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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Yes

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Does Dr. Glynn have any idea what the timescale is for NIAC to complete the work? It plays into the fears of people who are immunocompromised if their teenage children are going out and about and going to school and so on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: My final question is about the lessons learned process. What work, if any, has NPHET done to date on that? Has there been a look back and a learning of the lessons, be they good and bad, from the experience of the past two years? Is that under way or when is it likely to happen? What are the mechanisms for drawing down those lessons?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I apologise for missing that earlier. How much contingency planning has gone on or is NPHET about to embark on that in the event there is another wave? Is that work under way? Who is taking responsibility for that?

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 158. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the special €1,860 payment for laid-off workers made redundant after the Covid -19 pandemic emergency period will come into effect; the application process in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6093/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (8 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the roll-out of fibre optic broadband to an area (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the timeline for the delivery of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6105/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (8 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 363. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the rapid renewal service (details supplied) will be reopened; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6104/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (8 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 362. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a passport renewal application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6103/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that the UCD national training programme for special needs assistants is not accredited; if she will consider recognising this course under the National Framework of Qualifications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6087/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (9 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a media report (details supplied); his views on the provision of cycling infrastructure in the Luas Finglas preferred route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6780/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (9 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 121. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to carry out an investigation into the treatment of a person (details supplied) and the circumstances which led to them resigning from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6775/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (9 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 122. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for early intervention services by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form. [6776/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 123. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to correspondence from a group (details supplied); and if he will agree to its request for a meeting. [6777/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (9 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 124. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant psychiatric posts allocated to CAMHS teams by CHO; the number of posts which are currently vacant by CHO; the period these posts have been vacant in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6778/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (9 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 125. To ask the Minister for Health the population profile and breakdown of each CHO in tabular form. [6779/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (9 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 159. To ask the Minister for Health if the practice of divulging a patient’s personal details with debt collection agencies in cases in which a patient has outstanding hospital inpatient charges complies with GDPR; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6956/22]

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome this Bill. I particularly welcome the move from a health-dominated approach to disability to an equality and rights-based one. It is a very welcome development. Viewing disability primarily through a health lens has created a very narrow focus, one that is so narrow that it has been rejected by people with disabilities, their advocates and people working in the field. In that...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (10 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 206. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department intends on expanding the criteria for applying for the better energy warmer homes scheme to include all low-income households and not just those households or persons in receipt of certain social welfare benefits; if not, the supports that will be made available for these low-income households in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (10 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will carry out a review of the bus services being provided by a company (details supplied) for Dublin’s northside given that there is significant dissatisfaction being expressed by bus users with many scheduled services not turning up at all undermining the public’s confidence in public transport; his...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Disputes (10 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 385. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); his views on the planned industrial action; the rationale for his refusal to sanction new measures; the reason for instructing the HSE not to attend the Labour Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7316/22]