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Question· writtenPQ 378asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
378. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has ordered the closure of the three remaining fur farms here in the interests of public health in view of a mutated strain of Covid-19 which can spread from mink to humans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35928/20]
Question· writtenPQ 343asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
343. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will reinstate the healthcare assistant pay scheme for student nurses and midwives which was introduced in March 2020 but is no longer in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36016/20]
Question· writtenPQ 338asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
338. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health the additional supports that will be provided to specialists in public health medicine to bring their contracts in line with their duties and responsibilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35954/20]
Question· writtenPQ 326asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
326. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if student nurses are still being offered a contract as healthcare assistants and therefore still being paid for their work during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35890/20]
Question· writtenPQ 41asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
41. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport his engagement with the proposed new CEO of the IAA; his views on the Covid-19 safety guidelines drawn up by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, EASA, on airline travel; his further views on the future role for the IAA in ensuring passenger safety during the ongoing public health crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35793/20]
Question· oralPQ 2asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2020
2. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport his plans to protect front-line workers who use public transport from those who are not following public health advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35651/20]
Question· writtenPQ 824asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2020
824. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the conditions applicable to mart sales at present and enable the presence of a limited number of buyers at the ringside, properly and appropriately spaced in accordance with public health regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35331/20]
Question· writtenPQ 775asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2020
775. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who is a medical card holder is being charged for a recent hospital surgery through the public health system [35388/20]
Question· writtenPQ 751asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2020
751. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Health if persons attending groups (details supplied) or other organised weight reduction groups can do so if they can arrange weigh-ins once a week for members on an individual basis adherent to public health advice in the interests of physical and mental health and well-being of participants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35276/20]
Question· writtenPQ 745asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2020
745. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of funding for addiction services announced by Minister of State with responsibility for public health, well-being and the national drugs strategy on 10 September 2020. [35250/20]
Question· writtenPQ 726asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2020
726. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the details of plans to utilize health capacity within the private hospital sector during the next six months. [34967/20]
Question· writtenPQ 704asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2020
704. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if the designated authorised officers are adequately resourced and in a position to ensure the implementation of regulations and that those retailers failing to comply with the law will be sanctioned accordingly, in view of the extended two year period of transition on the implementation of section 22 of the Public Health Alcohol Act 2018 now closing on 11 November 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34828/20]
Question· writtenPQ 685asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2020
685. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the position regarding developmental checks carried out by public health nurses for young babies; if these checks are occurring in homes; if there is a standard approach across all health regions; if it is planned that these checks will commence in homes across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34692/20]
Question· writtenPQ 670asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2020
670. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the reason the payment of salaries to student nurses as healthcare assistants has ceased; his plans for the reinstatement of the payment for student nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34642/20]
Question· writtenPQ 663asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2020
663. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if he has conducted research on whether carbon emissions related to the healthcare sector will be measured and presented annually. [34601/20]
Question· writtenPQ 660asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2020
660. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the healthcare providers with whom contracts or service level agreements were signed between 2014 and 2016 by the HSE or his Department or health services of any form in which funding came from the State by year and company in tabular form. [34580/20]
Question· writtenPQ 657asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2020
657. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if there is evidence of a general lack of awareness of the pneumococcal vaccination in the at-risk population and, if so, if there are plans to address this with a public health awareness campaign similar to that addressing the availability and importance of the flu vaccine for these groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34546/20]
Question· writtenPQ 655asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2020
655. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the situation in which persons (details supplied) may travel beyond the 5 km limit during the currently applying public health advice will be clarified. [34538/20]
Question· writtenPQ 653asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2020
653. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the overall estimated number of healthcare staff who have been unable to return to work due to after-effects of Covid-19. [34534/20]
Question· writtenPQ 344asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2020
344. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has consulted with public bodies such as the HSE and the Department of Health in relation to acknowledging the work of frontline healthcare workers in 2020 in the context of Covid-19. [34948/20]
Question· writtenPQ 304asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2020
304. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance the reason suppliers to premises that are forced to close due to public health guidelines are not eligible for the Covid restrictions support scheme (details supplied). [34599/20]
Question· writtenPQ 160asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2020
160. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if the Central Statistics Office field staff will be temporarily redeployed on a part-time basis to conduct contact tracing as they cannot undertake their contracted duties in full during the current public health restrictions. [34529/20]
Question· writtenPQ 54asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2020
54. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement he has had with pharmaceutical and healthcare companies in the context of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35052/20]
Question· writtenPQ 334asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2020
334. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 21 October 2020, if healthcare workers and their families can be prioritised for rapid testing and results, including healthcare personnel working in the community to enable staff to return to work in an efficient manner as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34507/20]
Question· writtenPQ 319asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2020
319. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if the contract secured by a group (details supplied) to hire additional healthcare and administrative staff to deal with the Covid-19 crisis went through the proper tender procedures and process; if not, the reason that is the case; and the way in which the group was chosen [34435/20]
Question· writtenPQ 314asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2020
314. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if requests by an organisation (details supplied) for the implementation of the National Doctors Training and Planning report recommendations and the National Clinical Programme for Rheumatology Model of Care will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34426/20]
Question· writtenPQ 161asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 November 2020
161. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if foxhunting with hounds and all related activities have been stopped during level 5 restrictions; and if a ban will be introduced due to the cruelty to foxes and the public health concerns associated with large groups of hunters gathering and traversing the countryside. [34036/20]
Question· writtenPQ 122asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 November 2020
122. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if there is provision for healthcare workers that have had to temporarily leave employment to reclaim medical expenses incurred as a result of contracting Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33973/20]
Question· writtenPQ 71asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 November 2020
71. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education the criteria and procedures used in schools to define a close contact of a Covid-19 positive person (details supplied); the persons the public health risk assessment team consult in deciding who might be a close contact; the person or body that has the final say on what a close contact is in each case; the rationale for departing from the ECDC definitions for schools settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33997/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1537asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2020
1537. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the conditions applicable to mart sales at present and enable the presence of a limited number of buyers at the ringside properly and appropriately spaced in accordance with public health regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33485/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1520asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2020
1520. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 383 of 2 April 2019, if he will provide a full update in relation to plans within his Department to remove the old tank and silos from a location (details supplied); the position regarding the site; the reason the tanks have not been removed in view of the serious public health risks associated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32794/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1479asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2020
1479. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is possible for an application for a PCS number for an eco-friendly hand sanitiser to be fast tracked or for a temporary licence to be awarded on account of public health needs for such products in view of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33493/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1471asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2020
1471. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked 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]
Question· writtenPQ 1458asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2020
1458. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health his plans to commence section 11 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33823/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1431asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2020
1431. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if public health has considered the possibility of using child nasal spray flu vaccines for adult inoculation; if this is possible; if his officials or other public health officials are considering this avenue in the event that adult vaccines become difficult to source or become unavailable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33749/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1418asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2020
1418. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and physiotherapists working in the public health services within County Tipperary in each of years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [33700/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1372asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2020
1372. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the public health evidence in relation to the closure of restaurants, cafés and pubs for indoor business (details supplied). [29968/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1369asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2020
1369. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health his plans to put in place a remuneration package for student nurses who are effectively working 35 hours per week in hospitals and healthcare facilities as healthcare assistants for no remuneration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33410/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1351asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2020
1351. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way in which priority testing for essential workers and healthcare workers operates in practice; the turnaround time for same; the way in which derogations to return to work early operate; the frequency with which this has been used; the steps taken to streamline the overall process of testing in healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33336/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1350asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2020
1350. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the public health measures being put in place to ensure the isolation of Covid-19 infection within the Travelling community, the rate of which has increased in the past four weeks. [33334/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1348asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2020
1348. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of public health doctors here; the number that have qualified as consultants and are not employed as consultants; and the number of public health medicine consultants that came home to fill positions (details supplied) [33332/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1318asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2020
1318. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that acupuncturists and other well-being therapists will be permitted to work during the pandemic restrictions in view of the important healthcare role they perform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33110/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1302asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2020
1302. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of healthcare personnel that have been recruited by the HSE since March 2020 whose previous employment was in nursing homes and or caring for the elderly facilities by CHO area and by month, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33013/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1301asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2020
1301. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if his Department or bodies under its aegis have plans to introduce a national immunisation registry prior to the introduction of a mass immunisation programme for a potential Covid-19 vaccine; if there are views within his Department or public health officials on whether such a single national system for childhood and adult immunisation records will be required for effective monitoring of a mass immunisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33002/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1300asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2020
1300. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if his Department is working on legislation to introduce a no-fault compensation scheme for vaccine damages in line with commitments in the programme for Government and previous recommendations made by his Department and public health bodies; when he expects to introduce such legislation; if he expects to expedite such legislation in preparation for a potential Covid-19 vaccine programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33001/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1298asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2020
1298. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the status of and position regarding the use of do not resuscitate orders within the health care system here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32982/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1250asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2020
1250. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will respond to concerns raised in relation to a school (details supplied) awaiting public health assessment.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32776/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1247asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2020
1247. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health his plans for expert school public health teams to deal with outbreaks in a school setting. [32769/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1168asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2020
1168. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide additional healthcare worker accommodation across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32501/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1167asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2020
1167. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons from each hospital and relevant centre who have been provided with healthcare worker accommodation since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic; the number of those persons who are currently availing of the accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32500/20]