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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Kelly: When you are explaining, you are losing.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Kelly: I am not saying that I am.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Kelly: I want to ask what is going on as regards communications with NPHET. I do not want to use the phrase “gag” but that seems to be what it is. Now, all communication has to go through the Government Information Service, GIS. If that is the way the Taoiseach wants to do things, that is fine, but he is responsible for that because it reports to him and GIS is in his Department....

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Dec 2021)

Alan Kelly: 112. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent discussions with the President of the United States. [60113/21]

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

Alan Kelly: 538. To ask the Minister for Health if new long-term stay residents will be accepted in a nursing home (details supplied) from 1 January 2022. [60054/21]

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

Alan Kelly: 594. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for a nursing home (details supplied) or a refurbished home on the current or new site in Roscrea, County Tipperary is being included in the National Development Plan. [60336/21]

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

Alan Kelly: 624. To ask the Minister for Health when the new protocol for the distribution and prescribing of Ajovy, fremanezumab, will be in place; the reason patients who are already registered on hospital medical databases are required to complete a manual re-registration process; the reason they the being denied the opportunity to privately avail of the drug as a direct result of actions by the HSE....

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

Alan Kelly: 625. To ask the Minister for Health the reason doctors have been prohibited from prescribing Ajovy, fremanezumab, (details supplied) now that the HSE has taken over the control and distribution of the drug. [60464/21]

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

Alan Kelly: 630. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1852 of 21 April 2021, if the HSE has developed the individual patient approval system to enable reimbursement for patients who meet the pre-defined criteria as per the HSE Medicines Managed Programme which in March 2021 was in the development stage (details supplied); the system that has been implemented to date; the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (2 Dec 2021)

Alan Kelly: 48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a review of planning laws is being carried out; and if so, the terms of reference for the review. [59628/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 Dec 2021)

Alan Kelly: All of the Deputy's crowd up in the North.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 Dec 2021)

Alan Kelly: 19. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [57206/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 Dec 2021)

Alan Kelly: The Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 went through the Seanad last week and is in the Dáil this week. It is the Government's latest effort to deal with this issue. We have been calling for a rent freeze of three years or more and I urge the Taoiseach to consider it. I do not buy any of the argument about it being unconstitutional. I know because I got the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (1 Dec 2021)

Alan Kelly: Quality of life is an important metric. During Covid, we saw a drastic increase in domestic abuse cases as lockdowns led to an increase in emotional, physical and sexual assaults, particularly against women. We had the shocking revelations about the 999 calls, as the Taoiseach knows, and there is a bit of work to be done on that yet. According to Safe Ireland, an average of 180 women and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (1 Dec 2021)

Alan Kelly: It was 2,159. That is deeply worrying. The facts speak for themselves; we need more capacity in the system. Will the Taoiseach consider a timeline to provide the additional requirements and spaces that we need, particularly as we have signed up to the Istanbul convention? Ultimately, we are failing these people by not being able to provide such services.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (1 Dec 2021)

Alan Kelly: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the public conversation on the well-being framework for Ireland. [58859/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (1 Dec 2021)

Alan Kelly: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [57205/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (1 Dec 2021)

Alan Kelly: At the start of the pandemic, NSEC published a series of papers on the crisis, including one on protecting enterprises, employment and incomes. One of the key Government policies was the employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS. I have long called for this to be turned into a permanent short-term working scheme - a call which the Government has obviously ignored. More critically right now,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Dec 2021)

Alan Kelly: Senator Rebecca Moynihan has raised an issue with me which I want to raise with the Taoiseach in respect of the impact of new travel rules on women who are travelling to the UK for terminations. It is not clear if those travelling for essential medical treatment not available here are required to have a PCR or antigen test when returning home. Guidance is needed on that. It adds a layer of...

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

Alan Kelly: What is the legal basis?