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Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Tax Rebates
Róisín Shortall
41. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance if a person can apply for more than one VAT reclaim under SI. No. 428/1981 - Value-Added Tax (Refund of Tax) (No. 15) Order, 1981 on new equipment purchased during the four-year period. [18697/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Tax Rebates
Róisín Shortall
42. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance if there is a list of approved devices available to him under S.I. No. 428/1981 - Value-Added Tax (Refund of Tax) (No. 15) Order 1981 that he can share with Dáil Éireann. [18698/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Róisín Shortall
237. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the Covid-19 Digital Certificates for persons who have received a fourth vaccine dose; if they must seek a corrected or updated certificate or if this will issue automatically to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18699/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Hospital Staff
Róisín Shortall
248. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if a funding application has been received by his Department for the appointment of the four outstanding epilepsy nurse specialist posts committed to as part of the 2018 Valproate Response Project (details supplied); when a decision will be made on this application; if the application will be expedited given the urgent need for these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18734/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Electricity Generation
Róisín Shortall
183. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to ensure that persons with solar panels on their homes and smart meters whose excess units are going into the electricity grid will either get their units back or else have them taken off their bills, given the worsening cost of energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18327/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Passport Services
Róisín Shortall
420. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18234/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Róisín Shortall
523. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an enhanced illness benefit and jobseeker’s allowance increase claim for a couple (details supplied) in Dublin 6; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17887/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Medicinal Products
Róisín Shortall
801. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the delivery of paxlovid in view of its availability in other European Union countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17884/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Medicinal Products
Róisín Shortall
802. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to media reports (details supplied) of difficulties for patients accessing sotrovimab; the steps he is taking to address shortcomings in the treatment pathway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17885/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Medicinal Products
Róisín Shortall
803. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health his plans, if any, for a communications campaign in respect of accessing Covid-19 antiviral treatments; the steps he has taken to ensure patients are aware of the pathways to treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17886/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Róisín Shortall
805. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the rationale for not implementing a recommendation to remove oral sex as a reason for differing gay men, bisexual men, transgender men and men who have sex with men from blood donation as recommended by the Social Behaviours Review Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17935/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Róisín Shortall
806. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to introduce an individualised risk assessment for blood donation; the timescale for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17936/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Health Strategies
Róisín Shortall
843. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress or otherwise in the implementation of the Neurorehabilitation Strategy 2019-2021; the number and dates of all meetings of the implementation group held to date; the current status of this strategy; if he will take steps to refocus his officials on this important strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18128/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Róisín Shortall
868. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that sotrovimab is less effective against the BA.2 subvariant of Covid-19; the engagements he has had with the European Medicines Agency and the manufacturer regarding this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18231/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Health Strategies
Róisín Shortall
869. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he plans to include a patient representative on the new national public health emergency team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18232/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Disability Services
Róisín Shortall
879. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the way in which successive Ministers in his Department have complied with the requirements of sections 31 and 32 of the Disability Act 2005 in each of the past five years; and the way in which they have complied with section 31(2) of the Act. [18332/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Medical Cards
Róisín Shortall
880. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the consultative structures that exist within the HSE or his Department in relation to policy on medical cards and operation of the scheme; if recipients or representative groups of recipients or other stakeholders are routinely consulted on the operation of the medical card and general practitioner visit card schemes; the way in which this is carried out; the frequency with which this is carried out; the plans there are to establish dedicated consultation structures with relevant stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18333/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Medical Cards
Róisín Shortall
881. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the circumstances under which a general practitioner may and may not charge respectively, a medical card holder who requests a letter to be written on their behalf for a health reason; the information or guidance that is available to medical card holders on the definition of appropriate charging in this respect; and the system that is in place to protect medical card holders against inappropriate charging. [18334/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Vaccination Programme
Róisín Shortall
889. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health when he expects the National Immunisation Advisory Committee to complete its evaluation on the clinical effectiveness of providing the HPV vaccine to girls and boys in secondary school who were eligible to receive HPV vaccine in first year but who did not receive it and women up to the age of 25 years of age who have left secondary school and who did not receive the vaccine when eligible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18410/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Vaccination Programme
Róisín Shortall
890. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health when he expects HIQA to complete its cost-effectiveness assessment of providing the HPV vaccine to girls and boys in secondary school who were eligible to receive HPV vaccine in first year but who did not receive it and women up to the age of 25 years who have left secondary school and who did not receive the vaccine when eligible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18411/22]