38. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the consideration he has given to the provision of a bypass of Tipperary town on the N24 under the National Development Plan 2018-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13836/21]
37. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport his plans to provide Roscrea, County Tipperary with adequate bus transport links to Limerick following the loss of the Bus Éireann X12 route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13835/21]
36. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport his plans to provide Roscrea, County Tipperary with adequate bus transport links to Dublin following the loss of the Bus Éireann X12 route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13834/21]
35. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport his plans to provide Nenagh, County Tipperary with adequate bus transport links to Dublin following the loss of the Bus Éireann X12 route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13833/21]
34. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport his plans to provide Nenagh, County Tipperary with adequate bus transport links to Limerick following the loss of the Bus Éireann X12 route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13832/21]
843. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the evidence or data to support conclusions by a person (details supplied) that the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumad does nothing for seven out of eight women with cervical cancer, in view of a recent newspaper article (details supplied). [12884/21]
127. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 9 to 11, inclusive, of 9 December 2020, if he will report on any other consultancy work that has been commissioned by his Department. [43178/20]
227. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the status of the HPV vaccine programme in view of ongoing school closures; the plans in place to ensure its continuation for first years in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12365/21]
226. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the details of the HSE provision to co-respond to certain medical emergencies with the fire service in cases in which the ambulance service is occupied; the number of times co-responding has been utilised in County Kerry in 2020 and 2021 in cases in which the fire service has not been called on to co-respond in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12364/21]
686. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if she received communication from the President of the Court of Justice of the European Union regarding the nomination by Ireland of a member of the Court; if so, the nature and content of such communication; if the President of the Court made a strong recommendation regarding the nomination; her views on whether it is appropriate for the President of the Court of Justice to engage in any communication with a member state regarding nominations to judicial office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11722/21]
146. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if he and Irish Rail will give consideration to operating direct rail services between Waterford and Galway utilising the current Waterford-Limerick line and the western rail corridor given that such a service would link the major cities of Waterford, Limerick and Galway in addition to large towns on the route such as Clonmel and Ennis; and his views on whether such a service would greatly enhance public transport provision in these communities and bring a substantial tourist dividend to the towns on the route. [11721/21]
145. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will request the National Transport Authority to further extend the validity of 2020 annual tax saver tickets given that public transport is currently limited to essential workers and therefore the previous period of extended validity cannot currently be availed of by the vast majority of ticket holders. [11720/21]
331. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the current allocation for endometriosis diagnosis and treatment procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10924/21]
330. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the status of the work of the HSE national women and infants health programme; the status of the roll-out of phase one of the ambulatory care model for gynaecology services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10923/21]
329. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the status of the women’s health task force; the progress of the task force since September 2019; the timeline for the delivery of the programme of actions through the women’s health fund in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10922/21]
328. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the recommendations of the women’s health task force for endometriosis patients; his plans for the implementation of those recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10921/21]
327. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the progress of the commitment in the programme for Government to reform the fair deal scheme to incentivise the rental of vacant properties. [10920/21]
326. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the status of his Department’s examination of the treatment under the nursing home support scheme’s financial assessment of income from a person’s principal private residence. [10919/21]
325. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the progress of the nursing homes support scheme (amendment) Bill; and the projected timeline for that Bill. [10918/21]
324. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in nursing homes under the fair deal scheme that have a residential property registered in their name which is included as part of the assessment for the scheme; the number of these homes that have a family member residing in them; the number of homes that are rented or generating an income; and the number that are vacant. [10917/21]
323. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of properties owned by patients in the nursing homes support scheme by local authority area; and the number of those properties that are vacant by local authority area in tabular form. [10916/21]
322. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of women who have availed of CervicalCheck screening services per month from January 2020 to date by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10911/21]
234. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications for the immigrant investor programme via the enterprise, investment, REIT and endowment options that have been approved up to the end of January 2021 for 2019 and 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10915/21]
233. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications that have been made for the immigrant investor programme via the enterprise, investment, REIT and endowment options up to the end of January 2021; the breakdown for each of those options in each period for 2020, in tabular form; the number of applications in 2018 and 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10914/21]
232. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of applicants to the immigrant investor programme from 2012 to date; the number of those applicants who have been successful since 2012 to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10913/21]
231. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the status of the review of the immigrant investor programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10912/21]
925. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the way in which pharmacists will be used in the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10012/21]
924. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when kidney patients are due to be vaccinated against Covid-19; if he will consider examining their place on the prioritisation list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10011/21]
850. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the reason phlebotomists cannot be recruited as vaccinators; if he will amend Statutory Instrument No. 698 of 2020 to include this class of healthcare worker; the reason for the exclusion; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that phlebotomists are being recruited in the UK as vaccinators; if he will now include phlebotomists as a category eligible for recruitment to the mass vaccination drive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9753/21]
841. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost in 2021 of recruiting five additional full-time permanent audiologists for community healthcare organisation, CHO, 7. [9727/21]
840. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of an additional consultant neurosurgeon with a special interest in paediatric neurosurgery at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9. [9726/21]
839. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if alongside birth centres pursuant to the National Maternity Strategy have been rolled out. [9725/21]
838. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of adult mental health respite care facilities in community healthcare organisation, CHO, 1 for persons living in County Cavan. [9724/21]
837. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies by job title in the early pregnancy assessment unit at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda. [9723/21]
836. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the primary care centres in community healthcare organisation, CHO, 9; and the services provided within each in tabular form. [9722/21]
834. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the funding and or grants for building, plant or equipment provided to Mayo University Hospital since 2015, in tabular form. [9720/21]
801. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the criteria for the selection of a site as a Covid-19 vaccination centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9553/21]
800. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will announce an additional Covid-19 vaccination centre for Limerick given that the location announced is inaccessible to persons that do not have a car or by public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9552/21]
603. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who have been referred to Tusla for suspected cases of abuse; the breakdown of the respective figures for physical, sexual, emotional or other types of abuse in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9653/21]
283. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an approval by the HSE to develop a replacement facility for a centre (details supplied) at its lands on the grounds of St. Otteran’s Hospital, Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9179/21]
279. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the consideration his Department has given to date to ensuring adequate funding is made available or other such arrangements advised to progress the replacement facility for a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9170/21]
989. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if his Department is still retaining the services of a person (details supplied) to oversee work on the recommendations of the Scally report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8988/21]
988. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of the recommendations of the Scally report that have been implemented; if an itemised list will be provided of the recommendations that have been completed and the expected completion date of recommendations yet to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8987/21]
653. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of all section 39 organisations whose workers have received pay restoration ordered by the Workplace Relations Commission to date; the organisations whose workers have yet to receive pay restoration; when all section 39 workers will receive pay restoration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7919/21]
652. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the funding of a task force (details supplied); if he will provide a separate strand of funding to allow for it to carry out an updated community analysis to get a fuller picture of trends in the catchment area and adapt the necessary services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7918/21]