Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

843. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if kitchen staff in restaurants and takeaways are required to wear face masks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16946/21]

Vaccination Programme

Holly Cairns

1035. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will prioritise members of An Garda Síochána to receive Covid-19 vaccinations as front-line workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16951/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Holly Cairns

1036. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the support being offered to parents of infants and young children with Down's syndrome born during the Covid-19 pandemic who have not been able to access the same range of support due to restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16952/21]

Nursing Education

Holly Cairns

1037. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the training given to public health nurses to support the parents of infants and young children with Down's syndrome born during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16953/21]

Disability Support Services

Holly Cairns

1038. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the barriers that women with disabilities experience in accessing health screening services resulting in lower uptake of breast and cervical cancer screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16954/21]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Holly Cairns

1039. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to provide accessible information across all stages of reproductive decision making; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16955/21]

Sign Language and Deaf Services

Holly Cairns

1040. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure Irish sign language interpretation services are available to all general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16956/21]

Sign Language and Deaf Services

Holly Cairns

1041. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure Irish sign language interpretation services are available in all acute hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16957/21]

Disability Support Services

Holly Cairns

1042. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the training offered to health professionals regarding the support needs of disabled persons accessing reproductive services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16958/21]

Disability Services Data

Holly Cairns

1043. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the way in which data is collected and examined regarding the provision of reproductive services to disabled persons including abortion services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16960/21]

Health Screening Programmes

Holly Cairns

1044. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that hoists are available in all BreastCheck facilities for persons who need to have an alternative wheelchair to their own when using the mammogram machine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16961/21]

Disability Services Data

Holly Cairns

1045. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the mechanisms in place to collect and examine data regarding rates of access to healthcare services by persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16962/21]

Disability Services Data

Holly Cairns

1046. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities who were accommodated in congregated settings by gender in each HSE region in each of the years 2015 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16963/21]

Mental Health Services

Holly Cairns

1047. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with psychiatric conditions who are accommodated in congregated settings by gender in each HSE region in each of the years 2015 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16964/21]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Holly Cairns

1048. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure disabled persons' voices and experiences are being incorporated into the assisted human reproduction Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16965/21]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Holly Cairns

1049. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that the ethics committee of the assisted human reproduction regulatory authority includes the voice of disabled persons when established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16966/21]

Transport Support Scheme

Holly Cairns

1050. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the progress on introducing a transport support scheme to replace the removal of the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16967/21]

Data Protection

Holly Cairns

1051. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the status of the data breach involving those registered for vaccination; the extent of the breach; the means by which persons impacted have been informed; the mitigation measures put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16968/21]

Transport Support Scheme

Holly Cairns

1052. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his views on opening the motorised transport grant to new applicants until a transport support scheme is established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16969/21]

Departmental Funding

Holly Cairns

1053. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided by his Department or agencies under his remit annually to family resource centres; the primary funding streams in each of the years 2015 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16970/21]

Family Resource Centres

Holly Cairns

1054. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the details of the family resource centres in County Cork which receive funding from agencies under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16971/21]

HSE Staff

Holly Cairns

1055. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the longest wait times experienced by HSE mental health service staff members in CHO4 to have stage 1 and stage 2 grievance hearings arranged in each of the years 2018 to 2020; the longest wait times for feedback on stage 1 and stage 2 grievance hearings among CHO4 mental health service staff members in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16972/21]

HSE Staff

Holly Cairns

1056. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the percentage of grievances taken by CHO4 mental health service staff that were upheld at stage 1; the percentage upheld at stage 2 of the HSE grievance procedure in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16973/21]

HSE Staff

Holly Cairns

1057. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the way in which clinical and ethical concerns involving service users that have been raised by HSE mental health service staff members are dealt with and recorded by HSE management; the protections in place for staff members raising such concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16974/21]

Occupational Therapy

Holly Cairns

1058. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the waiting lists for occupational therapists given 11,023 children, including 1,727 in the Cork and Kerry regions, have been waiting at least one year for their first assessment with an occupational therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16975/21]

Irish Sign Language

Holly Cairns

1172. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting obligations under the Irish Sign Language Act 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17429/21]

Commencement of Legislation

Holly Cairns

1173. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the details of the Acts falling under his Department which have been signed into law but have not been commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17447/21]

Departmental Legal Cases

Holly Cairns

1191. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking in response to his Department’s role in the building of dossiers on children with autism who were involved in legal actions against the State by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17496/21]

Departmental Reports

Holly Cairns

1192. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of recommendations in the report of the independent review group examining the role of voluntary organisations relating to areas in which his Department has responsibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17503/21]

Pesticide Use

Holly Cairns

1249. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address the detection of pesticides including MCPA, 2,4-D, mecoprop, fluroxypyr, glyphosate and triclopyr in County Cork in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17498/21]

Basic Payment Scheme

Holly Cairns

1268. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to introduce fairness in basic payment schemes in the new CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16919/21]

Common Agricultural Policy

Holly Cairns

1269. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the European Commission proposal that convergence will continue in the next CAP with all entitlements reaching at least 75% of the national average by 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16920/21]

Common Agricultural Policy

Holly Cairns

1270. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the European Commission proposal to cap direct payments at €100,000 with a gradual reduction for those over €60,000 in the next CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16921/21]

Common Agricultural Policy

Holly Cairns

1271. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on implementing internal convergence of payment entitlements during the CAP transitional regulation covering the years 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16923/21]

Common Agricultural Policy

Holly Cairns

1272. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position he is taking on addressing the fact that current basic payment scheme entitlements are based on reference years that date back to 2000-2002 in trilogue negotiations on the new CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16924/21]

Meat Processing Plants

Holly Cairns

1273. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on establishing an independent meat regulator with statutory powers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16925/21]

Food Industry

Holly Cairns

1274. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress in establishing a food ombudsman; if the position will be approved by the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16926/21]

Forestry Management

Holly Cairns

1275. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to irregularities in relation to a forestry application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16929/21]

Departmental Communications

Holly Cairns

1290. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting obligations under the Irish Sign Language Act 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17420/21]

Commencement of Legislation

Holly Cairns

1291. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the Acts falling under his Department which have been signed into law but have not been commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17438/21]

Veterinary Medicines

Holly Cairns

1292. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure rules on the prescription and sale of veterinary medicines are aligned here and in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17490/21]

Food Industry

Holly Cairns

1293. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on legislation that would require buyers of agri-food produce to incorporate costs of production in price negotiations with farmers and producers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17491/21]

Voluntary Sector

Holly Cairns

1299. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the grants available for NGOs and community organisations to retrofit their premises to enable access for persons with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16978/21]

Voluntary Sector

Holly Cairns

1300. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the grants available for NGOs and community organisations to retrofit accommodation, refuge services and properties to enable access for persons with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16979/21]

Departmental Communications

Holly Cairns

1303. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which her Department and agencies under her remit are meeting obligations under the Irish Sign Language Act 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17433/21]

Commencement of Legislation

Holly Cairns

1304. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the Acts falling under her Department which have been signed into law but have not been commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17451/21]

Voluntary Sector

Holly Cairns

1305. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she is taking in response to the recommendations in a report by an organisation (details supplied) on the support needs of the non-profit sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17506/21]

Sustainable Development Goals

Holly Cairns

1306. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the actions taken to achieve objective 8 strengthen and build understanding and capacity to support the implementation of the sustainable development goals (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17507/21]

Intellectual Property

Holly Cairns

200. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to ensure the waiving of intellectual property rights for Covid-19 products during the pandemic through the World Trade Organization, in particular vaccines, as recommended by the World Health Organization; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15932/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

201. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on reclassifying children’s clothing and shoes as essential retail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15933/21]