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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hepatitis C Incidence (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 1453. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland is still on target to reach the World Health Organisation goal of eliminating hepatitis C by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33397/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 1514. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the use of rapid antigen testing as the primary protocol of testing for international travellers departing from or arriving into Irish airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33786/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 1791. To ask the Minister for Health if in dealing with new legislation on surrogacy, it will contain a provision for the introduction of pre-authorised surrogacy agreements prior to conception to ensure that parental rights and responsibilities can be transferred at birth from the surrogate mother to the intended parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35113/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 1840. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to the recommendations of a person (details supplied) in the report A Review of Children’s Rights and Best Interests in the Context of Donor-Assisted Human Reproduction and Surrogacy in Irish Law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35111/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 1816. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures that will be put in place for persons who travel to Ireland and who have clear evidence that they have received a Covid-19 vaccine (details supplied); and if there has been any communication with the European Medicines Agency regarding the approval of this vaccine. [35557/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 1817. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to help tackle the extensive waiting lists for primary care psychological services and mental health services for children and adolescents in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35558/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 1818. To ask the Minister for Health the reflective practices that are in place to deal with medicolegal events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35559/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 1819. To ask the Minister for Health the way the health system plans to deal with the predicted higher hospital admissions from long-Covid-19 symptoms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35560/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 1945. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources that have been allocated to help amend the extensive waiting time for children to receive special needs assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35584/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 2216. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will provide additional support to the nursing home sector to ensure that it is not disadvantaged by the increase in cost associated with Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36975/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 2293. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been provided to nursing homes under the temporary assistance payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37276/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 2448. To ask the Minister for Health if ten-pin bowling centres will be treated in the same manner as cinemas with regard to Covid-19 restrictions and permitted to reopen with social distancing guidelines put in place rather than applying the same restrictions which apply to pubs and restaurants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37864/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: Can we get more information out to people on that? The Department and the HSE have advised people to check but I am not sure whether the messages strong enough. It is difficult now when people arrive with the family and suddenly find that they are not complying with the regulations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: The letter we got from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, ICCL, says this new functionality would go far beyond the app's original scope and would, prima facie, not be in accord with the European Data Protection Board guidelines in respect of tracking apps. That is what ICCL is saying to us. What is the officials' response to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: I am raising it because I do not want to have a situation where-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: -----something we are using will suddenly have to be stopped. I want to ensure we have clarification on that. The ICCL and Digital Rights Ireland are saying that it is not in accordance with the European Data Protection Board guidelines. They have set this out in writing and that is why I am raising this issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: I thank all of our guests and I also thank all of the people involved in the Government Departments and in the HSE for the work that has been done in trying to meet the timelines involved. I am aware that there are many challenges, but there are also concerns among member of the general public. I will open up by commenting on the issue of the call helpline. It just does not appear to be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (15 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 165. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to extending the help to buy scheme to first-time buyers who wish to buy second hand properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38818/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (15 Jul 2021)

Colm Burke: 172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a review will be carried out into the reason a company (details supplied) which provides repair and re-resurfacing of kitchens, bathrooms, PVC windows and doors is not able to tender for work on the e-tenders portal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38821/21]