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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Dec 2020)

Alan Kelly: There is just over a week until Christmas. I reciprocate the Taoiseach's good wishes and wish him, his family and all his colleagues the best. The winter weather is very much with us, as we have seen and felt over recent weeks. In recent months, there has been, unfortunately, a sharp rise in the number of homeless people on our streets passing away. The Department of Housing, Local...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (16 Dec 2020)

Alan Kelly: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [41652/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Dec 2020)

Alan Kelly: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee dealing with housing will next meet. [41650/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Dec 2020)

Alan Kelly: I wish to raise a local nursing home in Tipperary, the Dean Maxwell Community Nursing Home in Roscrea. There was a meeting yesterday between a number of Deputies, the HSE, the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, and the Minister of State with responsibility for older people. This is a very passionate issue. There is a state-of-the-art public nursing home in Thurles and a new one...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Dec 2020)

Alan Kelly: The Deputies are working together and we are working very closely with the mayor of the county, Councillor Michael Smith, a local man, whom the Taoiseach knows quite well. It would be a shot in the arm if the Taoiseach could confirm that this will be considered as part of the process, because it is a deeply worrying issue for the local people.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2020)

Alan Kelly: I am aware that the Northern Ireland Executive is a multi-party Executive. I am also aware that there is a North-South Ministerial Council meeting coming up. I raised this matter for that reason. I think the whole of Ireland was shocked by the pictures they saw last night. They reminded us of various times in our past when we had to send up our fire service to help out. We need a number...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2020)

Alan Kelly: There is growing unease among all of us on the management of Covid-19 in Northern Ireland. Dr. Gabriel Scally, whom we all know well, said that if Northern Ireland was a football team, it would be in the relegation zone and the directors would be bringing in a new manager and coaching team. It is deeply concerning to see ambulances parked in rows outside hospitals with the engines left...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Alan Kelly: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the establishment of the high-level task force on Covid-19 vaccination. [41648/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (15 Dec 2020)

Alan Kelly: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [41651/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (15 Dec 2020)

Alan Kelly: 4. To ask the Taoiseach the progress of his plans for a high-level review of the economy to be led by his Department. [43179/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Dec 2020)

Alan Kelly: Thanks to the pressure of the German Minister for health, the European Commission has brought forward the approval process for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to 21 December. We all hope it will be approved and we are aware that it will then take a day or two for the market authorisation. Does the Taoiseach agree with the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly, that there is a strong possibility...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Dec 2020)

Alan Kelly: 607. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional beds that have been provided to date under the winter plan; the breakdown under each category of bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43452/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Dec 2020)

Alan Kelly: 608. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he is monitoring implementation of the winter plan; if he is receiving regular updates; when he last received an update on implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43453/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Dec 2020)

Alan Kelly: 609. To ask the Minister for Health the number of critical care beds now in place, as provided for under the winter plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43454/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (15 Dec 2020)

Alan Kelly: 610. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an itemised list of each section 39 organisation that to date has not yet had pay restored since the agreement at the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, in October 2018; if he will provide a list of those that to date have had pay restored; the projected cost of resolving the outstanding bodies; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Alan Kelly: 611. To ask the Minister for Health the projected additional spend on Covid-19 in the health service in 2020; the spend to date; the breakdown of the figures by the amount spent on additional staff and on testing, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43456/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Dec 2020)

Alan Kelly: 627. To ask the Minister for Health if section 38 and 39 service providers have to provide a first aid qualified person at each location. [43488/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Dec 2020)

Alan Kelly: 628. To ask the Minister for Health if a training grant is provided to section 38 and 39 organisations to provide first aid services at each location. [43489/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Alan Kelly: 629. To ask the Minister for Health if all disability day service care workers or staff that were redeployed during Covid-19 have been returned to their original day service; the number of staff by service provider and location that have not been returned to their pre-Covid-19 location; and the number of service users that have had the service curtailed as a result in tabular form. [43500/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care Services (15 Dec 2020)

Alan Kelly: 631. To ask the Minister for Health if palliative care and respite beds will return to St. Brigid’s facility, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary; and if so, the date. [43502/20]