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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Nov 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person in receipt of or who is applying for a social welfare payment is obliged to get a Public Services Card given that an investigation is currently underway by the Data Protection Office which is focusing on the use of the public service identity dataset and other systems linked to the card such as single customer...

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

Mattie McGrath: 545. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the period of presumptive immunity from six to nine months post-Covid-19 infection given HIQAs latest advice to NPHET; if the certificate of recovery will also be extended from six to nine months to reflect HIQAs position; if not, the reason a certificate of recovery and immunity only lasts for six months given that studies show that the...

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

Mattie McGrath: 546. To ask the Minister for Health if the figures on the period of presumptive immunity from Covid-19 are being collated for those who have recovered from Covid-19 and therefore have presumed natural immunity following HIQAs latest study; if these levels of immunity are being considered in the formulation of policy decisions regarding Covid-19; if information is being collated on the number...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (30 Nov 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 548. To ask the Minister for Health if HIQA has approved the use of the new Covid-19 antiviral pill (details supplied) which has been given emergency use authorisation by the European Medicines Agency; if the HSE plans to roll-out the use of this drug; the cost of this drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58473/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Nov 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made regarding leaving certificate 2022; and if students will have the option of predictive grading or sitting the exams given that students and teachers are anxious to know. [57839/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Nov 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 168. To ask the Minister for Health when early treatments for Covid-19 patients will be made available to Irish citizens; if the Department will run an awareness campaign in relation to the importance of vitamin D and other health measures that citizens can take to improve their health during the winter period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57649/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Nov 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 190. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 492 of 12 October 2021, the details of persons identified as people of trust to act as ambassadors for the vaccine; the numbers of ambassadors identified; the names of all ambassadors; if these ambassadors received payment from either the HSE, his Department or a company (details supplied) on behalf of his Department;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Nov 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 191. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 492 of 12 October 2021, the exact date that his Department engaged a company (details supplied); if he will provide all documentation in relation to the contract; the reason it was not possible to put this contract out to tender given that Ireland was at least 10 months into the Covid-19 pandemic and the sense of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Nov 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 198. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to introduce a redress scheme to support healthcare staff who have suffered adverse reactions following vaccination or who have suffered from Covid-19 and who have been left unable to work; the avenues of support that are available to such staff; the number of staff that have been redeployed to other services due to being unable to carry out...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (23 Nov 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 259. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if further funding will be made available for commemorative activities in 2022 and 2023 to mark the final phase of the Decade of Centenaries; when such funding will be made available to communities that are planning commemoration projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57058/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Nov 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 703. To ask the Minister for Health the point at which a person will be considered unvaccinated in circumstances in which they receive two vaccines and do not receive the third vaccine; if they can continue to use a Covid-19 pass; the point at which these passes will expire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57573/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 246. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the policy position adopted by his Department with respect to the repurposing of decommissioned Army barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56771/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Nov 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 266. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the legislation on which the Covid-19 guidelines governing Sport Ireland and all indoor sports are based; the section that states that non-vaccinated parents are not permitted to enter, spectate and-or supervise their children participating in underage indoor sports; the guidelines that are in place to ensure sufficient...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Nov 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 536. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the view of NPHET on the rising infection rate in County Waterford which remains the highest Covid-19 infection rate in the country for a number of weeks while the county has the highest vaccination rate in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55675/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Nov 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 537. To ask the Minister for Health if it is policy to minimise transmission of Covid-19 or to achieve a 100% vaccination rate; if it is to minimise transmission of Covid-19, the reason free antigen testing has been rolled out to only the vaccinated; if a policy to minimise transmission should include the roll out of antigen testing for use by all persons in a variety of settings similar to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (16 Nov 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 543. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the proposed plans by HSE facilities to demand all accompanying partners attending maternity hospitals to provide proof of vaccination; if it is proposed that they not be permitted for the birth of the child in circumstances in which they cannot provide proof of vaccination; the legislation under which such provisions are made; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (16 Nov 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 546. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of a vaccine injury compensation fund; when this fund will be made available to assist those suffering from adverse effects; the details of the application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55699/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (16 Nov 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 591. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the shortage of neurology nurses nationwide; the position in relation to University Hospital Waterford and University Hospital Limerick for same; the efforts being made to provide for the required number of neurology nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55813/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Nov 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 306. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position relating to the requirement for Covid-19 vaccination passports for participation in underage team sports; if he will direct all national sporting organisations to ensure that no child is discriminated against and prevented from participating in their chosen sport; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (9 Nov 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 582. To ask the Minister for Health if children awaiting psychology services can be supported to attend private services with support from the national treatment purchase fund; if not, if he will put a system in place to allow those waiting in excess of three months to attend private services that are covered by the HSE in order to avoid delays for those who cannot pay from being left behind,...