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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vitamin D and Covid-19: Covit-D Consortium (23 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Is that the equivalent of 25 micrograms?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vitamin D and Covid-19: Covit-D Consortium (23 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Is there any difference between tablets or capsules?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (18 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the contract to build 180 housing units, a hospital and a car park in Coonagh, County Limerick; if the hospital will be publicly or privately owned; the reason the number of housing units has been reduced from 800 to 180; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9167/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (18 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure that children with special needs in mainstream classes will be able to return to school on 22 February 2021 at the same time that children in special needs schools and children in ASD units within mainstream schools are expecting to return; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9162/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (18 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 263. To ask the Minister for Health the capacity of each individual Covid-19 testing centre; the average number of tests completed per day in each of the past four weeks in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9116/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (18 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 264. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 tests administered in the past two weeks; the number of these that were on close contacts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9117/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (18 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 309. To ask the Minister for Health if the classification of key workers in the vaccine allocation plan has been decided; if this group will include early years professionals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9289/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (18 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 311. To ask the Minister for Health the projected date by which every nursing home will have received the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9299/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (18 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 312. To ask the Minister for Health the protocol for ensuring that nursing home residents who were originally unable to receive the vaccine whether due to illness or other reasons will receive the vaccine when they are able; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9300/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (18 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 313. To ask the Minister for Health the protocol in the case that a nursing home resident is unable to receive the second dose of the vaccine within the recommended 21-day period due to illness or other reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9301/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: For a long time now, there has not been an opportunity to have any debate on the Government response to Covid. The Government announced its response this week and it is talking about another version of the living with Covid plan, but it has not allowed any debate in the Dáil on the Government response. That is just not acceptable. When one combines that with the fact that there has...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: Tell us the dates.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: It is disappointing for the Taoiseach to portray this as engagement that began in January. This has been recommended for 15 years. Three major reports have recommended it. Since last summer, various Government spokespersons have been saying that we are nearly there and nearly reaching a conclusion. The Taoiseach drove public health doctors to the point of threatening strike action in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: In an interview in last Sunday's The Sunday Times, the Taoiseach said that, "The government will introduce retrospective contact tracing of Covid cases for the first time once daily case numbers fall to manageable numbers". He went on to say that he believed that, "a robust approach to tracking the infection pathways of each case of Covid-19 backwards from the point of diagnosis [...] will...

Insurance (Restriction on Differential Pricing and Profiling) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome this Bill. The Social Democrats are happy to support it. It is timely that it has come before us. I commend Deputy Pearse Doherty on producing the Bill, which deals with one of the very important aspects of the scandal that is our insurance industry. While it is just one aspect, it is a very important one. It underlines that there has been a huge amount of foot-dragging in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (17 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will engage with the banks to discuss the matter of mortgage approval expiration dates given that there is a six month expiration on mortgage approvals and currently there are no in-person viewings of properties for sale; if he will request the banks to extend approval periods in cases in which there has been no change of circumstance; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking in response to instances in which students with additional needs attending mainstream schools will not currently be able to return to school on 22 February 2021 due to their school not having a special needs class; the plans in place to ensure that these students will be able to return to school in February 2021; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (17 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to address the issue of jobseeker’s benefit expiring for workers in the aviation industry who have been put on short time for the duration of the pandemic; if an allowance will be made to extend jobseeker’s benefit for these workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7988/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (17 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a social welfare payment for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8551/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (17 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a jobseeker’s claim for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8846/21]