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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Is Mr. Watt talking about dormant cases?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: But it was not with the intention of settling, was it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: The intention was to close the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)

Róisín Shortall: We will have to return-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Tánaiste. It would be helpful if we had a statement from him, the Minister for Education or the Taoiseach on the new programme that has been developed. Many people would have serious difficulty with it and it would be helpful to hear what the Government's position is on it. There are 2,800 Catholic primary schools in the country, accounting for 90% of primary schools....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I would like to join with others in extending congratulations to the Minister for Justice and her husband on the arrival of their new baby and extend very warm wishes to them. The Tánaiste said that people have to see it to be it. There is no doubt that the Minister for Justice has provided a very good example in that regard. We also need to see it from Government in terms of making...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Sign Language (29 Apr 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to recognise Irish sign language as a curricular subject given its status as a native language of the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22557/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (29 Apr 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 140. To ask the Minister for Health the basis and policy reason on which some international non-consultant hospital doctors who are permanent residents of Ireland and stamp 4 visa holders are treated disadvantageously when it comes to applying for specialist training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22514/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (29 Apr 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 141. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will review the EU preference rules for specialist training schemes for non-consultant hospital doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22515/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (29 Apr 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 142. To ask the Minister for Health if the number of specialist training positions in Ireland are currently adequate to meet the projected number of specialists required by the HSE national doctors’ training and planning specialty workforce reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22516/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (29 Apr 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 143. To ask the Minister for Health if the requirements of the European Working Time Directive are considered in the medical workforce planning process which determines the number of specialist training positions available to non-consultant hospital doctors. [22517/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Apr 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 144. To ask the Minister for Health if the European Working Time Directive figures reported by the HSE are accurate and represent the experience of non-consultant hospital doctors working on the frontline during Covid-19. [22518/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Tests (28 Apr 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 334 of 21 April 2021, if he has engaged with airlines in relation to routine mass testing for cabin crew and pilots, not for the purpose of a pre-departure test requirement but for the purpose of ensuring the safety and good health of cabin crew and pilots; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Apr 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 387. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address matters raised in correspondence in relation to non-elite sports (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22031/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (28 Apr 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 521. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 5 November 2020, the progress made regarding a person (details supplied) in India; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22230/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Apr 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 892. To ask the Minister for Health if contact tracing calls are recorded; if so, the reasoning for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21307/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Apr 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 893. To ask the Minister for Health if passengers arriving into Ireland by ferry are required to complete the passenger locator form; the steps he has taken to ensure that all persons entering Ireland by ferry and who have been in a designated state within the past 14 days are subject to mandatory hotel quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21308/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (28 Apr 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1084. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time at each vaccination centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22228/21]

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (27 Apr 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Minister and his officials for the detailed briefing they provided. I will talk about the reform programme and where we are on elements of it. Before I do, I will return to the issue raised by Deputy Cullinane about the new national maternity hospital. As the Minister said, there was a very well-attended briefing yesterday on that issue. It is true to say there is a lot of...