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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 2314. To ask the Minister for Health if a person returning from essential surgery from a category 2 State who is fully vaccinated and can supply negative PCR tests on arrival will be obliged to undergo mandatory Covid-19 detention upon return to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20561/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 1593. To ask the Minister for Health the person he has appointed as the designated appeals officer under the Health (Amendment) Act 2021 for Covid-19 detention facilities; the criteria in terms of experience and qualifications he considered in making this appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18383/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 1594. To ask the Minister for Health the number of appeals that have been made to the designated appeals officer for Covid-19 detention facilities to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18384/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 1595. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vaccinators that have been recruited for the Covid-19 vaccination programme; the number of those recruited that are still awaiting deployment; when those recruited will be commencing employment; the number that have undergone induction training; the number that have received their own vaccinations ahead of service; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 1873. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for weddings under the phased easing of restrictions that have recently been announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19195/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Incidence (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 1757. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set up a real time suicide data programme on a national basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18905/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 1758. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to increase the uptake of the HPV vaccine; the steps he will take to make the vaccine available to persons that did not take it up in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18906/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 1759. To ask the Minister for Health the provision he plans to make for persons in mandatory hotel quarantine that have a need to provide care for children or others; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18907/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 1760. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated for the provision of mandatory Covid-19 detention facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18908/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 1761. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have entered mandatory Covid-19 detention facilities since its commencement; the number that have been due to the failure to provide a PCR test result; the number that have had positive results upon testing in the detention facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18909/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 1762. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce regulations to ensure that all persons working in the mandatory Covid-19 detention facilities will be regularly tested for the virus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18910/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 1763. To ask the Minister for Health the consultations he has had with communities from migrant backgrounds here when drawing up lists of countries subject to mandatory quarantine in detention centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18911/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 1764. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the inclusion of San Marino, Andorra and Monaco on the list of countries requiring mandatory Covid-19 detention while not including Italy, France, Spain or neighbouring regions in those countries which face similar epidemiological situations as the countries on the list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18912/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 1765. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to alter the mandatory Covid-19 detention system in order to comply with any EU regulation that facilitates travel within the EU on the basis of testing or vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18913/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 1766. To ask the Minister for Health if all persons employed as vaccinators will be fully vaccinated in advance of being deployed to administer vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18914/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 2123. To ask the Minister for Health if he will institute a review in relation to the practice of not permitting a birthing partner to be present with persons giving birth due to Covid-19 restrictions; his views on whether this is proportionate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19916/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 2313. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider changes to the mandatory Covid-19 detention system to facilitate returning students from Erasmus programmes, other student exchanges and graduate internship programmes in EU states and non-EU states to quarantine at home upon arrival; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20560/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (21 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: 2389. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure the opening of the 16 proposed specialist treatment hubs for eating disorders; if funding for the national eating disorder programme will be increased; the steps he will take to ensure that all allocated funds for eating disorders are spent fully; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20676/21]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: I read somewhere recently that the Minister is working his way again through listening again to all the Beatles' songs. The song I have in the back of my head is one George Harrison wrote in the mid-1960s, "Taxman". I want to ask the Minister about a Covid solidarity tax. It is an issue that has been discussed and debated more or less since the beginning of the pandemic but one which has...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Mick Barry: That is fine. I have asked my question and I got my answer. I will leave it at that.