Parliamentary questions

Health Services

Gino Kenny

177. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the total payments made by the State to private hospitals and other private health service providers in 2020 and up to the end of October 2021; the projected cost in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59516/21]

Hospital Procedures

Gino Kenny

178. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that no other transplant operations are cancelled due to lack of ICU bed capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59517/21]

Vaccination Programme

Gino Kenny

493. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason cancer patients at St. James’s Hospital were asked to attend the hospital recently for a Covid-19 booster vaccination but instead received an additional vaccination (details supplied) and were informed that they would be invited back in six months for a booster shot; the reason they received a vaccination card which showed that they had received an additional Covid-19 vaccination dose while the Covid-19 booster dose box was left unchecked; the difference between these two categories; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this has caused a level of confusion and anxiety amongst vulnerable patients; if another layer of treatment has been introduced; the reason there appears to be no information available on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56824/21]

Animal Welfare

Gino Kenny

737. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the fact that since the introduction of S.I. No. 681/2019 - Animal Health and Welfare (Sale or Supply of Pet Animals) Regulations 2019 no enforcement cases have been brought by his Department to date; if a commitment will be given to establish a traceability and verification system to back up the regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57174/21]

Foreign Policy

Gino Kenny

24. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had engagement with his counterparts in the European Union on the situation of Palestinian hunger strikers that are demanding an end to their administrative detention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56567/21]

Departmental Communications

Gino Kenny

41. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on engagement he has had with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus on the situation facing migrants on the Belarussian-Polish border; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56564/21]

United Nations

Gino Kenny

47. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to raise the situation in northern Ethiopia with the United Nations Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56565/21]

United Nations

Gino Kenny

56. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to raise the coup in Sudan at the United Nations Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56566/21]

Departmental Meetings

Gino Kenny

86. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide details on his recent attendance at the annual delegate conference of an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56577/21]

Emergency Planning

Gino Kenny

95. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Defence the role of the Office of Emergency Planning as it relates to dealing with extreme weather events in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56575/21]

Defence Forces

Gino Kenny

98. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Defence the details of his engagement with a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56574/21]

United Nations

Gino Kenny

129. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Defence the status of Irish troops serving in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56576/21]

An Garda Síochána

Gino Kenny

286. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if cautions given by gardaí to those found in possession of small quantities of cannabis can impact on Garda vetting they may need in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56619/21]

Nursing Homes

Gino Kenny

558. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the impact the new legislation enacted recently will have on a fair deal scheme applicant who has been approved for the scheme but before they take up a bed in a nursing home their main primary residence is sold by their spouse; if the proceeds from the sale of the primary residence is not considered cash assets but rather is determined in a similar way as prior to the sale and the fair deal contribution will be capped at 7.5% of the value of the house for three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55734/21]

Homeless Accommodation

Gino Kenny

23. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether a service (details supplied) and the housing assistance payment limits are fit for purpose considering the national policy of preventing homelessness; the new measures he plans to put in place to ensure that the number of persons in homelessness does not continue to increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55040/21]

Housing Policy

Gino Kenny

68. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the new national housing strategy for disabled people will be published; if the strategy will move beyond the single strategy of decongregation and include the provision of supported living with targets and actual numbers in order that it can be monitored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55041/21]

Health Strategies

Gino Kenny

362. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when the Winter Plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55300/21]

Health Strategies

Gino Kenny

363. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the provisions which will be implemented in the Winter Plan in the areas of managing Covid-19 cases in intensive care units, the flu, elective surgeries and non-elective surgeries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55301/21]

Health Strategies

Gino Kenny

364. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the impact that the most recent spike in Covid-19 cases is having on the public health system; the measures to be taken in the Winter Plan and beyond to deal with this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55302/21]

Departmental Schemes

Gino Kenny

102. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Finance if he will extend the bike to work scheme to those who are self-employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54405/21]

Banking Sector

Gino Kenny

246. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Finance if he will intervene in the timing of the branch closures by a bank (details supplied) by replicating the actions of the UK financial sector regulator which will mean the pausing of any closures during the current pandemic; his views on the fact that persons will be greatly impacted by the withdrawal of banking services in their locality at a most inopportune time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54267/21]

Primary Care Centres

Gino Kenny

628. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of and position regarding the primary care centre proposed for the Collinstown site in north Clondalkin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54517/21]

Driver Licences

Gino Kenny

220. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport the details of any specific legislative amendment introduced to allow applications for driving licences by asylum seekers. [48556/21]

Middle East

Gino Kenny

446. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the Israeli Ministry of Defence designating six Palestinian human rights groups as terrorist organisations; his plans to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53062/21]

Medicinal Products

Gino Kenny

952. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who have been prescribed an approved MCAP medical cannabis product since the commencement of the MCAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52639/21]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Gino Kenny

957. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if surrogacy will be included in the proposed assisted human reproduction Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52672/21]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Gino Kenny

958. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when legislation recognising international surrogacy alongside retrospective declaration of parentage will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52673/21]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Gino Kenny

959. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he has consulted with or has plans to meet and invite input into the draft legislation from Irish families through surrogacy; his views on the fact that these families are dealing with the daily implications of the legal limbo they are living through in the absence of any legislation and are best placed to help inform legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52674/21]

Antisocial Behaviour

Gino Kenny

113. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide a progress report on the initiative for problematic use of scramblers and quad bikes in urban areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51516/21]

Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell

Gino Kenny

149. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide an update in relation to a public inquiry into the death of a person (details suppled); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51515/21]

Hospital Facilities

Gino Kenny

120. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when he plans to have the 446 ICU beds in place that he announced in December 2020. [50806/21]

Mental Health Services

Gino Kenny

231. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the mental health services budget to the internationally recognised level of 12% of the overall health budget in the lifetime of the 33rd Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50805/21]

Insurance Coverage

Gino Kenny

359. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Finance his views on the denial of mortgage protection insurance to those who have recovered from breast cancer who wish to buy a home effectively ruling out home ownership with long-term renting being the only option given that currently one in nine women are diagnosed with breast cancer; his plans to address same for persons who have recovered from breast cancer being excluded from buying a home as a result of the denial of access to mortgage protection insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50414/21]

Medicinal Products

Gino Kenny

799. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1051 of 24 February 2021, if the formal pricing and reimbursement assessment of xonvea has been completed and will be added as a first-line treatment for hyperemesis gravidarum to the drugs payment scheme and medical card; if there are plans to licence the drug cariban; if not, the process by which drugs obtain a licence; if the State plays an active role in identifying drugs that have been licensed and approved for use in other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45486/21]

Health Services Staff

Gino Kenny

157. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for the restoration of pay for section 56 and section 59 organisations in line with the Workplace Relations Commission brokered agreements for pay restoration for section 39 workers; his views on whether due to the fact that section 56 and 59 workers fall under a different Departmental funding stream they should not be excluded from the pay restoration awarded to section 39 workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49990/21]

Hospital Staff

Gino Kenny

209. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that based on the population number living in the catchment area of Tallaght University Hospital, national and international guidelines recommend that there should be 20 neurology nurse specialists employed in the neurology department and that there are currently 3.5 nurses; his plans to increase the level of neurology nurses at Tallaght University Hospital; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49980/21]

Hospital Facilities

Gino Kenny

606. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the way in which centres of excellence are constituted in relation to oncology services in public hospitals; the criteria that has to be satisfied before a hospital or health facility is deemed a centre of excellence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49666/21]

Hospital Staff

Gino Kenny

607. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when a permanent oncologist will be in place at St. James’s Hospital following the retirement of the previous specialist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49667/21]

Mental Health Services

Gino Kenny

609. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of State-funded mental health services in an area (details supplied); the number of mental health workers and professionals employed in these services; if he will provide information regarding the increases and decreases in the available mental health services in the area over the past three years; if he will provide waiting list numbers for mental health services in the area; the level of funding spent on mental health services in the area over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49673/21]

Departmental Priorities

Gino Kenny

106. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will publish the national action plan against racism. [48559/21]

Asylum Seekers

Gino Kenny

107. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an independent inspection regime of accommodation centres for asylum applicants will be established. [48557/21]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Gino Kenny

136. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes to applications will be opened. [48558/21]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Gino Kenny

162. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to increase funding for childcare services to make services affordable for all. [48555/21]

Disability Services

Gino Kenny

363. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the percentage of assessments of need completed under the Disability Act 2005 that included a diagnosis of a disability, on an annual basis in 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48744/21]

Disability Services

Gino Kenny

364. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of applications by county for assessments of needs under the Disability Act 2005 overdue for completion at 3, 6, 12 and 18 months respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48745/21]

Disability Services

Gino Kenny

365. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason assessors are not asked to provide a diagnosis under the new standard operating procedure for assessments of need under the Disability Act 2005, given the Act requires the nature and extent of the disability to be set out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48746/21]

Disability Services

Gino Kenny

366. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the mean and median time required to complete assessments of need under the Disability Act 2005 for 2018, 2019 and 2020, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48747/21]

Nursing Homes

Gino Kenny

627. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the outcome in which the fair deal scheme has been approved but a spouse subsequently wants to separate and sell the family home; if the home can be sold in this instance; if so, the way that this will affect the approved scheme if after selling the home the person approved for the scheme uses his or her share of the proceeds of the sale to buy another property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47761/21]

Trade Relations

Gino Kenny

2. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the expansion by IDA Ireland into Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47159/21]

Human Rights

Gino Kenny

24. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had engagement with the Polish Ambassador regarding reports of LGBT free zones in Poland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47165/21]

International Agreements

Gino Kenny

45. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs Ireland’s position on the US, UK and Australia trilateral security partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47164/21]

International Protection

Gino Kenny

56. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the situation relating to Afghani refugees; and if Ireland plans to increase its allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47163/21]

International Relations

Gino Kenny

58. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagement with Speaker Pelosi on his recent trip to the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47166/21]

Middle East

Gino Kenny

68. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had any engagement with the Israeli authorities regarding the treatment of Palestinian prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47162/21]

Defence Forces

Gino Kenny

121. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Defence his views on reports in relation to the number of persons leaving the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47151/21]

Defence Forces

Gino Kenny

131. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Defence the current status of his engagement with a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47150/21]

Hospital Facilities

Gino Kenny

200. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the Exchequer of providing free car parking at all public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46897/21]

Cabinet Committees

Gino Kenny

28. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [46416/21]

Housing Provision

Gino Kenny

180. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which he plans to reach the targets for council-built social housing in Housing for All when the sale of public land to private developers continues most recently with the sale of the council-owned site in Killinarden; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46412/21]

Budget 2022

Gino Kenny

644. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year health and well-being budget for 2022, including for a child and well-being service. [46121/21]

Health Services

Gino Kenny

645. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost in 2022 of adding 1,000 beds to the acute hospital network. [46122/21]

Gender Recognition

Gino Kenny

646. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost in 2022 of clearing waiting lists for gender reassignment. [46123/21]

Disabilities Assessments

Gino Kenny

647. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost in 2022 of clearing waiting lists for autism assessment. [46124/21]

Public Transport

Gino Kenny

150. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport the total Government subsidy for public transport for 2021 by bus, rail, including light rail, DART and Luas, taxi and others. [44945/21]

Dublin Bus

Gino Kenny

151. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of increasing the Dublin Bus fleet by 500 buses. [44946/21]

Dublin Bus

Gino Kenny

152. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of increasing the Dublin Bus fleet by 500 electric buses. [44947/21]

Dublin Bus

Gino Kenny

153. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of increasing the national bus fleet by 500 buses. [44948/21]

Public Transport

Gino Kenny

154. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of providing a 75% and 100% grant respectively, to public service vehicle drivers to fund purchase of electric vehicles for the entire PSV fleet. [44949/21]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Gino Kenny

234. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the restoration of pay for section 56 and section 59 organisations in line with the Workplace Relations Commission brokered agreements for pay restoration for section 39 workers; his views on whether due to the fact that section 56 and 59 workers fall under a different Departmental funding stream they should not be excluded from the pay restoration awarded to section 39 workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44738/21]

Housing Policy

Gino Kenny

287. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projected national average cost per unit of Part V social housing acquisitions planned in Housing for All for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. [44924/21]

Housing Policy

Gino Kenny

288. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projected national total cost of Part V social housing acquisitions planned in Housing for All for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. [44925/21]

Housing Policy

Gino Kenny

289. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projected national average cost per unit of Part V affordable housing acquisitions planned in Housing for All for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. [44926/21]

Housing Policy

Gino Kenny

290. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projected total cost of Part V affordable housing acquisitions planned in Housing for All for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. [44927/21]

Housing Policy

Gino Kenny

291. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projected cost per unit of Part V social housing acquisitions planned in Housing for All for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 in the four Dublin local authority areas. [44928/21]

Housing Policy

Gino Kenny

292. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projected total cost of Part V social housing acquisitions planned in Housing for All for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 in the four Dublin local authority areas. [44929/21]

Housing Policy

Gino Kenny

293. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projected cost per unit of Part V affordable housing acquisitions planned in Housing for All for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 in the four Dublin local authority areas. [44930/21]

Housing Policy

Gino Kenny

294. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projected total cost of Part V affordable housing acquisitions planned in Housing for All for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 in the four Dublin local authority areas. [44931/21]

Domestic Violence

Gino Kenny

295. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projected expenditure on women’s refuges in 2022. [44932/21]

Homeless Accommodation

Gino Kenny

296. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projected expenditure on homeless emergency accommodation in 2022. [44933/21]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Gino Kenny

380. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education the estimated full year cost of reducing the pupil teacher ratio to 18:1 in all primary schools. [44937/21]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Gino Kenny

381. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education the estimated full year cost of reducing the pupil teacher ratio to 18:1 in all post-primary schools. [44938/21]

Special Educational Needs

Gino Kenny

382. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education the estimated additional cost in 2022 of increasing special education provision by 15% above the 2021 level. [44939/21]

School Funding

Gino Kenny

383. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education the estimated full year cost of abolishing voluntary contributions in primary and post-primary schools and replacing them with a grant equivalent. [44942/21]

School Meals Programme

Gino Kenny

410. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of providing free school meals for all primary school pupils. [44940/21]

School Meals Programme

Gino Kenny

411. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of providing free school meals for all post-primary school pupils. [44941/21]

Third Level Fees

Gino Kenny

458. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated full-year cost of removing all postgraduate tuition fees. [44943/21]

Third Level Fees

Gino Kenny

459. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated full-year cost of removing all postgraduate registration costs. [44944/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gino Kenny

474. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice when she plans to accept applications for guest visas for persons who are vaccinated and have evidence of vaccination in their country. [44422/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gino Kenny

475. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if extra staff will be deployed to her Department to deal with a backlog of applications of guest visas. [44423/21]

Mental Health Services

Gino Kenny

614. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the budget for mental health services for 2021 and the value of this as a percentage of the total health budget. [44934/21]

General Practitioner Services

Gino Kenny

615. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of providing free general practitioner care to all. [44935/21]

Primary Care Services

Gino Kenny

616. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost in 2022 of providing free universal primary care to all. [44936/21]

Hospital Equipment

Gino Kenny

637. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of ventilators ordered from China by the HSE or others on behalf of the HSE in 2020; the cost of the ventilators ordered; the number of ventilators delivered; the number that have been deployed in clinical situations; the number that have not been delivered; the amount paid for the ventilators; and the amount owed in refunds. [45064/21]

Dublin Bus

Gino Kenny

177. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport if his attention was drawn to the decision by Dublin Bus to withdraw the airline service to Dublin Airport prior to the announcement by the company; if the NTA has issued any licences to private operators to run additional services to the airport over the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44266/21]

Córas Iompair Éireann

Gino Kenny

178. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport when he will sign the statutory instrument to give effect to agreed changes to the regular wages scheme pension of CIÉ workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44267/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gino Kenny

279. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will establish a framework that brings the public health restrictions on individual in-person music tuition in line with other sectors in order that students can attend classes as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42309/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gino Kenny

1001. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the restrictions that will be proposed or in place for weddings over the next few months given that couples planning weddings need details to plan around for the day and are concerned about postponing weddings again. [41524/21]

Healthcare Policy

Gino Kenny

1188. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the position on the abolition of the current ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood and the introduction of an individualised risk assessment system for all prospective donors similar to that now in place in Britain and Northern Ireland; when this will happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42047/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gino Kenny

1275. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will establish a framework that brings the public health restrictions on individual in-person music tuition in line with other sectors in order that students can attend classes as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42308/21]

Transport Policy

Gino Kenny

179. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to extend the use of CO2 monitors to intercity trains and provincial buses; his views on whether transporting persons over long distances for many hours has implications for CO2 levels and that passengers have no way of verifying the CO2 levels in enclosed spaces, some of which are essentially sealed units; his further views on the fact that as society opens up passenger capacity will increase at a time when virus variants are transmitting at a higher rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39374/21]