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Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I am asking about the 19 centres that were highlighted and what the specific response was in regard to them.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I do not think that is accurate.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: This was based on a series of infection control assessments that were done over a number of years.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Let us read the letter.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: That does not answer the question but let us leave it. Will the Minister answer my other question about the lack of critical oversight?

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: It will be interesting to see if there is any response on that point. The other issue I want to raise is the question of mental health services and the review or refresh of A Vision for Change. Several of us have raised this with the Minister previously and he has responded that while the review was completed and passed by Government and all of that, going back to December or January, that...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: First of all I will return to issues that arose yesterday at the meeting of the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response and to two questions I posed to HIQA. The first related to infection control reports. HIQA had carried out annual assessments and repeat offenders came to light - nursing homes about which there were particular concerns. We were told by the chief inspector that this list...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 348. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent by the Legal Aid Board to personal insolvency practitioners, solicitors and barristers, respectively under the PIA Review Legal Aid Service since its inception, that is, from 2016 to date; the details of the payments; the companies and persons that received same; the amount received by each company and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 342. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address issues related to a direct provision centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7552/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 343. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a rigorous testing and tracing system will be implemented in a direct provision centre (details supplied) to address the spread of Covid-19 in the setting. [7553/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 347. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if additional support and protection is being provided to LGBTI+ residents of direct provision centres during the Covid-19 pandemic; if his Department has engaged with the management of these centres to ensure safeguarding of LGBTI+ residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7620/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 367. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied). [8061/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 392. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if podiatrists are permitted to resume non-emergency services under phase 1 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business. [7551/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Inspections (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 451. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if factories and meat processing plants will be inspected by the Health and Safety Authority to ensure safeguarding of employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7940/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Human Rights (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 489. To ask the Minister for Health if he will conduct a human rights impact assessment of the Covid-19 emergency powers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7554/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 555. To ask the Minister for Health if additional recruitment for critical care staff has been planned; and the consideration given to the retention of existing staff to ensure the long-term sustainability of intensive care units in the context of the ongoing threat of Covid-19. [7550/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 598. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients in hospitals and nursing homes that experienced a delayed discharge into homecare due to the fact their Covid-19 tests were outdated by the time they were received; the number of patients that received a second test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7942/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plants (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 645. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the protections in place for workers in meat processing plants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7940/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 790. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of MetroLink and BusConnects in the context of Covid-19 and related economic circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7555/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 826. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a sporting event (details supplied); if the event has been reviewed by his Department; if so, if the event will proceed in view of public health guidance and social distancing concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7941/20]