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Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Nursing Homes
Catherine Connolly
1928. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the status of the work of the Nursing Homes Expert Panel Report Implementation Oversight Team; when the Implementation Oversight Team will publish its final report; if the final report will include a plan for the implementation of the recommendations of the Nursing Homes Expert Panel Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35881/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Catherine Connolly
1929. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend the temporary assistance payment scheme beyond the 30 June 2021; the analysis his Department has carried out into the cost of extending the scheme to December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35882/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
Catherine Connolly
2166. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the cost to date spent by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland in addition to the confirmed cost of €2,089,500 on its digitised registration system; the details of reasons for additional costs incurred; the way in which the total spend represents value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36724/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
Catherine Connolly
2167. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints received by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland from registrants, applicants, Ministers and other stakeholders via email, phone and letter relating to the annual retention fee process for 2021 and overseas applications since the roll-out of the digitalised registration system launched in September 2020 to date; the number of emails received by the registration department from overseas applicants in the Board’s registration inbox as of 1 July 2021 yet to be actioned in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36725/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
Catherine Connolly
2168. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of registration staff employed by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland noting the grade of staff member and their status, that is, permanent, agency, contract or other from January 2020 to date in 2021 by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36726/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
Catherine Connolly
2169. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the reason the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland is outsourcing for a period of 14 weeks its overseas registration application process; the details of the costs associated with the outsourcing of this body of work; the number of applications this external body will be dealing with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36727/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Catherine Connolly
2185. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the way in which the EU Digital COVID Certificate will be rolled out by the 19 July 2021 target date; the way in which persons who have been vaccinated can obtain the certificate; the reason the certificate has not been made available since 1 July 2021 in line with other EU member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36873/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Catherine Connolly
2186. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the pharmacies participating in the vaccine roll-out in the Connemara region of County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36874/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
Catherine Connolly
2365. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 788 of 8 May 2019, the companies and or organisations employed on a contract basis by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland from June 2016 to date, in tabular form including company or organisation name, purpose, length of engagement, tender yes or no and total cost for the relevant period of engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37510/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Emergency Departments
Catherine Connolly
2378. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 1 April 2021, when the temporary emergency department in Galway University Hospital will be fully fitted out and operational; the details of the handover plan regarding the internal replanned area of the temporary emergency department; if fitting out will be done before or after the handover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28720/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Hospital Facilities
Catherine Connolly
2404. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health if an application for planning permission has been made to-date in respect of the planned outpatient block in the Merlin Park campus of Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37744/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Hospital Facilities
Catherine Connolly
2405. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the status of the preliminary business case for the proposed new emergency department and women and children’s block project in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37745/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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National Maternity Hospital
Catherine Connolly
2406. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of the draft legal framework for the proposed new national maternity hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37746/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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National Maternity Hospital
Catherine Connolly
2407. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health if the business case for the relocation of the national maternity hospital, which was received by his Department from the NMH Project Board in December 2020, has been approved to date; if so, if he will provide a copy of the approved business case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37747/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Health Services
Catherine Connolly
2575. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the status of the audit of cervical smear test results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38138/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Abortion Services
Catherine Connolly
2599. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the terms of reference of the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; the membership of the review group; when it is anticipated that the review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38305/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Catherine Connolly
2603. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health his plans for the establishment of a public inquiry into each individual death from Covid-19 in nursing homes as recommended by the Houses of the Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19 Response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38334/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Healthcare Policy
Catherine Connolly
2693. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the new consultant-led public health model; when the model will be fully implemented; the number of new consultant posts in public health medicine which will be created as part of the model; if recruitment of these new consultant posts in public health medicine has started to date; if so, the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38801/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Healthcare Policy
Catherine Connolly
2694. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of regional health areas in line with recommendations in the Oireachtas Committee on the Future of Healthcare Sláintecare Report 2017; the number of regional health areas have been established to date; the details of the organisational and management structures of the promised regional health areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38802/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Primary Care Centres
Catherine Connolly
2772. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of the primary care centre on Inisbofin; when the promised centre will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39102/21]