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Wed, 12 May 2021
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Medical Cards
Matt Shanahan
211. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health his plans to amend the entitlements for a medical card under EU rules (details supplied) currently held by Irish residents who have previously lived and worked in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24739/21]
Wed, 12 May 2021
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Medical Cards
Matt Shanahan
212. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is correct to include damages settlements paid to individuals by the State as a result of legal proceedings taken by their families following life altering personal injury in the medical card financial assessment process; his further views on whether such monies are solely for the future well-being of the patient in recompense for the personal injuries they sustained at the hands of the HSE and should therefore be exempted from the means assessment process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24740/21]
Tue, 11 May 2021
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Workplace Relations Commission
Matt Shanahan
566. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that has been made by his Department on the implementation of the Workplace Relations Commission agreement of September 2020 between a union (details supplied) and city and county childcare committees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23751/21]
Tue, 11 May 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Matt Shanahan
844. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has examined the participation of pharmacists in the vaccination programme; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that up to 2,000 pharmacist vaccinators are available to participate in the programme; if drive-through vaccination, which has been done successfully in other countries, has been examined; if so, the status of plans for same; if not, the reason; if the opening of vaccination centres on a 24/7 basis is being examined; the percentage of on site personnel in centres employed by the HSE who are deferred from other HSE services; the other initiatives being examined to increase vaccination participation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24331/21]
Wed, 5 May 2021
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Insurance Industry Regulation
Matt Shanahan
222. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications for general insurance licences that were made to the Central Bank from 2016 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23231/21]
Wed, 5 May 2021
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Insurance Industry Regulation
Matt Shanahan
223. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications for general insurance licences awarded by the Central Bank from 2016 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23232/21]
Wed, 5 May 2021
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Insurance Industry Regulation
Matt Shanahan
224. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications for general insurance licences that were abandoned and or withdrawn by applicants from 2016 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23233/21]
Wed, 5 May 2021
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Insurance Industry Regulation
Matt Shanahan
225. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Finance the breakdown by location of the entities applying for general insurance licences to the Central Bank from 2016 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23234/21]
Wed, 5 May 2021
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Insurance Industry Regulation
Matt Shanahan
226. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications for general insurance licences that were made to the Central Bank in each of the years 2016 to 2020, inclusive; the number of these applications that were awarded; the number of the applications that were abandoned and withdrawn by the applicants; the breakdown by location of the entities applying for such licences to the Central Bank in each of the years 2016 to 2020 inclusive in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23248/21]
Wed, 5 May 2021
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Hospital Services
Matt Shanahan
530. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health the proposed commencement date for construction to commence on the new cath laboratory at Waterford; the scheduled completion date based on the start date provided; the proposed commissioning date and handover date envisaged once building works are completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22700/21]
Wed, 5 May 2021
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Hospital Facilities
Matt Shanahan
655. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health the scheduled completion date for the handover of the new mortuary building at University Hospital Waterford; the programme of commissioning and certifying equipment on site; the expected commission approved dates; the expected commencement of full schedule daily activity on site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23235/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Pension Provisions
Matt Shanahan
558. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of scheme pension entitlements for community employment supervisors; the position regarding same; the timeline for a decision to resolve this longstanding issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19587/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Technological Universities
Matt Shanahan
1308. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a schedule of each project, description and funding he identified as having being already allocated a variety of projects in the south east as part of the technological university in his Dáil Éireann statement on 10 March 2021 (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19231/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Third Level Institutions
Matt Shanahan
1309. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a detailed schedule with respect to the €966 million provided in capital funding across the higher education sector in each of the years 2008 to 2019, in tabular form; the institution, location, description or purpose and quantum of funding provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19232/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Third Level Institutions
Matt Shanahan
1310. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a schedule of each institution, building name, size and funding requested under the Higher Education Strategic Infrastructure Fund programme call issued in December 2018 and announced in August 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19233/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Institutes of Technology
Matt Shanahan
1336. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the PPP proposal to construct a new engineering building on the grounds of Waterford Institute of Technology; the new target date for the sign-off on build contract given the scheduled date of 31 March 2021 for tender award has passed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19963/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Hospital Procedures
Matt Shanahan
1565. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if his Department can respond to a query (details supplied) regarding resourcing of maxillofacial surgery procedure presently suspended at University Hospital Waterford; when a surgery date for this person will be confirmed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18276/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Mortality Rates
Matt Shanahan
1753. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if death rates in the elderly have coincided with vaccination; if his Department is reviewing corollary data between vaccination and deaths occurring; the way data on deaths is compiled and any lag times pertaining; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18894/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Maternity Services
Matt Shanahan
2018. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health when the status of expectant mothers' partners will be changed to allow them attend maternity screenings, classes and births; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19588/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Matt Shanahan
2192. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health the expedited vaccine pathway that can be provided for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20090/21]