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Thu, 19 May 2022
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Mental Health Services
Róisín Shortall
393. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 244 of 25 March and 1128 of 2 November 2021, the current projected timeline for the opening of the new national forensic mental health service hospital, Portrane; if recruitment has been successfully completed to ensure a full complement of staff for the new facility; if all outstanding industrial relations concerns are being resolved; if site identification has progressed for the two new 30-bed regional intensive care units in counties Cork and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25655/22]
Wed, 18 May 2022
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Work Permits
Róisín Shortall
44. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the next review of the critical skills and ineligible occupations lists will take place; if he intends to include home carers in the critical-skills exemption for non-EEA employment permits; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25225/22]
Wed, 18 May 2022
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Passport Services
Róisín Shortall
102. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25223/22]
Wed, 18 May 2022
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Passport Services
Róisín Shortall
103. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25224/22]
Wed, 18 May 2022
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Hospital Procedures
Róisín Shortall
307. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the number of vasectomies and tubal ligations that were performed in St. Vincent University public hospital relative to its catchment area; the way that this compares to other similar sized hospitals, for example St. James’s Hospital and Beaumont Hospital in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25310/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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State Bodies
Róisín Shortall
311. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the terms of reference for the inquiry into allegations of a conflict of interest at An Bord Pleanála will be published; the expected timeline for publication of the final report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24592/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Róisín Shortall
331. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); his views on same; the engagements, if any, he has had with the Minister for Health regarding the inclusion of homeless frontline workers in the Covid-19 recognition scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24882/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Child Poverty
Róisín Shortall
540. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will meet with this organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24118/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Hospital Services
Róisín Shortall
709. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health when he expects the Coombe to resume screening of cervical cancer samples; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24593/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Health Services Staff
Róisín Shortall
710. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the National Cervical Screening Laboratory and the recruitment of staff; the steps he is taking to address the shortage of cytopathology staff; when he expects that all cervical cancer samples will be screened in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24594/22]
Tue, 17 May 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Róisín Shortall
746. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24881/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
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Hospital Facilities
Róisín Shortall
321. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the reason that the identity of a person (details supplied) has not been made public; the reason that their advice has not been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23917/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
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Hospital Facilities
Róisín Shortall
322. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been brought to patient safety concerns regarding the decision to locate the major trauma centre in the Mater Hospital; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23918/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
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Hospital Facilities
Róisín Shortall
323. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if the Mater Hospital helipad is still not operational; if he will outline plans, if any, to build a permanent helipad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23919/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
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Health Services
Róisín Shortall
324. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a campaign (details supplied); his views on same; the steps that he is taking to assist those affected by long-Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23920/22]
Wed, 11 May 2022
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Fire Safety
Róisín Shortall
75. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the concerns raised by members of the Dublin Airport Environmental Working Group at its meeting of 17 November 2021 in relation to the use of aqueous film forming foam at Dublin Airport given the introduction of the Convention through Regulation EU 2019/1021 and Regulation EU 2020/784; the assurances that his Department can give that the Dublin Airport Authority has been in full compliance with the regulations pertaining to the use of the foam; the assurances that can be given by his Department that the foam has not entered the local water supply systems in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23554/22]
Wed, 11 May 2022
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Financial Services
Róisín Shortall
92. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to introduce regulations outlining the forms of identification which financial institutions may request when a customer applies to open a new bank account; if his attention has been drawn to concerns that banks are relying on passports as a form of identification which is costly in cases in which a person has an out-of-date passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23707/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Passport Services
Róisín Shortall
421. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when passports will issue for children (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23169/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Passport Services
Róisín Shortall
422. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue for a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23170/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Passport Services
Róisín Shortall
431. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue for a toddler (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23368/22]