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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (20 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department or an agency under his remit recognises a difference between honours bachelor of arts degrees and higher diplomas for recruitment purposes to local authorities despite their similar national framework of qualifications level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2441/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Qualifications Recognition (20 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, for employment purposes, there is a recognised difference between BA honours and higher diplomas; his views on whether they should be treated as equivalent, given they are both level 8 degrees under the national framework of qualifications, NFQ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2428/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 479. To ask the Minister for Health the position in which National Ambulance Service staff fall in the provisional allocation groups for the Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2288/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 451. To ask the Minister for Health the position of dentists, pharmacists and similar healthcare professionals in prioritisation in the Covid-19 vaccine allocation groups, given they are patient facing but are not being addressed as part of the first group of patient-facing healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2218/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (20 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 460. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on private ambulances, by hospital, in each month in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2235/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (20 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 466. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has exact restrictions on speed limits for powered wheelchairs that it provides or reimburses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2246/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 529. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for each discipline, speciality and sub-speciality for each hospital; the number waiting according to the same monthly categories issued by the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, on the basis of the December 2020 waiting list figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2455/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 668. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland has purchased additional doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines that other countries did not want, as has been done by Germany, France and Denmark; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2921/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reports (14 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans and views regarding each of the recommendations of the expert group report to review the law of torts and the current systems for the management of clinical negligence claims relevant to her Department and those bodies under the aegis of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1976/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (14 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 193. To ask the Minister for Health his plans and views regarding each of the recommendations of the expert group report to review the law of torts and the current systems for the management of clinical negligence claims relevant to his Department and those bodies under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1975/21]

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: Of the 700,000, the most up-to-date information given to health spokespersons at the latest briefing by Professor MacCraith, his team and Dr. Colm Henry was that we would get 40,950 doses of the Pfizer vaccine weekly until the end of March, although that amount might increase when the additional procurement through the EU comes on stream. Has that position changed? Is the figure of 700,000...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: The 700,000 is the best -case scenario and is based on including the AstraZeneca vaccine and the current number of Pfizer doses increasing. On the day we were briefed by Professor MacCraith, the news came through that 300 million more doses would be procured through the European Commission, of which we would be in line for 3 million doses. When are they likely to arrive? Where does Ireland...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: I accept that. I will ask my next question constructively, although I am not sure whether what I am asking for is possible. If the AstraZeneca vaccine receives certification at the end of January as anticipated, and given that AstraZeneca is one of the companies that has undertaken a great deal of advanced manufacturing, will it be possible to get shipments of the vaccine to the State...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: My colleague wants to contribute, so I will ask a final question on the vaccine before putting a question to the Minister about what is happening in our acute hospitals. We are all getting genuine queries from different cohorts of the population about where they will be in the roll-out of the vaccine. Carers and home helpers are two categories of people from whom we are getting many calls....

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: Yes.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: I have seven and a half minutes and there will be two and a half for my colleague. I want to go over and back as fluidly as I can with the Minister. I accept this is a difficult format. I do not want to bash the Government over the head on the roll-out of the vaccine and I certainly do not want to bash over the head Dr. Colm Henry, Professor MacCraith and Professor Butler. They have...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: I want to start by wishing the Ceann Comhairle and all of my colleagues a happy new year. Hopefully we will get through this year as best we can. We are facing into the worst phase of the pandemic on this island. As of this morning, in this jurisdiction, there were 1,750 people in hospital with this deadly virus and more than 170 in intensive care. The HSE forecasted that the best-case...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Health and Safety Inspections (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of HSA inspections at bookmakers each month since February 2020; the number found to be non-compliant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1449/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 238. To ask the Minister for Finance when the necessary communications to the Minister for Health and the HSE will be made to allow for the resumption of issuing primary medical certificates; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1226/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 815. To ask the Minister for Health if carers are included in the any of the higher-order sequencing Covid-19 vaccine allocation groups or if they are more generally considered as part of the aged 18 to 54 years who did not have access to the vaccine in prior phases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44910/20]