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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 324. To ask the Minister for Health the current advice of his Department on vitamin D regarding its role in strengthening the immune system in the context of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7833/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 325. To ask the Minister for Health the current advice of his Department on the role of ventilation in reducing the spread of Covid-19 in domestic settings, school settings and workplace settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7834/21]

Covid-19: Motion [Private Members] (10 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome this motion, the essential elements of which amount to a zero Covid strategy. Whether people call it a maximum suppression strategy or an aggressive suppression strategy, it amounts to the same. It is about driving down the figures of the virus, ideally to single digits, while having a proper testing and tracing system that is capable of hunting down the virus, jumping on any...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 33. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the guidelines or supports in place to provide rental assistance for small businesses that are closed due to the Covid-19 emergency restrictions and that cannot pay their rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7129/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 38. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to his statement of 17 December 2020 on political involvement in the purchase of ventilators from a company (details supplied), if a Minister had signed off on the deal at the time; the due diligence carried out on the company in question; and if an update on his findings will be provided to this Deputy. [7436/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Passenger Data (10 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers departing Ireland from Dublin, Cork or Shannon airports for a location in the EU (details supplied) in each week of November and December 2020 and January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6830/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (10 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 176 of 28 January 2021, the reason community employment schemes must notify her Department of their vacancies via weekly listings when these vacancies are already on the JobsIreland.ie website; if her Department actively monitors the website; the steps her Department takes to respond to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (10 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to research and science students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6563/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 689. To ask the Minister for Health the role of pharmacists in the Covid-19 vaccination programme; when contact will be made with the profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7820/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 690. To ask the Minister for Health when he will meet his commitment to publish daily reports on Covid vaccine numbers delivered to Ireland and the vaccine numbers administered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7823/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 945. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents and staff in nursing homes who have yet to receive the first dose of the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7380/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 886. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the establishment of specialist clinics in the UK to deal with long-term symptoms of Covid-19; the steps his Department is taking to support patients suffering ongoing health issues as a result of the virus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7108/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 946. To ask the Minister for Health the number of follow-up calls made to incoming passengers on a weekly basis since 25 January 2021; and the number of calls which were successfully answered on a weekly basis in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7381/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 947. To ask the Minister for Health the level of compliance in filling out the passenger locator forms on a weekly basis from 1 February 2021; the number of forms which were correctly and incorrectly completed on a weekly basis, respectively; and the number of persons who refused to fill out the form on a weekly basis in tabular form. [7382/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (10 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 948. To ask the Minister for Health if any vaccinators have tested positive for Covid-19; if vaccinators are regularly tested for Covid-19; the protocol in the case that a vaccinator tests positive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7383/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 949. To ask the Minister for Health the date vaccination will commence for staff working in long-term residential disability facilities; the allocation of vaccine doses for these staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7384/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (10 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 966. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to recover monies paid in respect of a contract with a company (details supplied;) and the timeline to which he is working to secure the refund of monies owed. [7432/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (10 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 967. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the up to-date information on contracts with a company (details supplied); and the current status of contracts and negotiations with the company. [7433/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (10 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 968. To ask the Minister for Health the problems associated with the ventilators procured from a company (details supplied). [7434/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (10 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 969. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ventilators procured from a company (details supplied); the number delivered into Ireland; and the current location of the ventilators. [7435/21]