular to schools to allow the live broadcast of lessons to leaving certificate students outside the school building who will not be able to physically return to school with their peers due to the need to cocoon due to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6227/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (4 Feb 2021)

Denis Naughten: 263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the condition of the beef finisher payment that animals had to be slaughtered in the State if a farmer can provide evidence that while exported the live animals were in fact slaughtered outside the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6228/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Feb 2021)

Denis Naughten: Seven cent a day is what those working from home in 2020 will receive on average as a tax refund, and that is after submitting a year's worth of invoices for broadband, electricity and heating. That is a princely sum of €26.19 for a year, yet the AA estimates that working from home cost families an additional €210 on heat and electricity alone in 2020. The Government has...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2021)

Denis Naughten: 109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific measures he plans to put in place for travel agents who not only lost their business in 2020 but went to considerable expense ensuring that travellers were repatriated and rebooking holidays for 2021; if specific measures will be put in place for this sector in view of the fact that it is now very unlikely that Irish...