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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Farrell: 512. To ask the Minister for Health the way the HSE manage cases assigned to speech and language therapy and occupational therapists when they need to take maternity cover or have a long-term absence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59955/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Farrell: 511. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is actively recruiting paediatric rheumatologists to improve services to children who need their expertise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59954/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Farrell: 513. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has a plan to extend the role of the clinical nurse specialist for Down's syndrome patients to regions outside of Leinster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59956/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Farrell: 514. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of a statutory right to homecare which is included in the Sláintecare action plan for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59958/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Farrell: 515. To ask the Minister for Health when pharmacists will be included in the roll-out of the Covid-19 booster vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59959/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Decision-Making (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Farrell: 516. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is working on the implementation of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59961/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Farrell: 517. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a plan for the HSE to offer autism spectrum assessments for adults who wish to be assessed later in life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59962/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Farrell: 561. To ask the Minister for Health if a mandate on the vaccination of healthcare workers against Covid-19 will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60136/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Farrell: 562. To ask the Minister for Health the current level of genome sequencing in Ireland with regard to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60137/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Farrell: 563. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made to increase genome sequencing of Covid-19 in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60138/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Farrell: 564. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Women’s Health Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60139/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Farrell: 565. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being considered to ensure that marginalised women receive adequate levels of healthcare services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60140/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Farrell: I confirm I am in Leinster House. I thank Mr. Tattan for his opening statement, which will be very helpful at this stage of the leaving certificate review that the committee is undertaking. Mr. Tattan will understand we have been at this for some weeks. I want to put to Mr. Tattan some remarks made by a speaker at a previous meeting from the world of business. That person stated there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Farrell: I thank Mr. Tattan. I agree absolutely that if we are to do this, we should do it properly. That said, we must also take into account the integrity of the examination process and whether the results that emanate from it and indeed at third level have to be considered in the context of leaving certificate reform as well. That said, I am sure Mr. Tattan would appreciate the mental health...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Engagement with the Climate Change Advisory Council (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Farrell: I thank Ms Donnelly for this comprehensive, lengthy and welcome discussion. Of all the issues remaining, wind energy is the one that I am most passionate about and intrigued by. Ms Donnelly has well covered that aspect, though, so I will skip over that topic and ask three questions regarding her views and those of the council. Does she believe that hydrogen has any role to play in the...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Alan Farrell: I apologise for being late. I had a technical problem at my end. Deputy Ó Cathasaigh has covered the questions I was going to ask on the Estimates so I am content to pass on this opportunity.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Alan Farrell: I wish the Minister of State a good morning and I thank him very much for appearing before us. On the Estimates, there is the legal requirement identified relating to the pension fund for third-level institutions. The Minister of State referred to that as a one-off amount. If there is a legal requirement and why is that funding not coming then from central funds? That being said,...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Alan Farrell: That is fine and I acknowledge the Minister of State’s answer. I was not familiar with the 2009 legislation and it is before my time in the Oireachtas. Perhaps we can come back to that point at a later stage. I refer to the measures that the Department has introduced in getting our third-level institutions open again, including the €100 million, the supports and the public...