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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. There are different reasons. What is the difficulty in adhering to the agreement relating to children's medical cards?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: That is not the way it was portrayed. Is there any timeline for commencing those negotiations?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (31 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide further post-primary schools in addition to increased provision within existing schools for the Dublin 9 and 11 areas given the increase in population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16371/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (31 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 603. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if extremely disadvantaged students in five schools for children at risk will be afforded the opportunity to sit their junior certificate examinations in June 2021 in view of the fact that no leaving certificate examinations are being held in these schools; if she will engage directly with the schools on this issue; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (31 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to update relationship and sexuality education in primary and post-primary schools; if she will ensure that reform of the curriculum will be LGBTQ+ inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17515/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Equality Issues (31 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 735. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions his Department is taking to implement the LGBTI+ National Youth Strategy 2018-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17516/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Equality Issues (31 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 736. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions his Department is taking to implement the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019-2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17517/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Pricing (31 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 873. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of minimum unit pricing for alcohol; and the updated timeline for same. [16368/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (31 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 883. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine an issue (details supplied) regarding the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16398/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Diabetes Strategy (31 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 985. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve the prevention and treatment of diabetes, in particular for the lower income area; if his Department has carried out studies in relation to the link between socioeconomic background and the prevalence of diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16734/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 986. To ask the Minister for Health if NPHET, NIAC and the HSE have taken into consideration the distinct experiences of minority groups, including ethnic minority groups, in relation to health issues and the way this impacts the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out; the way these groups ensure that minority voices are represented in the decision-making process; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (31 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1238. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of Sláintecare workstream 1 in relation to measures (details supplied). [17629/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Blood Transfusion Service (31 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1195. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department plans to review the 12-month blood donation ban for gay men, bisexual men, transgender men and men who have sex with men; if his attention has been drawn to the introduction of individual risk-based assessment in other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17514/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1134. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to provide Covid-19 vaccines for all attendees and staff at a facility (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17332/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (31 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1194. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to provide sexual health and well-being centres outside of Dublin for members of the LGBTQ+ community; the steps his Department is taking to address the absence of these services in other parts of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17513/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Diagnoses (31 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1208. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will be seen by the early intervention team; the reason for the long delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17554/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1215. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department has taken and is taking to prevent the spread of Covid-19 variants of concern in Ireland; if measures such as localised rapid testing and mass testing, akin to those measures implemented in the UK to detect variants, will be introduced here as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17565/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1224. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 200 HSE staff were double booked for their vaccine at two locations (details supplied) on 23 March 2021; if double booking has occurred before; if so, the number of occasions; if it was a result of the IT system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17579/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1225. To ask the Minister for Health the vaccination cohort in which gardaí are included; if they are in cohort 13 or another cohort; the sequencing for cohort 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17580/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (31 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1239. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to ensure that all adults have access to a multidisciplinary team in the treatment of spina bifida and hydrocephalus; his plans to remedy the lack of co-ordinated care for persons with spina bifida and hydrocephalus that are transitioning from adolescence to adulthood; if provision is being made to provide complex needs nurse...