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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Standards in Public Office Commission (13 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 5 March 2020, the data protection provisions to which he is referring in response to recommendation 17 by the Standards in Public Office Commission which seeks to publish summary details of investigations under section 19 of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. [4256/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Pricing (13 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 522. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of minimum unit pricing for alcohol; and the timeline to which he is working. [4232/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Provision (13 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 523. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for the early intervention team for Dublin 9; when a child (details supplied) will be given an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4233/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Waste Disposal (13 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 524. To ask the Minister for Health if local authorities have powers under the Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act 1919 to take action in cases in which the build-up of an accumulation of rubbish and litter in the back garden of a privately owned house is causing a rodent infestation in adjoining dwellings; if the authorities have the power to inspect such a property and to order the removal of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Data (13 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 525. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing numbers for the Health Service Executive pest control service for north Dublin city and county; if there are vacancies awaiting to be filled; if contact details for the team will be provided; if this section of the website of the HSE will be updated to include contact details (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (13 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 886. To ask the Minister for Health the cost basis for the agreement with the private hospital sector; and the way in which the figure of €115 million per month was arrived at. [5432/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (13 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 887. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration which he has given to permanently retaining private hospitals in public use in order to accelerate progress towards a single-tier health service in line with Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5434/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (13 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 888. To ask the Minister for Health the status of negotiations with hospital consultants regarding public use of private hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5435/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (13 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1111. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 1088 of 5 March 2020, the factors which determine the allocation of educational welfare officers across the five regional areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4829/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (13 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1112. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 1088 of 5 March 2020, the number of referrals made to the educational welfare service; and the number of cases pursued by the educational welfare officers in each regional area in each of the past five years. [4830/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (13 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1202. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding retired post office workers whose only income is their post office pension; if they have an entitlement to the State pension (contributory) and other related benefits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5116/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme (13 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the mortgage to rent scheme will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4253/20]

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (7 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: What about the objective?

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (7 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I want to start off with the subject of testing, on which we have never had a satisfactory answer. We have been told we will get to a point, on 18 May, when it is hoped we will be able to test 15,000 people per day and carry out the associated tracing. Last week, the Minister for Health and the Taoiseach were at pains to point out that this is about capacity to test rather than actually...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (7 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: That is a different issue.

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (7 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: It is to test; it is not about capacity.

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (7 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Why were they so narrow when we needed to test?

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (7 May 2020)

Róisín Shortall: People are raising all kinds of different issues. The longer we continue in this health crisis, the deeper we get into an economic crisis as well. Practically every aspect of life has been impacted by the virus and the associated economic recession we are in. I want to take us back to stage 1 in this Government's response to this virus, namely, the strategy we are pursuing in this country...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Is it completed?

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister spoke about the behaviour of the virus. Dr. Tony Holohan raised this as well. We can only know about the behaviour of the virus if there is a proper test and tracing system in place. As I said to the Taoiseach earlier today, this is a circular argument. We need to get down the number of people in hospitals and, in particular, intensive care units. We will only succeed in...