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Wed, 24 Feb 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Dara Calleary
1003. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing Covid-19 vaccinations to all adult residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10326/21]
Wed, 24 Feb 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Dara Calleary
1004. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the estimated weekly cost of contact tracing regarding Covid-19 cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10327/21]
Wed, 17 Feb 2021
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Departmental Funding
Dara Calleary
832. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the way in which an organisation (details supplied) can draw down funding committed by his Department for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8510/21]
Wed, 17 Feb 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Dara Calleary
871. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if he will engage with a group (details supplied) regarding the Covid-19 vaccine plan; his views on the skills, assets and local presence the group can bring to the roll-out of the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8627/21]
Wed, 17 Feb 2021
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Voluntary Sector
Dara Calleary
872. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the sources of funding available within his Department for voluntary response groups to assist in the purchase of assets such as ambulances and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8628/21]
Wed, 17 Feb 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Dara Calleary
948. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the HSE national renal office statement that in-centre haemodialysis patients should be considered similar to persons aged 65 and older who are residents of long-term care facilities in terms of prioritisation for the first wave of the Covid-19 vaccination given patients are extremely medically vulnerable and have a very high mortality risk; if this information has been made available to NIAC; if these patients will be placed in cohort 1 for vaccination against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8868/21]
Wed, 17 Feb 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Dara Calleary
949. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if he has consulted with NIAC on published data indicating a Covid-19 case mortality rate amongst kidney patients similar to that of residents of long-term care facilities; his views on whether NIAC should move such persons into cohort 1 for Covid-19 vaccination given the particular vulnerability of kidney patients, that is, persons on dialysis and kidney transplant recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8869/21]
Wed, 17 Feb 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Dara Calleary
950. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the number of consultations he has had with the national immunisation advisory committee, NIAC, regarding persons who are immunosuppressed and their wish to receive Covid-19 vaccines sooner than planned; if he has outlined the stress that many of these patients are under as a consequence of nearly a full year of cocooning; and his plans to assist this cohort of persons. [8870/21]
Wed, 10 Feb 2021
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Primary Care Services
Dara Calleary
707. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health when approval will be sanctioned for a medical hub (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason for the delay in signing off on the approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6375/21]
Wed, 3 Feb 2021
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Industrial Relations
Dara Calleary
729. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the engagements his Department has had with the HSE regarding the representation rights of paramedics; if there was discussion with an association (details supplied) as per the direction of the previous Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5427/21]
Wed, 3 Feb 2021
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Health Services Staff
Dara Calleary
730. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the initiatives he has undertaken to support and acknowledge the work of paramedics within the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5428/21]
Thu, 21 Jan 2021
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Health Services Staff
Dara Calleary
314. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the number of new appointments made arising from the winter initiative, by county; the speciality and location of these appointments, by county; and the number of appointments that are permanent, by county in tabular form. [2989/21]
Thu, 21 Jan 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Dara Calleary
478. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 545 of 15 December 2020, if a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3530/21]
Wed, 13 Jan 2021
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Eating Disorders
Dara Calleary
966. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if he will respond to reports that funding for eating disorder treatments and programmes has been diverted by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1237/21]
Wed, 13 Jan 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Dara Calleary
968. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that family carers and registered home helps will receive priority in the Covid-19 vaccine programme in view of their importance to care in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1239/21]
Wed, 13 Jan 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Dara Calleary
1080. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if he will consider prioritising undertakers and their staff for Covid-19 vaccination given the importance of their work and their ongoing potential exposure to Covid-19 and Covid-related illnesses at this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1753/21]
Wed, 13 Jan 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Dara Calleary
1091. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health when the Covid-19 vaccine will be rolled out to members of An Garda Síochána; and if he will increase the priority given to the force in the text of the challenges facing it in its daily duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1777/21]
Wed, 13 Jan 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Dara Calleary
1095. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the interaction he had with the European Medicines Agency, EMA, about the approval process for a Covid-19 vaccine (details supplied); his understanding of the delay in the EU approval process versus that of the UK and the USA; and the likely approval date and subsequent roll-out plan for this particular vaccine in Ireland. [1802/21]
Tue, 15 Dec 2020
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Vaccination Programme
Dara Calleary
545. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who missed the HPV vaccine four years ago can avail of it now. [43119/20]
Thu, 10 Dec 2020
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General Practitioner Services
Dara Calleary
127. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the extra supports made available for out-of-hours general practitioner care in the winter initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42308/20]