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Wed, 27 Jan 2021
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HSE Agency Staff
Thomas Gould
662. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reasoning behind utilising agency staff in the healthcare sector when others are waiting recruitment on panels having passed the initial recruitment process. [3549/21]
Wed, 27 Jan 2021
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HSE Staff
Thomas Gould
663. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons contacting the HSE in response to a call for healthcare assistants, HCAs, and nurses are being offered unpaid volunteer positions. [3550/21]
Wed, 27 Jan 2021
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Cannabis for Medicinal Use
Thomas Gould
792. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the promised supply scheme for medical cannabis. [4081/21]
Thu, 21 Jan 2021
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Departmental Records
Thomas Gould
169. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education the person or body families of deceased survivors of industrial schools can contact to obtain information on the period their family members spent in the institution. [3169/21]
Wed, 20 Jan 2021
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Remote Working
Thomas Gould
25. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will publish the report on working from home. [2615/21]
Wed, 20 Jan 2021
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Maritime Safety
Thomas Gould
69. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport when Ireland will have its own merchant navy record training book for Ireland's merchant navy engineering cadets, deck officer cadets and electrical cadets. [2224/21]
Wed, 20 Jan 2021
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Maritime Safety
Thomas Gould
70. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport the reason Ireland relies on the UK's Merchant Navy Training Board to set the standard of training for Merchant Navy engineering cadets, deck officer cadets and electrical cadets and rating training by virtue of a UK-made training record book for each discipline. [2225/21]
Wed, 20 Jan 2021
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Driver Test
Thomas Gould
88. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport if the family of essential workers will be considered for driver tests currently, given that they are necessary to transport essential workers to and from work. [2535/21]
Wed, 20 Jan 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Thomas Gould
368. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that childcare providers are requesting full payment from parents who are essential workers even if one parent is an essential worker and the other currently is not working and, therefore, not in need of childcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2457/21]
Wed, 20 Jan 2021
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General Practitioner Services
Thomas Gould
513. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the reopening of SouthDoc Blackpool. [2417/21]
Wed, 20 Jan 2021
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Addiction Treatment Services
Thomas Gould
636. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the previously mentioned gambling addiction support services funded by the HSE; the funding streams they are supported under; and the way in which similar services can apply for this funding. [2784/21]
Wed, 20 Jan 2021
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Addiction Treatment Services
Thomas Gould
637. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) is facing imminent closure without support; if consideration will be given to supporting this vital service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2787/21]
Wed, 13 Jan 2021
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Erasmus+ Programme
Thomas Gould
644. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if consideration has been given to payment of the Erasmus grant to students who did not travel abroad in 2020. [44777/20]
Wed, 13 Jan 2021
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Medicinal Products
Thomas Gould
785. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of licensing and reimbursement of Jorveza used to treat eosinophilic oesophagitis. [44769/20]
Thu, 17 Dec 2020
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Redundancy Payments
Thomas Gould
220. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to protect the rights and redundancies of workers. [44544/20]
Thu, 17 Dec 2020
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Employment Rights
Thomas Gould
221. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to address the issue of zero-hour contracts given the recent controversy surrounding contact tracing contracts. [44545/20]
Thu, 17 Dec 2020
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National Broadband Plan
Thomas Gould
244. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the roll-out plan for the national broadband scheme. [44547/20]
Thu, 17 Dec 2020
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Gambling Sector
Thomas Gould
320. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the initiatives that have been developed to educate young persons through sporting organisations on the dangers of problem gambling; her plans for more initiatives in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44234/20]
Thu, 17 Dec 2020
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Departmental Funding
Thomas Gould
453. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding streams available to support the work of a project (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the extraordinary work it does; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44232/20]
Thu, 17 Dec 2020
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Gambling Sector
Thomas Gould
470. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the parts of the gambling regulation Bill that need to be updated; the reason this will take until 2021; and if consideration has been given to using a similar Bill proposed by Fianna Fáil in 2018. [44228/20]