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Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (13 Jan 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 931. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 446 of 10 December 2020, the steps being taken to address the unacceptably long waiting time for speech and language assessments in Dublin 9 and 11 given the current waiting time for initial assessment in the area is 18 to 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1117/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Jan 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 1064. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nasal spray child flu vaccines administered to date for each of the quantities due to expire on 13 and 14 January and 12 and 15 February 2021; the total cost of the vaccines; the number which have expired without being administered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1680/21]

Covid-19 Task Force: Statements (17 Dec 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on these statements this evening. However, I would make the point that it is not the ideal format for us. There are two major issues facing the country. They are being discussed here tonight at the tail end of the Dáil session and they are only statements. We are going into an almost four-week break over Christmas. It would have been really...

Appropriation Bill 2020: Second and Subsequent Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I apologise for not being hear earlier but I expected the Government speakers who are listed to be here and I did not realise they were not. I am happy to support the Appropriations Bill 2020. Given the year that is in it, any kind of comparisons are fairly meaningless. It has been an exceptional year. Many decisions were taken about spending, most of them correct but some of them...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2020)

Róisín Shortall: A few minutes ago, the Tánaiste reminded people of the public health advice. It would be a good idea if he included ventilation in that, given that people will be coming together in enclosed circumstances for long periods and ventilation is critical to assist that effort. On promised legislation, we are all waiting with bated breath to get the detail on the vaccination strategy and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I asked the Tánaiste about the health passport app.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I asked about the testing that was done in Roscommon and the development of a health passport app. Does the Tánaiste know anything about those contracts or how they came about?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I appreciate that the Tánaiste may not have been prepared for this but I would appreciate it if he would check the records. I accept that many people made contact offering help and business opportunities. It is important to know where that contact came from, given the background of the company and how it came to pass that such an important order was placed with a company that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2020)

Róisín Shortall: On behalf of the Social Democrats, I wish the Ceann Comhairle, all Members and all Oireachtas staff a happy and restful Christmas. It has been a rough year for everybody and that includes everybody associated with the Houses of the Oireachtas. Let us hope for better times in 2021. I raise with the Tánaiste an interview Mr. Paul Reid did on the "This Week" programme last Sunday. He...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 326. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44482/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 328. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44542/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (17 Dec 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students currently in sixth class in schools (details supplied); if there are sufficient numbers of places in secondary places in the schools; the area to accommodate them; if there is a shortfall; her plans to ensure their needs are met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44481/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Dec 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 539. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with special needs and disabilities are included in the grouping of persons in the 18 to 64 age category with underlying health conditions in the provisional vaccine allocation groups document; if not, the category they are in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44261/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Treatment Services (17 Dec 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 538. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a suitable location for a community alcohol treatment service has not be secured (details supplied); the way the allocated funding for the inoperative service is being used; if he has engaged with the HSE regarding resumption of this service; when he expects this service to recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44259/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Voluntary Sector (17 Dec 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 540. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase membership of the dialogue forum with voluntary bodies to include union representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44262/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (17 Dec 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 581. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which persons who receive a negative PCR test will be picked up by the tracing service further to advice to persons travelling into Ireland that, if they obtain a negative PCR test after five days, they do not need to restrict their movements further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44377/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (17 Dec 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 582. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to introduce a legal underpinning to the provision that persons travelling into Ireland may reduce the requirement to self-isolate for 14 days if they obtain a negative PCR test after five days in view of the statements by the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment that such underpinning may be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 595. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking in response to evidence from a cross-disciplinary group of Irish researchers (details supplied) that a sufficient level of vitamin D helps to safeguard against susceptibility to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44476/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 596. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the agreement between his Department and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland to commission the recent review by the authority of the national vitamin D guidelines; if a literature review was required as part of the report; if the review referred to the issue of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44477/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety Authority of Ireland (17 Dec 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 597. To ask the Minister for Health if the membership of the public health nutrition sub-committee convened to generate the Food Safety Authority of Ireland report "Vitamin D – Scientific Recommendations for Food-Based Dietary Guidelines for Older Adults in Ireland" included specialist expertise in the areas of immunology, virology, infectious disease or geriatric medicine; and if he...