Results 7,081-7,100 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 218. To ask the Minister for Health the grounds for selection in respect of the 33 category 2 countries for travel purposes; the supporting data in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16187/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Public Health Emergency Team (25 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 236. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the recommendation NPHET made in its letter of 18 February 2021 to expand mandatory hotel quarantine to all inbound passengers was not implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16239/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 237. To ask the Minister for Health the cohorts being vaccinated at the Helix, DCU; the average number each day who are being vaccinated on site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16240/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 238. To ask the Minister for Health if all nursing homes will implement the new visitation guidelines to allow for a second weekly visit; if not, the nursing homes which will or will not implement the new guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16241/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 241. To ask the Minister for Health if persons in mandatory hotel quarantine will be required to take daily exercise only on the campus of the hotel and not in the surrounding public area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16244/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (25 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 244. To ask the Minister for Health the projected timeline for the opening of the new national forensic mental health service hospital, Portrane; if recruitment has been successfully completed to ensure a full complement of staff for the new facility; if site identification has commenced for the two new 30-bed regional intensive care units in Cork and Galway; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (25 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 245. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of a cosmetic dentistry grant and the criteria for same or the financial assistance for urgent orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16265/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (24 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 221. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to put in place a comprehensive anti-fuel poverty strategy; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14215/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (24 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 232. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the recycling waste electrical and electronic equipment regulations still apply during the current Covid-19 emergency period, in particular in the circumstance in which a household must purchase new electronic white goods and need the old ones removed by the vendor; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (24 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 333. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to review the current regulations which require essential workers who wish to book a driver test to have completed their 12 EDT lessons; if essential workers will be allowed to start and complete their 12 EDT lessons during level 5 restrictions in order that they can book a date for a driving test; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (24 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 452. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 389 of 3 November 2020, the position regarding the fuel grant element of the scheme for scheme recipients if a disabled driver purchases an electric car; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14517/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Events (24 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 569. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on spectators attending European Championship matches in a stadium (details supplied); and if her Department is engaging with an organisation in relation to this matter. [14728/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Insurance Coverage (24 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 673. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he has engaged with insurance providers; the way in which he plans to support affected properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14732/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (24 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 829. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if clarity will be provided on whether a special needs assistant (details supplied) is permitted to continue working until 70 years of age; the options available to the special needs assistant in the event that they are not permitted to work until the age of 70; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14031/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (24 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 915. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase resources, teachers and special reading schools for children with severe dyslexia for the Dublin 9 and 11 areas including increased resources to mainstream schools that will allow for the establishment of reading units within these existing schools for children with severe dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Poverty (24 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 965. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to put in place a comprehensive anti-fuel poverty strategy; the timeframe for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14216/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (24 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 684 of 10 March 2021, if he will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if language schools will be instructed to reopen in the absence of demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14733/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health and Social Care Professionals Registration Boards (24 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with CORU regarding the requirement on social care students to complete 300 hours of placement in view of public health restrictions; if there are plans to establish an alternative pathway to registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14822/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Management Companies (24 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the recourse available to an apartment owner when their owners’ management company has not provided them an adequate response to concerns regarding possible structural issues in their apartment block; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15425/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda checks that have occurred on a weekly basis from 6 February 2021 to date on persons quarantining at home after arriving here in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14735/21]