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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I am just saying that others will decide that and will make up our own minds, as will the public. The point-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: My question is this: what was the intention of the Department in relation to costs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: In respect of dormant cases.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Is Mr. Watt talking about dormant cases?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: But it was not with the intention of settling, was it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: The intention was to close the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: We will have to return-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: The Government has become what can only be described as a circular firing squad. Fianna Fáil Deputies are blaming Fine Gael for the housing crisis and Fine Gael Deputies are blaming Fianna Fáil. I would like to settle the dispute between the coalition partners because both points of view are correct. Fianna Fáil crashed the housing market the first time around and Fine Gael...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Does he now deign to care about that? If he has, what will he do about it? Talk is cheap so what action will he take?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: It is extraordinary that the Tánaiste did not seem to be aware of this happening right under his nose. Two weeks ago, he denied this was the case or that any action was needed. Yesterday, the Taoiseach also seemed to be taken by surprised by this. This evening, the Dáil will debate Second Stage of the Social Democrats Bill to help end the practice of the State entering into...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Yes, it does.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: It is part and parcel of the same thing.

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (6 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I want to return to the issue of pregnant women and the Minister confirming they will be offered an mRNA vaccine between 14 and 36 weeks. They have been left not knowing what the plans are and what the situation is. It is particularly worrying for people who are past 30 weeks of pregnancy. They do not know whether they are going to get it in time for that 36-week cut-off point. What,...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (6 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I accept the complexity involved but this particular cohort is time-limited, unlike many others. It is not really fair to leave them in that kind of limbo, where they do not know what the plan is. What does "as soon as possible" mean? That is not good enough. I ask the Minster to get some kind of concrete timescale so women know where they stand and when they are likely to receive it. On...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (6 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: It is seen as one and the same so we need that detail. I ask the Minister about the cohort of people that received the AstraZeneca vaccine before the recent advice on it being administered to those under 60 and under 50. As of today, approximately 7,500 healthcare workers would have been due to get the second dose as the 12 weeks is up. What is the position of that group? The suggestion...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (6 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: How are they being distinguished with respect to being under or over 50? Will people be notified automatically or do they have to register again?

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (6 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Are people in their 60s only receiving AstraZeneca or are any of the other vaccines being provided to those people?

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Repeal of Part V Leasing) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I commend my colleague, Deputy Cian O'Callaghan, for bringing forward this important Bill. It makes a contribution to an important aspect of the area of what we are now seeing, namely the increasing privatisation and commodification of housing. After Fianna Fáil crashed the housing market in the late noughties - we all experienced the devastation of the associated banking crash -...