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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (11 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 803. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the situation in the Dublin 9 and 11 areas in which many general practitioners no longer accept new non-GMS patients, leading to great difficulties for families trying to register with a general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24168/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 872. To ask the Minister for Health the information that HSE recruiters share with foreign medical graduates particularly in relation to the opportunity for job progression if they were to immigrate to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24467/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (12 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 235. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the ongoing pattern of significant drops in the number of vaccines administered over each weekend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24823/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies (12 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 236. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the women’s health taskforce; the work carried out since its establishment; the priorities for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24824/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Updates on Breastfeeding: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Can I be heard all right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Updates on Breastfeeding: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome our guests and thank them not only for coming before the committee but also for the incredible work they do on a voluntary basis, very often at a time when they are all very busy themselves in their own lives. Given that our breastfeeding rates are disappointingly low at present, we have to wonder how much lower they would be if the voluntary groups were not involved. At an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Updates on Breastfeeding: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Normally in these circumstances, where services are inadequate, we would be talking about the need for an action plan. However, there is an action plan on breastfeeding. The difficulty is with the slow pace of implementing it. This committee can play a role in respect of taking this issue up with the Department. Has anyone got an estimate of the cost of fully implementing the action plan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Updates on Breastfeeding: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Ms Etherton. I have two more brief questions. First, the research Bainne Beatha has done is excellent. It is a really good report and I thank the witnesses for sending it to the committee. Turning to the wider context of academic research, what added value does an informal project undertaken by Bainne Beatha, Cuidiú or any of the other support groups provide to the formal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Updates on Breastfeeding: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: The committee may contact the baby feeding logging group, because this is an area that needs exploration. I thank Ms Etherton and Ms Byrne for their replies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Updates on Breastfeeding: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Ms Cahill, and that is a very useful point for us to bear in mind.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (13 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 354. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a carer’s support grant appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; if the person can appeal the matter further; if there are any other payments they could apply for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25416/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 458. To ask the Minister for Health when the terms of reference will be published for the inquiry into the prescribing of sodium valproate during pregnancy which he committed to in November 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25411/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 459. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish a valproate stakeholder group which would report to his Department to address the ongoing concerns regarding women of childbearing age taking valproate and low awareness of the associated risks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25412/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 461. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women of childbearing age who are taking sodium valproate; the number of these who are on a pregnancy prevention programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25414/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 460. To ask the Minister for Health the number of epilepsy specialist nurse posts; the number of these which are unfilled; the location of each post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25413/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 462. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of each of the recommendations included in the report of the sub-group community operations, which is part of the HSE’s Valproate Response Project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25415/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (18 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will be provided with the promised Covid-19 resources; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25910/21]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: The Bill before us today provides for the extension of the three-year cap on assessable property to farms and businesses for not less than 50% of their normal working time for six years. This is an issue that has been long-recognised as something that needed to be addressed. To that extent, I have no difficulty with the Bill today and the Social Democrats will not be opposing it. What is...

Financial Resolution 2021 - Financial Resolution: Stamp Duties (19 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Earlier today, the Minister said the purpose of these measures was to protect homes for families. That was a telling remark. Clearly this Government does not believe that families live in apartments. It believes that apartments are for students and renters but not for families, it seems, so they are not protected and they are left to the vultures. It may come as news to the Minister that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ventilation and Covid-19: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I thank both our guests for their presentations. The case they have made makes absolute sense. Sometimes straightforward, common-sense things are overlooked and a more complicated approach to things is taken. It is incredible that, after 15 months of a pandemic, Mr. Jones still has to tell us that we need to get down to basics. One has to ask why we have not been dealing with those basics...