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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (23 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 339. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a home care package for a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45849/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (23 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 347. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has engaged with universities and colleges on the use of Covid-19 antigen testing in third-level institutions; the plans that are in place for the roll-out of antigen testing on college campuses; the timeline for any such roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45912/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (23 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 348. To ask the Minister for Health if plans are in place to give a third Covid-19 vaccine dose to those who would be identified as being at high-risk from Covid-19 or who are immunocompromised; if so, the timeline for any such roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45927/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Services: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: What is the name of the programme?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Services: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Does anybody know whether it is part of the primary school curriculum or an optional programme? Do we know anything about it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Services: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Ms Grogan. I will move on to the issue of 24-7 services. We have been hearing about the need for them for a long time. Have there been improvements, particularly in emergency departments where people can turn up in serious distress? Rather than being sent home from emergency departments, are there now referral pathways in many of our acute hospitals? Is progress being made on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Services: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Do we know how many of the acute hospitals have specific mental health nurses or other staff available on a 24-7 basis? Do many hospitals have that facility?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Services: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the witnesses.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I commend Deputy Cullinane on a very good, detailed and timely motion tonight, providing an opportunity to take stock of the state of our health service. We have had many accounts this evening of the shortcomings in our health service. Various people read out letters outlining the incredible difficulties people are having in accessing healthcare. It is important to take a bit of time to...

Data Centre Moratorium: Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I am sure when the lights go out people will remember the points the Deputy made today.

Data Centre Moratorium: Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: When people think about the main drivers of climate change they generally think of things like burning fossil fuels, deforestation and single-use plastics, but rarely do they think about or give adequate consideration to the role that data centres play, despite their environmental cost. This is partly because we have become so accustomed to the idea of the cloud where our data are said to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: There was a two-hour debate on it this morning.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (28 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the fresh start principle for applications to State-run affordable housing and loan schemes outlined in the Housing for All plan, which would mean that those who are divorced or separated would be eligible to apply for State schemes, will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46065/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (28 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 421. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a passport application by persons (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46589/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 581. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community Gardaí attached to Finglas and Ballymun stations, Dublin 9 and 11 in each of the past ten years by rank in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46617/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (29 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a passport application for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46964/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 186. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his plans to issue EU Digital COVID Certificates to persons vaccinated in non-EU countries; the timeline for the roll-out of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47158/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (29 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 222. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to provide funding in Budget 2022 for the provision of flash glucose monitoring systems to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46961/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (29 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 223. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ring-fence some of the anticipated 2021 cost savings from the recent HSE medicines management programme preferred blood glucose strips for adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes evaluation to fund the provision of the flash glucose monitoring systems to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (29 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 224. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for flash glucose monitoring systems submitted by individual hospitals for persons with diabetes over 21 years of age; the number approved; the number that were refused in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; his plans to remove the age restriction on flash glucose monitoring systems; and if he will...