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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 453. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that vaccination figures for cohort 7 remain low; if general practitioners or hospitals are administering vaccines to cohort 7; if all general practitioners are taking part in this phase of the roll-out; the provisions that are being made for patients in the case in which their general practitioner has not opted in for this phase; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (24 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 320. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the 3 July 2017 ruling on community employment schemes that directly affects participants who are over 55 years of age who will see their time allowed on schemes reduced from six to three years based on a number of grounds (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34059/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 376. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the dip in vaccine doses administered each weekend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26132/21]

National Maternity Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (23 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I thank all Members who contributed to this debate. I also thank the cross-party Oireachtas group, which was formed last month, for helping to put this issue centre stage in politics. I wish to acknowledge and thank Dr. Peter Boylan for the important role he has played and the assistance he has provided. He has been a tireless advocate for women's healthcare. I also thank and acknowledge...

National Maternity Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (23 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — in May 2013, the Government announced that the National Maternity Hospital (NMH) would move to Elm Park to co-locate with St. Vincent’s University Hospital (SVUH), based on the recommendation that maternity hospitals should co-locate with acute general hospitals; — between 2013-2016, a dispute regarding co-location...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (23 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 94. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33945/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Student Visas (23 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has engaged with the US Embassy about student visa applications and the postponement of interview appointments in view of some third-level courses requiring study in the United States of America in order to graduate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33943/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Visas (23 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with third level institutes and the US embassy regarding courses that require study in the United States of America in order to graduate, in view of the Presidential Proclamation 10143 and its impact on student visa applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33944/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (22 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 213. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised by reducing the standard fund threshold for individual pension benefits from €2 million to €1.7 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32910/21]

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

Róisín Shortall: 214. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue that would be raised through the introduction of the interest limitation rule as per the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive for which Ireland currently has a derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32911/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2021 (22 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 215. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected net effect of measures carried over for 2022 as a result of budget 2021 measures; the way in which carryover is accounted for in the budgetary stance projections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32930/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 216. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected revenue yield from an increase in excise on diesel of five cent per litre; the expected cost of using the diesel rebate scheme to offset such an increase for commercial transport;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32931/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 217. To ask the Minister for Finance the adjustment made for indexation of income tax bands and income tax rates when calculating the budgetary stance for Budget 2022; the estimated additional savings that could be made by not indexing income tax bands and income tax rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32932/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (22 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of ensuring that all public sector workers are paid a living wage currently estimated at €12.30 per hour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32912/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Carer's Leave (22 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 436. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider allowing carer’s leave be taken in shorter periods than is currently allowed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33171/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (22 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 548. 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 that had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25637/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (22 Jun 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 549. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full and partial lower limb amputations that were carried out in each of the years 2018 to 2020; the number of these patients by county that had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25638/21]