Parliamentary questions

HSE Data

Peadar Tóibín

1006. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner referrals and attendance numbers for symptomatic breast disease and prostate rapid access clinics in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [21768/21]

Proposed Legislation

Peadar Tóibín

12. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the stage the proposed geothermal energy Bill is at; the further length of time his Department plans to take in finalising the Bill; when the Bill will be produced in view of the fact that the geological survey of Ireland is fully complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20981/21]

General Practitioner Services

Peadar Tóibín

152. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate a general practitioner service at Enfield Health Centre, Enfield, County Meath given that there are no general practitioners in the town; the length of time it will take to find a general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20980/21]

Shared Island Unit

Peadar Tóibín

12. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department’s shared island initiative. [20477/21]

Fiscal Policy

Peadar Tóibín

68. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if austerity measures are being considered or discussed by his Department in response to the economic impact of Covid-19 lockdowns on the country. [20480/21]

Electric Vehicles

Peadar Tóibín

296. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of electric car charging points in each county. [18105/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

326. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of private aircraft flying into Ireland each week; the number of persons entering the country in private aircraft each week; and the quarantine measures in place in relation to private flights into Ireland. [18722/21]

Gaeltacht Policy

Peadar Tóibín

607. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the responsibilities under her Department for the Gaeltacht; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18303/21]

Gaeltacht Policy

Peadar Tóibín

608. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the details of any changes to the responsibilities for the Gaeltacht under her Department from 2020 to date; the rationale for such changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18304/21]

Gaeltacht Policy

Peadar Tóibín

609. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the rationale for such changes in which responsibilities for the Gaeltacht under her Department have moved to another Department in 2020 and to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18305/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

811. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of public funding that has been spent on legal fees for the mortgage to rent scheme; the number of mortgages approved for the mortgage to rent scheme that have been sold to vulture funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20514/21]

UN Security Council

Peadar Tóibín

848. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action Ireland is taking at the UN Security Council to highlight China's genocide of the Uyghur Muslim population; the details of his response to a recently released 25,000 word report (details supplied); his plans to discuss the findings with the authors of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18660/21]

Northern Ireland

Peadar Tóibín

871. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagement he has had with the UK Government in relation to the gun that was found by workmen at a house near Moy, County Tyrone on 12 April 2021 that was later handed over to police in a County Armagh police station (details supplied). [20013/21]

Passport Applications

Peadar Tóibín

883. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be processed urgently owing to the current backlog within the passport office. [20442/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

966. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the number of notifications made by teachers to the Tusla education support service of instances in which students and children have disengaged from online learning. [18712/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

969. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 574 Question of 31 March 2021, the number of notifications made by teachers to the Tusla education support service of instances in which students and children have disengaged from online learning since the start of the pandemic. [18715/21]

School Attendance

Peadar Tóibín

970. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 574 Question of 31 March 2021, the number of child referrals made by schoolteachers to Tusla for each of the past five years. [18716/21]

School Attendance

Peadar Tóibín

971. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 574 of 31 March 2021, the number of child referrals made by schoolteachers to Tusla in each of the past five years. [18719/21]

School Curriculum

Peadar Tóibín

1092. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the reason the new curricular subject requirements which will be in effect from 1 January 2023 downgrade the importance of Irish history by removing the requirement that history teachers should have passed Irish history modules in university equivalent to at least a quarter of their history credits. [20756/21]

National Cervical Screening Programme

Peadar Tóibín

1505. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he has received engagements from the Taoiseach in relation to CervicalCheck raised with the Taoiseach in Dáil Éireann by this Deputy on 8 December 2020; and the forms of engagement that were undertaken with his Department in relation to the issues raised during that contribution in Dáil Éireann. [20751/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

1508. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if it is Government policy or if he supports the policy of refusing medical students and nursing students work placement in cases in which they have opted not to take the Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18102/21]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Peadar Tóibín

1509. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting treatment for scoliosis in each county. [18103/21]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Peadar Tóibín

1510. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for cataract appointments in each county. [18104/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

1519. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if NPHET officials draw a salary for their work as part of NPHET. [18140/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

1520. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of NPHET officials who draw a salary for their work as part of NPHET. [18141/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

1521. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if NPHET officials receive a separate salary for other employment, either in the public or private sector; if so, the breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18142/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

1522. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if any NPHET officials receive a separate Civil Service salary independent of their NPHET work or salary. [18143/21]

Mental Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

1523. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of acute mental health beds available from 2010 to 2020, by county in tabular form. [18144/21]

Mental Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

1524. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of acute mental health beds; and if so, the number. [18145/21]

Vaccination Programme

Peadar Tóibín

1525. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if all citizens in the over 85s category have been vaccinated against Covid-19; and if so, the date the vaccinations for the over 85s category were completed. [18146/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

1526. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the public health advice and opinion underpinning the continued ban on religious services, the restrictions on funeral services to only ten persons and indefinite closure of retail and hospitality businesses. [18147/21]

Data Collection

Peadar Tóibín

1527. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if the practice of amassing dossiers on children with autism involved in legal proceedings has been repeated or replicated across the health service. [18148/21]

Data Collection

Peadar Tóibín

1528. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if the families and children will be able to access copies of the dossiers built up by his Department on children with autism involved in legal proceedings. [18149/21]

Data Collection

Peadar Tóibín

1529. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will seek to destroy the files amassed on children with autism by his Department. [18150/21]

Data Collection

Peadar Tóibín

1530. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if the children and their families upon whom dossiers have been compiled by his Department will be able to request that the files amassed by his Department on children with autism involved in legal proceedings be deleted or destroyed. [18151/21]

Protected Disclosures

Peadar Tóibín

1531. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if the prosecution of a person (details supplied) for information disclosed under a protected disclosure is being considered and prepared by his Department. [18152/21]

National Cervical Screening Programme

Peadar Tóibín

1532. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his Department compiles or keeps details on women or families who take or have taken legal cases against CervicalCheck and the HSE in relation to the CervicalCheck scandal. [18153/21]

National Cervical Screening Programme

Peadar Tóibín

1533. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if it is normal practice for the State Claims Agency to disclose to his Department the names of women who have issued letters of claim against CervicalCheck or the HSE; and if an exchange of the name or names of persons and letters of claim has taken place in the past five years. [18154/21]

HSE Data

Peadar Tóibín

1636. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of syringes that have been procured to date; the timescales by which they have been delivered to date; the planned delivery of syringes over the next few months; and the dates on which they will arrive here. [18514/21]

Medical Qualifications

Peadar Tóibín

1683. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health when pres level 3 medical exams will recommence; and the reason qualified medical doctors that have moved to Ireland but have not completed the pres exams due to the suspension of same are unable to obtain jobs as vaccinators or contact tracers. [18658/21]

HSE Data

Peadar Tóibín

1684. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that have signed up to the Be on Call for Ireland database in each county; and the number that signed up that have been recruited to work in the health service in each county. [18659/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

1782. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the date on which a minimum of 25 persons will be allowed to attend weddings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18960/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

2033. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of claims made and proceedings initiated against the HSE or hospital groups by persons or groups of persons whose loved ones died after contracting Covid-19 in a hospital setting. [19636/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

2034. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of claims made and proceedings initiated against the HSE by persons or groups of persons whose loved ones died after contracting Covid-19 in HSE run nursing homes or community hospital settings. [19637/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

2035. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that contracted Covid-19 in hospitals since the start of the pandemic. [19638/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

2036. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that have died after contracting Covid-19 in hospitals since the start of the pandemic. [19639/21]

Vaccination Programme

Peadar Tóibín

2145. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in Covid-19 vaccine group 1 who are housebound that are still waiting to receive their vaccination from the National Ambulance Service as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19965/21]

Vaccination Programme

Peadar Tóibín

2165. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if Ireland has indemnified all Covid-19 vaccines; and if the HSE and his Department have received claims from persons as result of side effects from the vaccine. [20002/21]

Vaccination Programme

Peadar Tóibín

2172. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE have a centralised reporting system for flagging the side effects of Covid-19 vaccines; and if so, the details of the way the system works. [20024/21]

Adoption Authority of Ireland

Peadar Tóibín

2296. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 651 of 10 March 2021, if correspondence will be made available to this Deputy which was forwarded to his Department in 1996 by the Adoption Board after the Department inquired from adoption authorities if they had been made aware of or involved in cases of illegal birth registration. [20464/21]