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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (30 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 277. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 12 May 2021, the reason the medical card threshold for over 70’s is not given to those at retirement age. [28091/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 289. To ask the Minister for Health when gaming arcades will be permitted to open under the current restrictions. [28208/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (30 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 303. To ask the Minister for Health when the prison population is due to be vaccinated given prisoners are living in close proximity with each other and mostly in an indoor setting. [28246/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (30 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 304. To ask the Minister for Health when prison staff are due be vaccinated given prisons are living places in which persons are in close proximity with each other and mostly in an indoor setting. [28247/21]

Affordable Homes in the Poolbeg Strategic Development Zone: Motion (29 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: We are in a housing crisis because the Government's plan is not working. We are in a housing crisis because the previous Government's plan did not work. The legacy left by Fine Gael's disastrous former housing Minister, Eoghan Murphy, from the by-election area of Dublin Bay South, is something our children and children's children will be the victims of for decades. This is unless real...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (29 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: As has been stated, Sinn Féin will not oppose the Bill. However, we tabled a number of amendments in the Seanad that would have strengthened it. They would have limited the extension for county development plans, as there is no realistic justification for allowing the operation of multiple extensions to happen all the way out to 1 Jan 2024. Joined-up thinking needs joined-up planning...

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

Mark Ward: 451. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who has not received a Covid-19 vaccine can request blood from a non-vaccinated person; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27063/21]

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

Mark Ward: 465. To ask the Minister for Health if persons who are vaccinated against Covid-19 are required to wait a period of time, for example, days, weeks or months before donating blood; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27060/21]

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

Mark Ward: 466. To ask the Minister for Health if a person receiving a blood donation that has been vaccinated will receive blood from a person who has had the same vaccine product; if not, if the blood transfusion service or HSE has checked for adverse reactions in a client who has received blood resulting from a mixture of different vaccine products; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (29 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 494. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public ambulances available in the Dublin area in 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26802/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. This week I met the Therapists for Change group, which represents psychotherapists. Its main concern is the HSE's over-reliance on charities to provide mental health services, where the prevailing culture is that pre-accredited and post-accredited psychotherapists are expected to work for nothing. Pre-accredited counsellors and therapists are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (24 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a social housing passport will be introduced that will allow persons on social housing waiting lists to change local authority without losing time on the list. [33612/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (24 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person who goes over the income threshold to be eligible for social housing whilst living in homeless accommodation such as a family hub provided by the local authority, will be removed from the social housing waiting list as a result. [33611/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (24 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority new housing builds that have included a social clause that will encourage local employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29841/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: 404. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment process in relation to the new development fund for the recruitment of 2,000 frontline primary care staff; if recruitment has commenced; the number of persons employed from this fund to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26283/21]

Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (23 Jun 2021)

Mark Ward: Figures released to my colleague, Deputy Ó Broin, by the Residential Tenancies Board highlight how this Government is continuing to fail renters. Since August, more than 1,000 notices to quit have been issued with a significant increase in the numbers since March. The Government has failed to protect renters. The limited protections in place are just not working. The 2016 rent...