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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: 232. To ask the Minister for Health the current Covid-19 vaccination prioritisation for teachers, special needs assistants and childcare workers; when they will be vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16233/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: 233. To ask the Minister for Health the reason back-office HSE staff are being vaccinated for Covid-19 when front-line healthcare staff and nursing students have still not received their vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16234/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (24 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: Ours is a small island off the coast of western Europe and beside us is quite a large island which, funnily enough, has had right-hand drive, zero-emission buses for many years in London. The Minister, therefore, should pull the other one in that regard. In January 2018, the NTA and the Department sought a delay of 18 months on the implementation of the ban on fossil fuel buses, which...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (24 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: In places such as Heuston Station, buses already have priority. Turning to the Bill the Minister published yesterday, which I welcome, section 6 makes specific reference to cost-effective actions in the context of climate change. This comes back to the fundamental problem with the public sector expenditure code, which I had to spend a long time to get implemented by the Government. Would...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (24 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: That excuse was not used three years ago.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (24 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: 49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to reduce the emissions profile of the public transport fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14519/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (24 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: As the Minister will know from looking through the files in his Department, after a long and protracted battle the Government took a decision in January 2019 to not purchase any new fossil fuel buses for public transport. Disappointingly, the first double-decker electric vehicle will not go onto the streets here in Dublin until January 2023. It will be a full five years after I secured that...

Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill and thank the Minister for being present. I welcome the legislation. It is a very positive development. It is a response from Government on foot of the campaign that was run last year for the extension of maternity leave for women who were on such leave when Covid-19 initially kicked in. They had been losing out on part of the maternity...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: On 11 March, the National Ambulance Service began the vaccination of housebound patients, initially across the Dublin area. A week later, 300 of the estimated 1,500 housebound people in the country had been vaccinated. There has, however, been a vacuum of information since then. I cannot find out when housebound people across the west of Ireland will be vaccinated. HSE management in the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (24 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: 130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve the standard of urban cycle lanes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14518/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (24 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: 168. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a period spent on the pandemic unemployment payment can be included when reckoning continuous service to be eligible for a redundancy payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14869/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (24 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: 231. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1060 and 1061 of 7 September 2018, the conclusions of the report referred to in the reply; when the report was published; the further work completed on the subject; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14495/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (24 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: 677. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authority housing is being used to provide isolation facilities in relation to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14868/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (24 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: 888. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the formula used to allocate educational psychological assessments to primary schools through NEPS; if there is provision for unused allocations to be reallocated to other schools during the current school year; if unused allocations can be rolled over by schools to the following academic year; if multiple schools within an area can pool...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (24 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: 889. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the number of educational psychological assessments allocated to primary schools through NEPS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14874/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (24 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: 1107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it will be ensured that college registration fees are reduced in line with the reduction in face-to-face contact with students by lecturers and blended learning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14118/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (24 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: 1278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of active Zambrano-related applications currently awaiting a decision; the number of decisions that have issued in each of the past 12 months; the date applications currently under final consideration are from; her plans to tackle the backlog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15594/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (24 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: 1630. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical assessments for primary medical certificate applications that have taken place to date in 2021; the number that have taken place by county to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14866/21]

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

Denis Naughten: 1683. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the use of ivermectin in the treatment of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15109/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (24 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: 1941. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Bord Bia inspectors are still performing on-farm inspections during level 5 restrictions given the potential risk of spreading Covid-19 when it is not deemed essential work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13946/21]