Parliamentary questions

International Students

Sorca Clarke

560. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if international travel for foreign third level students is deemed essential travel. [8205/21]

International Students

Sorca Clarke

561. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of international students arriving for study that have entered Ireland in each week since the beginning of the year in tabular form. [8206/21]

Health Services Provision

Sorca Clarke

714. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the reason the business case for a second diabetes clinical nurse specialist, CNSp, post, which was approved locally, was rejected by the Ireland East Hospital Group for Mullingar Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8146/21]

Health Services Staff

Sorca Clarke

716. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the urgent steps he is taking to address the vacancy levels as of the 1st of February of over 75 whole-time equivalent staff at Regional Hospital Mullingar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8148/21]

Driver Licences

Sorca Clarke

29. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting over two months for their C licence application to be processed by the NDLS, having submitted all necessary paperwork on 8 December 2020. [7570/21]

Penalty Points System

Sorca Clarke

30. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting over two months for a vital statement from the NDLS on the non-existence of penalty points on their licence. [7571/21]

National Driver Licensing Service

Sorca Clarke

31. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the steps he will take to address the ongoing issues with members of the public contacting the NDLS regarding documentation necessary to their continued employment which is being severely affected by unanswered emails and call holding times of up to 50 minutes. [7572/21]

Vaccination Programme

Sorca Clarke

693. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the most recent medical advice regarding pharmacists providing Covid-19 vaccinations. [6328/21]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Sorca Clarke

718. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting on bone anchor hearing aids, by hospital, in tabular form. [6408/21]

Hospital Data

Sorca Clarke

719. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of bone anchor hearing aids fitted in each of the years from 2018 to 2020 in Tullamore Hospital. [6409/21]

Hospital Data

Sorca Clarke

720. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of bone anchor hearing aid procedures due to take place in Tullamore Hospital in 2021; and the number that took place in each of the years from 2018 to 2020. [6410/21]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Sorca Clarke

721. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the input surgeons have in the decision-making process of prioritising those suffering from hearing loss for bone anchor hearing aids. [6411/21]

National Broadband Plan

Sorca Clarke

20. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the current timeline under the National Broadband Plan for the roll-out of a fibre connection to a premises (details supplied). [6254/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Sorca Clarke

157. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the communication and consultation he has had with CORU regarding the 15 week placement requirement for final year social studies students; and the flexibility that was discussed regarding those due to graduate this semester. [6074/21]

Student Universal Support Ireland

Sorca Clarke

158. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if SUSI grants will be available to students in circumstances in which a final year social care student cannot take up placement due to Covid-19 restrictions and is required to repeat the placement module. [6075/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Sorca Clarke

179. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the requirements regarding PPE, face masks and hand sanitisation by members of An Garda Síochána when entering a private home. [6088/21]

Vaccination Programme

Sorca Clarke

224. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if there have been communications from medical representative groups or other lobbyists seeking exclusivity on the provision of vaccinations to an age group, to a group of persons with underlying medical conditions or a group of persons within a specific geographic region thereby impacting the pace of vaccine roll-out due to the exclusion of other qualified persons capable and willing to vaccinate for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6260/21]

Parental Leave

Sorca Clarke

510. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the announced extension to parental leave will come into effect as per Budget 2021. [5941/21]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Sorca Clarke

512. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he will take to ensure that at least one bound copy of the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes is available for public reading and reference in each public library in line with envisaged reopening following the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions. [5966/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Sorca Clarke

284. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if transplant recipients and patients undergoing dialysis are to be prioritised for Covid-19 vaccine; the vaccination group they are in; and when they can expect to receive a vaccination.. [4870/21]