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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Not for the public.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: The Taoiseach is doing nothing about quality. There is no regulation.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I will not mention the lack of capacity in testing, chaotic scenes at vaccination centres or the lack of action on ventilation in schools. I raised questions specifically on antigen tests. How can the Taoiseach guarantee affordability and quality? The current European direction states: "The performance of antigen tests is self-assessed by the manufacturers prior to their release." The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: The State's response to the latest wave of Covid-19 can be described as haphazard and somewhat chaotic. It lacks urgency, cohesion and rationality. This is particularly evident in the approach to antigen testing, which is more like Lanigan's ball - in again and out again - than fact-based and deliberative. As we now know, the Government led pharmacists and retailers on a merry dance during...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (30 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 273. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to parliamentary question No. 462 of 9 September 2021 and No. 123 of 13 October 2021, the position regarding a passport application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58541/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to a campaign by an organisation (details supplied) which calls for a review of the minimum essential qualification requirements for becoming a special needs assistant; if her Department plans to increase the minimum entry requirements for SNA positions in view of the expertise necessary for this complex role; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (30 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the provision of increased mixed sex primary school places in the Dublin 9 and 11 areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59022/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (30 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is giving consideration to the provision of increased mixed sex primary school places in the Dublin 9 and 11 areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59085/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (30 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 524. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58367/21]

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

Róisín Shortall: 712. To ask the Minister for Health if persons living in the state who received the vaccine abroad, or other Covid-19 vaccines not within the recognised EMU four (details supplied) are counted in the Government’s figures as being vaccinated or not vaccinated; if they are tracking these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59025/21]

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (25 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: It is interesting to hear a succession of Fine Gael Deputies welcoming this Bill without a word about the damage their colleagues did in recent years through the introduction of the whole SHD nonsense and the related planning changes in respect of mandatory guidelines. There was not a word of apology for destroying many parts of Dublin city, in particular, and creating what will become the...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (25 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Is the Minister denying it was 61 occasions on which he was lobbied?

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (25 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Is the Minister denying that or saying the lobbying register is not accurate?

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (25 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Will the Acting Chairman ask the Minister to behave himself for a short while? There were 61 occasions on which the CIF lobbied this Government on housing. Who is actually calling the shots here? Not only that, Irish Institutional Property, whose members include property firm Cairn Homes and IRES REIT, the biggest landlord in the State, has made 18 representations to government. It...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (25 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Will the Minister please allow me my time? Returning to the Bill before us, it is good that we are getting rid of what was a disgraceful initiative introduced by then Minister, Deputy Coveney, to completely disregard the role of local authorities and local councillors, ignore city and county development plans and ram major developments through at the behest of developers. The SHD process...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sustainable Development Goals (25 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 212. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has engaged with other countries in respect of Sustainable Development Goal 3 of the 2030 United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58229/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 3 November 2021, if there are plans in place for the provision of in-school teaching for children in ASD classes in mainstream schools in the event of school closures which may occur as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; if such plans have been agreed to by all of the education partners; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (25 Nov 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 340. To ask the Minister for Health the policy and practice in respect of home help and home care workers who are not vaccinated; if clients who do not wish to have unvaccinated workers in their home and providing personal care are facilitated with alternative staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58124/21]

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

Róisín Shortall: 341. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements for the provision of Covid-19 booster vaccinations to those who have received a vaccination (details supplied) in respect of the advice for these to be provided after three months of their original vaccine; the location in which these vaccinations will take place; if persons will need to register or if they will be contacted directly; and...

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

Róisín Shortall: 342. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the latest data in respect of persons who do not show up for appointments for Covid-19 boosters, by cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58126/21]