Parliamentary questions

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Richard Boyd Barrett

265. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes suggests, and if he will consider, the inclusion of all women and survivors of all mother and baby homes in the country when awarding redress; if it will be limited to specified mother and baby homes or certain cohorts of women and survivors; if the latter is the case, the way in which redress will be decided upon; if he will provide information on these specified groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3324/21]

Social and Affordable Housing

Richard Boyd Barrett

213. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the proposed affordable housing scheme including but not limited to criteria (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2492/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

365. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if childcare services have been requested to remain closed beyond 31 January 2021, if providers will be requested to continue the suspension of fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2354/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

369. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions a provider of childcare services should take when it has one non-ECCE child, which means, under the rules, it must remain open in cases in which the provider is also a parent of a school-aged child who requires supervision; if the premises is allowed to close to allow the provider to provide care to their own child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2489/21]

Vaccination Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

462. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the details of the roll-out of the vaccine to the staff in the Ireland East Hospital Group; the order in which the hospitals will be scheduled; the order in which the staff will be vaccinated by staff, discipline and dates for each hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2238/21]

Vaccination Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

463. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the scheduled roll-out of the vaccine to the staff in St. Michael's Hospital, Dún Laoghaire in the week ending 8 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2239/21]

Vaccination Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

464. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the rationale for the use of a company (details supplied) in the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine; the details of the tendering process for the contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2240/21]

Vaccination Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

498. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if port workers who are considered front-line workers should receive the Covid-19 vaccine in the initial phases of the roll-out to ensure that ports remain operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2365/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

531. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the construction works that are deemed essential, given the apparent grey area between essential and non-essential construction that is being exploited on many sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2471/21]

Consultancy Contracts

Richard Boyd Barrett

78. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the details relating to his Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specific Covid-19-related work, services or advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2185/21]

Vaccination Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

185. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the details of the Covid-19 vaccination programme for general practitioners nationwide (details supplied); if general practitioner representative bodies have been consulted in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1948/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

30. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will meet with representatives of the car rental industry to hear and find solutions for Covid-19-related issues regarding the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45046/20]

Consultancy Contracts

Richard Boyd Barrett

54. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details for his Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specifically Covid-19-related work, services or advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1790/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

102. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details for his Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specifically Covid-19-related work, services or advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1791/21]

Tax Exemptions

Richard Boyd Barrett

125. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if owners of commercial vehicles that have been off the road due to Covid-19 restrictions and whose businesses (details supplied) are unable to open are being given the option to tax their commercial vehicles on a temporary or short-term basis in order to start to reopen without having to pay a full year’s road tax given they have had no earnings since March 2020; if consideration is being given to a retrospective grace period for road tax for vehicles off the road due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44665/20]

Consultancy Contracts

Richard Boyd Barrett

199. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the details for his Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specifically Covid-19-related work, services or advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1801/21]

National Debt

Richard Boyd Barrett

239. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the proportion of the national debt that is held by Irish bondholders; the proportion held by non-Irish bondholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1251/21]

Departmental Contracts

Richard Boyd Barrett

276. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details for his Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specifically Covid-19-related work, services or advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1255/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

298. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if, in view of the importance of the car rental industry to the tourism sector, she will meet with representatives of the industry to hear and find solutions for Covid-19-related issues regarding the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45045/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

310. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the details for her Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specifically Covid-19-related work, services or advice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1800/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

366. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details for his Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specifically Covid-19-related work, services or advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1795/21]

Irish Aid

Richard Boyd Barrett

372. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland has or plans to provide emergency relief to Nicaragua; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44984/20]

Human Rights Cases

Richard Boyd Barrett

388. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1259/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

402. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details in respect of his Department outsourcing to consultancies specifically Covid-19-related work, services or advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1792/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

412. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Defence the details for his Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specifically Covid-19-related work, services or advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1789/21]

State Examinations

Richard Boyd Barrett

489. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education her plans for the leaving certificate 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1252/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

597. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the details for her Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specifically Covid-19-related work, services or advice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1799/21]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

630. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the loss of ECCE hours during the Covid-19 crisis will be made up to the preschool children to ensure they do not miss out on crucial development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1270/21]

Consultancy Contracts

Richard Boyd Barrett

677. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details in respect of his Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specifically Covid-19-related work, services or advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1793/21]

Consultancy Contracts

Richard Boyd Barrett

734. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the details in respect of her Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specifically Covid-19-related work, services or advice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1796/21]

General Practitioner Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

753. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the options available to a person with underlying health conditions who has returned to Tralee, County Kerry, but cannot get a general practitioner to take him or her on, as no GP in the area is taking on new patients due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44650/20]

Vaccination Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

972. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if taxi drivers will be given some priority in terms of the Covid-19 vaccination for their own safety and the safety of their passengers given that the NTA has deemed taxi drivers to be essential workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1250/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

973. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health further to Question No. 539 of 17 December 2020, if the vaccination category of 18- to 64-year-olds with underlying conditions will be subdivided; if so, the subdivisions; if those with intellectual disabilities will be included in this category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1253/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Richard Boyd Barrett

974. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the amount the services of a company and a person (details supplied) have cost his Department to date; the estimated cost for their role in the Covid-19 testing and tracing project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1254/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

984. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if adults or children with intellectual disabilities who are in care settings will be offered vaccinations as a vulnerable group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1275/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

985. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if student nurses will be offered vaccinations as a vulnerable group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1276/21]

Eating Disorders

Richard Boyd Barrett

986. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if funding for eating disorders has been diverted; if so, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1277/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

1014. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if elderly residents in Ireland originally from the UK or other jurisdictions who are not registered with a general practitioner here will be able to access the Covid-19 vaccination; the way in which this group will be organised for vaccination by the HSE if they are not registered with a general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1385/21]

Departmental Contracts

Richard Boyd Barrett

1094. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the details for his Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specifically Covid-19-related work, services or advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1794/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

1098. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the amount the services of a company (details supplied) has cost his Department to date; the amount it is projected to cost for its role in the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1813/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

1185. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details for his Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specifically Covid-19-related work, services or advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1788/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

1200. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details for her Department for outsourcing to consultancies of specifically Covid-19 related work, services or advice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1798/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

271. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he will meet representatives of the car rental industry to find solutions for Covid-19-related issues in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44287/20]

Social and Affordable Housing

Richard Boyd Barrett

335. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will work with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to ensure that the remaining tenants at a location (details supplied) are not evicted; if he will further explore taking the whole apartment block into public ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44224/20]

Rental Sector

Richard Boyd Barrett

338. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the legal situation with regard to adverse possession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44291/20]

Schools Establishment

Richard Boyd Barrett

377. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the medium-term plan for new schools in the Dún Laoghaire area, including primary and secondary schools; the patron bodies that are involved; the catchment areas; the estimated completion date of permanent schools; the interim plans for these schools, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44215/20]

Departmental Properties

Richard Boyd Barrett

378. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the properties owned by her Department in the wider Dún Laoghaire area; the plans for these sites; the way they fit into the established need for primary and secondary schools in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44216/20]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

379. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will commit to a date by which a school (details supplied) will have a permanent site for the school; if there are other schools also in the Blackrock Booterstown district that are also seeking a permanent location; if so, if they have a priority ahead of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44217/20]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

380. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if sites have already been examined by her Department for a permanent building and deemed inappropriate for a school (details supplied); if so, the location of the sites; the details of the issues with them that deemed them inappropriate; the primary, non-Covid related barrier preventing a new school location being confirmed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44218/20]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Boyd Barrett

381. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the general location for all sites under consideration for the permanent relocation of a school (details supplied); if the sites are within the community of Blackrock Booterstown in view of the fact that the community of same voted for the patronage of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44219/20]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Richard Boyd Barrett

455. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if counselling and support services will be available to all of those who will potentially be impacted by the publication of the mother and baby homes report on 11 January 2021; if it will be ensured that these services are advertised widely and that those affected will be directly contacted with details of the locations the services are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44288/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

460. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a no-detriment, no-disadvantage policy will be established in all third level institutions with regard to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic; if no student will disadvantaged educationally, mentally or financially; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44220/20]

Third Level Institutions

Richard Boyd Barrett

461. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has spoken to the governing authority of University College Dublin on an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44221/20]

Third Level Costs

Richard Boyd Barrett

462. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will work with third level institutions to ensure that persons pursuing a degree in art and design are not subject to materials levies for materials that are necessary for their degree work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44225/20]

Health Services Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

497. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health when he plans to extend the pay restoration that has commenced for 50 section 39 organisations to the remaining 250 similar organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44289/20]

Ministerial Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

515. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he plans to meet with a person (details supplied) to address a matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44156/20]

Disability Support Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

522. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the status of discussions and or meetings and or correspondence he has had with an organisation (details supplied) with regards to its announcement that it will be withdrawing from its disability and mental health services in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44222/20]

Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

523. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the plans he has to ensure that residents that were in a facility (details supplied) are housed appropriately after the closure of the facility on Merrion Road, Dublin 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44223/20]

Health Services Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

524. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason a non-EU national junior doctor does not have the same access to training programmes as EU junior doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44226/20]

Mental Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

528. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if sufficient mental health supports will be put in place in advance of the publication of the report of the commission of inquiry to include all adoptees and survivors and not just those who could participate in the commission's inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44239/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

594. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the business practice of cold-calling in person to persons' homes is permitted during Covid-19 restrictions; if it is provided for within the levels for the plan for living with Covid-19; if so, the levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44473/20]

Vaccination Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

604. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason vulnerable persons under 70 years of age with underlining conditions such as leukaemia that fall into the HSE defined very high risk from Covid-19 are not in the same group as the over 70s for the roll out of the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44507/20]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee dealing with housing will next meet. [43542/20]

Departmental Functions

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [43543/20]

National Economic and Social Council

Richard Boyd Barrett

14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he has read the recent NESC publication entitled The Position of the Self-Employed. [42006/20]

National Economic and Social Council

Richard Boyd Barrett

15. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he has read the recent NESC publication entitled Housing Policy: Actions to Deliver Change. [42007/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

326. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the Traveller community has been given consideration in the different levels of the vaccination roll out plan; the position of same if they are considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43847/20]

Hospital Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

348. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the orthopaedic clinic in St. Vincent's University Hospital is open; if not, when it will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44007/20]

Economic Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the progress of his plans for a high-level review of the economy to be led by his Department. [43544/20]

Departmental Information

Richard Boyd Barrett

123. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [43545/20]

Vaccination Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

124. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the establishment of the high-level task force on Covid-19 vaccination. [43546/20]

Nursing Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

420. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will establish a payment or bursary system for students of nursing and midwifery in the interests of encouraging more students to study nursing and midwifery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43417/20]

Nursing Education

Richard Boyd Barrett

421. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will examine a payment or bursary system to ensure that nursing and midwifery graduates are not graduating with high levels of debt given the high level of emigration by graduate nurses and midwives; if he will address the lower level of pay for these graduates compared to graduates of other healthcare disciplines with whom many of them share classes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43422/20]

Third Level Fees

Richard Boyd Barrett

422. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the rationale for charging fees of over €15,000 per year for graduate entry medicine courses, which means that many students who finish the course leave university with loans of up to €100,000, and in turn results in emigration and exacerbates staff shortages in medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43423/20]

Home Care Packages

Richard Boyd Barrett

479. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the different supports available to keep elderly persons in their homes for as long as possible and the way in which to access those supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42846/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

517. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the numbers of teachers, special needs assistants and classroom assistants who have contracted Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43038/20]

Commencement of Legislation

Richard Boyd Barrett

27. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if the Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 2019 has been commenced; if not, when it will be commenced; the plans for enforcement of the provisions contained in the Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42509/20]

Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

113. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans for recruitment across the public health regions to ensure they can chase down the SARS Cov2 virus, to learn all there is to learn from this work and to help protect the population from Covid-19 and from future pandemics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42365/20]

Vaccination Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

136. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the way in which the Covid-19 vaccine will be rolled out across the country; if a new database will be developed to ensure a professional tracking system for both shots of the vaccine; if the programme will be rolled out by the public health regions; the role general practitioners will play in this roll-out; if there will be a prioritisation of vulnerable groups; if so, the order of this prioritisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42366/20]

Medical Cards

Richard Boyd Barrett

372. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the changes to income limits for medical card applications in budget 2020 have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42808/20]

Health Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

439. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the National Gender Service recognises the WHO’s latest position on transgender persons that it has stopped classifying transgender persons as having a mental disorder since 25 May 2019; the locations of the HSE or National Gender Service clinics; the length of the waiting lists to attend; the number of persons on waiting lists for transgender services; if adult patients are asked to bring parents; the persons approved to attend with a minor; if transgender services are offered solely on a public basis; if there are private services available; if so, if they are they covered by private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42765/20]

Medicinal Products

Richard Boyd Barrett

452. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health when dupilumab for persons with eczema will be made available in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42807/20]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with the economy last met. [40487/20]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport last met. [42005/20]

Health Services Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

214. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the details of the eight different public health regions across the country; the number of staff in each region; the grades of these staff; the details of vacancies; the grade of each vacancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42381/20]

HSE Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

215. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if a lead public health clinician is employed by the HSE; if not, if the position will be filled; the reason for not filling same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42382/20]

Vaccination Programme

Richard Boyd Barrett

216. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if there is a vaccination database in Ireland; if so, the vaccines it covers; the department of the HSE responsible for this database; if this database will be used for the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42383/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

217. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the way in which the Limerick contact tracing centre is run; the persons in charge of the centre; the credentials of the persons; if they are employees of the HSE; the details of the clinical lead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42384/20]

HSE Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

218. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the person that is the clinical lead for the Health Protection Surveillance Centre; the responsibilities of the body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42385/20]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Europe will next meet. [41632/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the engagements he has had with the First and deputy First Ministers of Northern Ireland in relation to lifting Covid-19 restrictions. [41633/20]

Programme for Government

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he plans to publish a review of the progress made in implementing the programme for Government. [41634/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

103. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it will be ensured that all the requirements of the Work Safely Protocol issued on 20 November 2020 are implemented with particular reference to the contents of section D3 (details supplied) in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42600/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

122. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if it will be ensured that all the requirements of the Work Safely Protocol issued on 20 November 2020 are implemented with particular reference to the contents of section D3 (details supplied) in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42601/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

162. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if it will be ensured that all the requirements of the Work Safely Protocol issued on 20 November 2020 are implemented with particular reference to the contents of section D3 (details supplied) in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42598/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

202. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if it will be ensured that all the requirements of the work safely protocol issued 20 November 2020 are implemented with particular reference to the contents of section D3 (details supplied) in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42602/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

213. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it will be ensured that all the requirements of the work safely protocol issued 20 November 2020, are implemented with particular reference to the contents of section D3 (details supplied) in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41775/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

254. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the Department person, company or body to be responsible for working with purpose-built venues and theatres on their plans to reopen in levels 1 and 2 safely, as per the Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with Covid-19; when this person, company body or Department responsible will be hired and-or announced; the date by which they are to begin to work with purpose-built live venues and theatres to prepare to work towards reopening in 2021 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41742/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

255. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the date from which she is starting to accept applications for the €50 million announced in the budget to support the non-State funded live entertainment and events sector given that this is the only funding available to SMEs and sole traders that cannot receive the CRSS; if it will be launched in time to award funding from January or February 2021 to save businesses in the sector from closing permanently due to no targeted funds and no revenue since March 2020 because of the mandated shutdown; if it will award funding in time to allow larger-scale outdoor concerts and events in spring and-or summer 2021 to know now if they can access this fund to help with likely increased costs and reduced capacity (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41743/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

256. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason further information on the announced €50 million package for the commercial arts sector, which was broadly welcomed as part of budget 2021, has not been released (details supplied). [41744/20]