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Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Hospital Beds Closures
Louise O'Reilly
625. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health further to the discussion in the Dáil Éireann on 4 June 2020, if the public health system may have to close between 20% to 25% of public hospital beds under new infection control measures for dealing with Covid-19; if so, the number of beds that will be closed in each hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11119/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Health Services Staff
Louise O'Reilly
626. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that have been employed in the health service through the Be on Call for Ireland initiative; and the locations to which they have been posted by hospital or community health organisation in tabular form. [11120/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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HSE Expenditure
Louise O'Reilly
629. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on the Be on Call for Ireland campaign. [11167/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Louise O'Reilly
691. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if the State will secure and provide face masks in order that the public can comply with public health advice. [11474/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Louise O'Reilly
692. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to providing each household with a regular supply of face masks as has been done in many south-east Asian countries to reduce outbreaks of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11475/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Data Collection
Louise O'Reilly
693. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the reason the genetic material and data of patients who had a brain tissue sample taken in Beaumont Hospital between 1987 and 2018 is being given to an organisation (details supplied). [11476/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Data Collection
Louise O'Reilly
694. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the reason patients who had a brain tissue sample taken in Beaumont Hospital between 1987 and 2018 must opt-out instead of opt-in to consent for their genetic material and data to be given to an organisation (details supplied). [11477/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Tests
Louise O'Reilly
695. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if the deal with an organisation (details supplied) for additional testing for Covid-19 protected the samples which were taken from persons; and if the genetic material and data cannot be used for anything other than Covid-19 testing or held for an inordinate length of time. [11478/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Data Collection
Louise O'Reilly
696. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1129 of 23 July 2019, if the issue of informed consent regarding genetic material and data has been addressed in respect of the transfer of data to a company (details supplied). [11479/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Tests
Louise O'Reilly
697. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the health facilities that have transferred genetic material and data to a company (details supplied) to date; and if all patients who had their data transferred consented to this transfer or if it was transferred without their consent and unbeknownst to them. [11480/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Tests
Louise O'Reilly
698. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the terms of the agreement reached with a company (details supplied) for Covid-19 testing; and the way in which the samples and related data are being handled. [11481/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Hospital Services
Louise O'Reilly
699. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health when the new infection control measures for hospitals will be agreed, published and implemented. [11482/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Health and Social Care Professionals
Louise O'Reilly
700. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health his plans to fast track the statutory registration of counsellors and psychotherapists in line with the long-standing recommendations of A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11483/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Health and Social Care Professionals
Louise O'Reilly
701. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he will make the necessary resources available to CORU to carry out the registration of counsellors and psychotherapists within a shorter time period than expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11484/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Data Collection
Louise O'Reilly
722. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the reason there was not a greater onus on a company (details supplied) to make patients or family members of patients aware that the genetic material and data of patients who had a brain tissue sample taken in Beaumont Hospital between 1987 and 2018 was to be given to it as of 12 June 2020. [11596/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Health Promotion
Louise O'Reilly
745. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of funding provided over the past five years for healthy food initiatives; the budget and participation rates for these programmes in tabular form; the evaluations that have taken place on these programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10961/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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School Milk Scheme
Louise O'Reilly
746. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if research has been undertaken on the reason schools do not, or have ceased taking up, the school milk scheme; if there are links to issues relating to facilities and equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10963/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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National Broadband Plan
Louise O'Reilly
794. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a person (details supplied) will receive good quality broadband. [11121/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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National Broadband Plan
Louise O'Reilly
795. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a person (details supplied) will receive good quality broadband. [11122/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Louise O'Reilly
956. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if pandemic supports will be extended for the photography and videography sectors in order that they can have the certainty required to keep businesses going until Ireland exits the Covid-19 crisis and enters a stable recovery period for small and medium businesses. [11116/20]