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Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Employment Support Services
Holly Cairns
1103. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection number of referrals her Department has made to each local employment service office in each of the years 2017 to 2020, inclusive; the targets for referrals for each office for the same time period; and the targets for 2021. [39306/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Departmental Data
Holly Cairns
1198. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of refugees resettled in the State annually since 1 January 2015; and the number of refugees that were under 18 years of age at the time of resettlement. [39304/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
Holly Cairns
1218. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on and response to the mother and baby homes commission of investigation report draft alternative executive summary document. [40178/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Adoption Services
Holly Cairns
1232. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a report by an organisation (details supplied). [41085/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Adoption Services
Holly Cairns
1233. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a recommendation in a report by an organisation (details supplied). [41086/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Adoption Services
Holly Cairns
1234. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a recommendation in a report by an organisation (details supplied). [41087/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Adoption Services
Holly Cairns
1235. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a recommendation in a report by an organisation (details supplied). [41088/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Adoption Services
Holly Cairns
1236. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a recommendation in a report by an organisation (details supplied). [41089/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Third Level Education
Holly Cairns
1272. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to increase the number of dentistry places available in Irish universities. [40184/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Third Level Staff
Holly Cairns
1273. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to ensure that the recently announced €24 million funding for an additional 4,620 college places will be directed to employ full-time permanent teaching staff. [40185/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Education Policy
Holly Cairns
1306. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on a recommendation in a report by an organisation (details supplied). [41097/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Holly Cairns
1526. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is providing the tension-free vaginal tape procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33960/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Equality Issues
Holly Cairns
1676. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit fulfil their obligations under section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34913/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Equality Proofing of Policies
Holly Cairns
1677. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit undertake disability impact assessments; the process by which these assessments are monitored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34914/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Proposed Legislation
Holly Cairns
1685. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the date to which his Department is working towards to introduce the safe access to termination of pregnancy services Bill to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34922/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Proposed Legislation
Holly Cairns
1728. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the status of the safe access to termination of pregnancy Bill which is listed in the Summer 2021 Legislative Programme as preparatory work underway. [35202/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Home Care Packages
Holly Cairns
1738. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to increase home care hours and introduce a statutory home care scheme. [35300/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Holly Cairns
1739. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his views on the Cork City Council motion calling on the Government to support the waiving of patents on the Covid-19 vaccine in the EU and worldwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35301/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Food Industry
Holly Cairns
1740. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a campaign from a company (details supplied) targeting Irish mothers with email marketing weeks after they give birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35302/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Holly Cairns
1741. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 914, 941, 945, 947, 954, 963, 981, 982, 983, 984, 988, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1041, 1069, 1078, 1083 and 1087 of 28 April 2021, the status of Covid-19 vaccines (details supplied) receiving EMA approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35303/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Proposed Legislation
Holly Cairns
1747. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the status of the safe access to termination of pregnancy Bill which is listed in the Summer 2021 Legislative Programme as preparatory work underway. [35424/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Departmental Reviews
Holly Cairns
2300. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the details of the social impact assessments carried out by his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit since 1 January 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37304/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
2301. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 22 April 2021, the status of the implementation plan for providing services and supports for people with Prader-Willi syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37306/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Health Strategies
Holly Cairns
2302. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the progress made in implementing the National Dementia Strategy. [37308/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Mental Health Services
Holly Cairns
2303. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce the waiting lists for persons seeking appointments with psychiatrists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37309/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Holly Cairns
2304. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is providing tension-free vaginal tape procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37310/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Home Help Service
Holly Cairns
2305. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) is provided with the awarded amount of home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37311/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
2306. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of new early intervention teams that have been established since July 2020 in view of the Programme for Government commitment to fully implement the access and inclusion model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37312/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
2307. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the annual cost of running a full-staff early intervention team including an occupational therapist, psychologist and speech and language therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37313/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
2308. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of school age teams operating nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37314/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
2309. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the annual cost of running a full-staff school age team including an occupational therapist, psychologist and speech and language therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37315/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Assisted Human Reproduction
Holly Cairns
2310. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the financial and non-financial supports provided to couples receiving IVF treatment from the State outside of the medical card or drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37316/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Nursing Homes
Holly Cairns
2311. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will extend the temporary assistance payment scheme for nursing homes until 31 December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37317/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Health Services Staff
Holly Cairns
2312. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his plans to recruit more clinical psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37319/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Health Services Staff
Holly Cairns
2313. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of assistant psychologists currently working on a voluntary capacity within HSE services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37320/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Health Services Staff
Holly Cairns
2314. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his position on the recruitment of assistant psychologists in an unpaid capacity by HSE services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37321/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Health Services Staff
Holly Cairns
2315. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will extend the national pilot to establish the efficacy of the assistant psychologist grade as a paid grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37322/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Health Services Staff
Holly Cairns
2316. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the actions he is taking in response to advertisement of seven unpaid assistant psychologist roles for HSE services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37323/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
2317. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his response to the high perinatal mortality rates among ethnically African mothers or expectant mothers living in Ireland as recorded in the 2017 Perinatal Statistics Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37324/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Health Services Staff
Holly Cairns
2318. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will provide ten days of compensatory leave for healthcare workers due to fatigue and overwork throughout the pandemic as requested by a union (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37325/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Holly Cairns
2319. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the status of the delays experienced by persons in cohort 4 high risk and cohort 7 high risk in accessing Covid-19 vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37326/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Mental Health Services
Holly Cairns
2320. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently in the acute adult mental health psychiatric units in Cork University Hospital and Mercy University Hospital whose discharges from hospital have been delayed by one, two, three, four and more than five years, respectively; the number of these persons whose hospital discharge has been delayed as a result of a lack of appropriate follow-on accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37327/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Holly Cairns
2336. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that all maternity hospitals put in place safe procedures for nominated support partners to attend the 12 week dating and booking scan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37428/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Holly Cairns
2337. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that all maternity hospitals put in place safe procedures for nominated support partner to attend for all appointments in which the pregnant person is attending an early pregnancy unit and or attending for pregnancy loss or has been classified as a high-risk pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37429/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Holly Cairns
2338. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that all maternity hospitals put in place safe procedures for nominated support partners to attend for all stages of labour including induction of labour and or early labour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37430/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Holly Cairns
2339. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that all maternity hospitals put in place safe procedures for nominated support partners to attend for all antenatal appointments in relation to the general population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37431/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Holly Cairns
2340. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that all maternity hospitals put in place safe procedures for nominated support partners to attend for all unscheduled emergency care incidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37432/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Eating Disorders
Holly Cairns
2341. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the HSE enters into a service level agreement with a facility (details supplied) to provide specialised eating disorder care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37433/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Departmental Strategies
Holly Cairns
2542. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the progress made towards action 12 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021. [38099/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Departmental Strategies
Holly Cairns
2543. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the progress made towards action 10 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021. [38100/21]