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

Róisín Shortall: Did the group make recommendations and to whom did any such recommendations go?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (26 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 174. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a social welfare application by a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28489/21]

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out: Statements (27 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: While that 50% figure is welcome, I appeal to the Minister to publish an updated supply projection or forecast table. He has already expressed concern about the supply of the Janssen vaccine. Can he put on record the expectations regarding the AstraZeneca vaccine over the coming weeks, and give us the worst-case and best-case scenarios?

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out: Statements (27 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: What is the level of concern on that at the moment?

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out: Statements (27 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. With regard to cohorts that have received the first dose of AstraZeneca, there is a wide range of concern about the recent evidence showing that there is only 33% protection against the Indian variant. Even with the second dose, it is still only 60%. Many people aged over 60 and under 60 are concerned about the implications of that. Generally, we should be concerned about that...

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out: Statements (27 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. I ask the Minister to raise the possibility of provider the Pfizer vaccine as the second dose for certain of the cohort, bearing in mind the principle of vaccinating the older cohorts first. I ask him to consider the possibility of using Pfizer as the second dose. He might come back to us on that. I want to pick up on those points made about cohort 7, which is a real issue....

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out: Statements (27 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: There is not.

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out: Statements (27 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: There is not if people have to wait a month.

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out: Statements (27 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister might send me a note.

Health (Amendment) Act 2021: Motion (27 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I am glad to have an opportunity to participate in this debate, though the timing is not the best. It would have been better if we could have had the debate in the context of the plan for international travel that is to be announced tomorrow. It would have been helpful if there had been more discussion and particularly more briefing in that regard. As I have said a few times now, there has...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (27 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a plan by an organisation (details supplied); and his proposals for engaging with the organisation. [29025/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (27 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to allowing students who experience a medical emergency immediately before or during a State examination to re-sit the exam within the same exam cycle or before such a time that CAO offers issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28859/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (27 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to granting a free travel pass to persons that have lost their driver license due to a diagnosis with epilepsy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28858/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (27 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied) in the University of Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29045/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: There are many positive things in today's plan, particularly the supports for small businesses, which are critical in creating employment. Will the Taoiseach address the issue of people who have lost their jobs as a result of the Covid pandemic? He has repeatedly promised that there will be no cliff edge when it comes to the withdrawal of the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, yet today he...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: The Taoiseach spoke about other sectors. The investment in other sectors is welcome, but it is not going to help people who will be unable to get a job by next February. Those people lost their jobs as a result of the pandemic. The Taoiseach has accepted that it will not be possible to reboot the economy by next February. What the is he saying to those people who will not get their jobs...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: There is growing public concern about the prospect of the new national maternity hospital being gifted to a private entity, and the implications of that from the taxpayer's point of view but also regarding the ethos that will apply in those circumstances-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: This was raised with the Taoiseach a couple of weeks ago-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: The Taoiseach said he would come back on this. Will he provide time this week to respond to people who raised this, following his discussions with the Minister for Health?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: The Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill has far-reaching implications for the public. Draconian powers are proposed to be extended. Many Government backbenchers have serious concerns about this, as have a large number of Opposition Members. The idea of guillotining it is not acceptable. We should allow time for people to express their views on this important issue.