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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Groups (3 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1152. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the values of the document of a religious order have not been amended or replaced in the constitution for a company (details supplied) which was published after the company registered with the CRO in August 2020, despite a commitment by a person in 2017 that the 2010 code would be amended and replaced in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Groups (3 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1153. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the phrase voice for the voiceless which is a common citation for Catholic organisations when referencing abortion which is used in the constitution for a company (details supplied); if he has endeavoured to discuss this with the company with the view to having it removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Groups (3 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1154. To ask the Minister for Health if he has sought an explicit, public and legally binding guarantee from a company (details supplied) that it will not deny procedures which are legal here based on religious beliefs or the ethical code of the hospitals under its ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32435/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (3 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1155. To ask the Minister for Health if a company (details supplied) will retain the legal right to mortgage any or all parts of the publicly funded National Maternity Hospital under the current ownership agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32436/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (3 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1156. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of Covid-19 and the grave need it has shown to retain public ownership of the health service, consideration will be given to ensuring the full public ownership of the new National Maternity Hospital by moving the site to Elm Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32437/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1162. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address staff recruitment issues in homecare provision; if he has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) on this matter; and if he will conduct a social care workforce capacity review. [32475/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (3 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1336. To ask the Minister for Health when the emergency funding to offset the costs of delivering drug and alcohol services in the context of Covid-19, which was announced during the Dáil Éireann debate on the National Drugs Strategy on 10 September 2020 will be made available to drug and alcohol task force and to community drug projects; the level of emergency funding being made...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1469. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has considered evidence in an article (details supplied) which shows that good ventilation is critical to lowering Covid-19 transmission; the number of personnel in his Department who have responsibility for considering and implementing preventative policy actions to stop the onward spread of Covid-19; if ventilation is considered as part...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (3 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1367. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons seeking mental health supports in Galway city to date in 2020; the way in which this compares to the previous five years; if there were notable increases during the initial Covid-19 emergency period lockdown from 13 March 2020 to 18 May 2020 in those seeking mental health services in Galway city; if there was a change over the summer...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1368. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to differing implementation of the Health Protection Surveillance Centre’s Covid-19 guidance on visitations in long-term residential care facilities (details supplied); the way in which he plans to address varying adherence to the guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33406/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Agency Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1462. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the contract of a person (details supplied); if they are employed directly by the HSE or by a third-party company; the cost to the HSE of their contract; if the HSE pays part of the cost of the contract to a third-party company; the details of their selection for their current post; if the position was tendered; the qualifications sought;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (3 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1463. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the selection of a company (details supplied) to conduct recruitment for the additional staff for swabbing and contact tracing; the reason for the selection of the company and qualifications sought; the cost of the contract with the company to run the recruitment process for swabbers and contact tracers; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1464. To ask the Minister for Health the number of follow-up calls made to incoming passengers on a weekly basis from 5 October 2020; and the number of calls which were successfully answered on a weekly basis, in tabular form [33893/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1465. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to the physical and mental health benefits of allowing gyms to remain open during the current Covid-19 restrictions; if he plans to review the measure; and the reason for closing gyms which could operate while enforcing social distancing and infection prevention and control guidance [33896/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (3 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1467. To ask the Minister for Health if the sensitivity of the PCR test for Covid-19 used in Ireland differs from that used in other jurisdictions; if his Department has considered emerging evidence that a PCR test could identify trace amounts of the virus from a past infection whereby the person would no longer be infectious; the way in which his Department will address this in policy; the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (3 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1468. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has identified environments for which a PCR or antigen test for Covid-19 would be more appropriate and which test is viewed as most appropriate for each environment considered, such as schools, nursing homes, private households, workplaces and other health or congregated settings [33912/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1470. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff currently redeployed to the testing and tracing system from other areas of the health service; the number from each specialty that are redeployed in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33914/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (3 Nov 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1471. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that all sanitising products supplied by the HSE are in compliance with recognised standards; and the safety assessment a product (details supplied) was put through prior to the product being purchased and supplied to healthcare outlets [33915/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the witnesses for their attendance. I want to move on from the issue of staffing to the performance of the system, specifically its effectiveness or otherwise in driving down the level of the virus. What is the current estimated turnaround time from development of symptoms to referral for a test?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I am asking what the estimated median time is for that.