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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Sign Language (11 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 29 April 2021, the reason Irish Sign Language is not a curricular subject in view of its status as a native language of the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24172/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (11 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 800. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a series of matters (details supplied) regarding the new national maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24155/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (11 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 803. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the situation in the Dublin 9 and 11 areas in which many general practitioners no longer accept new non-GMS patients, leading to great difficulties for families trying to register with a general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24168/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 872. To ask the Minister for Health the information that HSE recruiters share with foreign medical graduates particularly in relation to the opportunity for job progression if they were to immigrate to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24467/21]

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Repeal of Part V Leasing) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I commend my colleague, Deputy Cian O'Callaghan, for bringing forward this important Bill. It makes a contribution to an important aspect of the area of what we are now seeing, namely the increasing privatisation and commodification of housing. After Fianna Fáil crashed the housing market in the late noughties - we all experienced the devastation of the associated banking crash -...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (6 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: It is seen as one and the same so we need that detail. I ask the Minister about the cohort of people that received the AstraZeneca vaccine before the recent advice on it being administered to those under 60 and under 50. As of today, approximately 7,500 healthcare workers would have been due to get the second dose as the 12 weeks is up. What is the position of that group? The suggestion...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (6 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: How are they being distinguished with respect to being under or over 50? Will people be notified automatically or do they have to register again?

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (6 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Are people in their 60s only receiving AstraZeneca or are any of the other vaccines being provided to those people?

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (6 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I want to return to the issue of pregnant women and the Minister confirming they will be offered an mRNA vaccine between 14 and 36 weeks. They have been left not knowing what the plans are and what the situation is. It is particularly worrying for people who are past 30 weeks of pregnancy. They do not know whether they are going to get it in time for that 36-week cut-off point. What,...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (6 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I accept the complexity involved but this particular cohort is time-limited, unlike many others. It is not really fair to leave them in that kind of limbo, where they do not know what the plan is. What does "as soon as possible" mean? That is not good enough. I ask the Minster to get some kind of concrete timescale so women know where they stand and when they are likely to receive it. On...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: It is part and parcel of the same thing.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: The Government has become what can only be described as a circular firing squad. Fianna Fáil Deputies are blaming Fine Gael for the housing crisis and Fine Gael Deputies are blaming Fianna Fáil. I would like to settle the dispute between the coalition partners because both points of view are correct. Fianna Fáil crashed the housing market the first time around and Fine Gael...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Does he now deign to care about that? If he has, what will he do about it? Talk is cheap so what action will he take?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: It is extraordinary that the Tánaiste did not seem to be aware of this happening right under his nose. Two weeks ago, he denied this was the case or that any action was needed. Yesterday, the Taoiseach also seemed to be taken by surprised by this. This evening, the Dáil will debate Second Stage of the Social Democrats Bill to help end the practice of the State entering into...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Yes, it does.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (6 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23390/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place for secondary schools in DEIS areas to cope with challenges of returning to school during the ongoing Covid-19 emergency period given that students from disadvantaged families have already been hard hit by Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23402/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (6 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 118. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a jobseeker’s application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23563/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of breaches of home quarantine that were recorded in each week in March and April 2021; the number of fines levied in each week for breaches of home quarantine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23498/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fines levied for breaches of mandatory hotel quarantine since its inception; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23499/21]