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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (23 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 334. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking in the short-term, notwithstanding the Government’s commitments to reforms in this area under the Sláintecare plan, to ensure that general practitioners cannot charge excessive fees to patients who do not hold a medical card or general practitioner visit card; the steps his Department is taking in the context...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (23 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 335. To ask the Minister for Health if male secondary school students who were in second year or over when the roll-out of HPV vaccines for their gender began in 2019, can access the vaccine through the public health system; if he plans to hold mop‐up clinics for this cohort of teenage boys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45836/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (23 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 339. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a home care package for a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45849/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (23 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 347. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has engaged with universities and colleges on the use of Covid-19 antigen testing in third-level institutions; the plans that are in place for the roll-out of antigen testing on college campuses; the timeline for any such roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45912/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (23 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 348. To ask the Minister for Health if plans are in place to give a third Covid-19 vaccine dose to those who would be identified as being at high-risk from Covid-19 or who are immunocompromised; if so, the timeline for any such roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45927/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: We must hear the truth in this matter and we must have political will and political leadership from the Government. If not, Sláintecare will not succeed.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: What are you doing about it?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: In a couple of weeks' time, the Minister will come into this Chamber to announce his budget proposals. It is highly likely the Department of Health will again be awarded record levels of funding, potentially in the region of €22 billion. Given the crisis caused by Covid and the more than 900,000 people now on hospital waiting lists, this level of funding is undoubtedly required. The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Sláintecare is an incremental ten-year programme. It is supposed to start in year 1 and build every year from then. It seems the Minister is joining his Cabinet colleagues, in particular, the Minster for Health, in downplaying the seriousness of the crisis that now exists with Sláintecare. He refused to engage in the fundamental problems, namely, the institutional resistance to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 26. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether Ireland’s tax system is consistent with Ireland's stated commitment to equitable development and working with poorer countries to move beyond a reliance on aid given the recent revelations by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the tax avoidance activities of a company which show definitively that taxable profits are...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 39. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to any company, other than a company (details supplied) that is using an equivalent of the so-called single malt tax avoidance structure to reduce their tax liability as recently revealed by an organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45722/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 40. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) received any assurances on the operation of the single malt-type structure from the Revenue Commissioners; if his attention or that of his officials was drawn to any other company still using a single malt or equivalent tax avoidance structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45723/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 41. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has undertaken any assessment or analysis of Irish-registered companies' tax-resident in Malta for tax purposes since the signing of the Ireland-Malta Competent Authority Agreement in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45724/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 42. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out any assessment or analysis of Irish-registered companies' tax-resident in tax treaty partner countries other than Malta for tax purposes, since the residency rule changes in the Finance Act 2014 came into force on 31 December 2020 ending the tax avoidance structure know as double Irish; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 239. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full and partial lower limb amputations that were carried out in 2020; the number of these patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45551/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 240. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full and partial lower limb amputations that were carried out in 2018, 2019 and 2020; the number of these patients who had diabetes by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45552/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 241. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients by county treated for foot ulcerations which do not require a full or partial limb amputation in 2020; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45553/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 242. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients under 65 years of age by county treated for foot ulcerations which did not require a full or partial limb amputation in 2020; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45554/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 243. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full and partial lower limb amputations that were carried out in 2020 by county on persons under 65 years of age; the number of these patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45555/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Sep 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed days required by patients treated for foot ulcerations which do not require a full or partial limb amputation in 2018, 2019 and 2020; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45556/21]