Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Cancer Services

Peadar Tóibín

283. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health his views on the contention of the clinical director of CervicalCheck that the courts are wrong in their rulings that smear tests were read in a manner which was neglectful in respect of the CervicalCheck scandal. [43632/20]

Cancer Services

Peadar Tóibín

284. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the situation whereby the CervicalCheck programme maintains that the women affected by the CervicalCheck scandal have not been wronged and are merely unfortunate, while the Government is apologising to these women for wrongdoing and the courts are ruling that they have been wronged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43633/20]

Student Universal Support Ireland

Peadar Tóibín

74. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students who were initially awarded SUSI grants that have since had the grants withdrawn from them by SUSI. [43307/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

76. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when universities and colleges will be permitted to reopen. [43308/20]

IDA Ireland

Peadar Tóibín

126. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current status of a skills audit by the IDA for County Laois; the results of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42948/20]

IDA Ireland

Peadar Tóibín

127. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of visits the IDA has carried out in each county in each of the past five years in counties Laois, Offaly and Westmeath in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42949/20]

IDA Ireland

Peadar Tóibín

128. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs sponsored by the IDA in each county in each of the past five years in counties Laois, Offaly and Westmeath in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42950/20]

IDA Ireland

Peadar Tóibín

129. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount the IDA has invested in job creation in each county in each of the past five years in counties Laois, Offaly and Westmeath in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42951/20]

IDA Ireland

Peadar Tóibín

130. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of meetings the IDA has held with elected members of Dáil Éireann in each county in each of the past five years from counties Laois, Offaly and Westmeath in tabular form. [42952/20]

Special Educational Needs

Peadar Tóibín

319. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education when approved funding for assistive technology for a student (details supplied) will be made available. [42862/20]

Dental Services

Peadar Tóibín

507. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the current waiting time for appointments, and the number waiting for appointments, for HSE child dental services in County Laois; and the action he is taking to address the backlog due to Covid-19. [42955/20]

Dental Services

Peadar Tóibín

508. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the current waiting time for appointments and the numbers waiting for appointments for HSE child dental services in County Meath; and the action he is taking to address the backlog due to Covid-19. [42956/20]

Mental Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

558. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health when a full-time child psychiatrist will be assigned to Limerick in addition to the one who travels from Dublin a couple of times a month. [43249/20]

Judicial Appointments

Peadar Tóibín

46. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the reason the second vacancy for the Supreme Court has been left unfilled; and her plans to fill this position before the end of her term as Minister. [40269/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

90. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the nature of the correspondence his Department has received from organisations, charities, volunteer groups and NGOs which warn of an increase in mental health issues and suicide rates since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. [42445/20]

Health Services Staff

Peadar Tóibín

135. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of additional nurses, midwives and medical practitioners that have been employed by the HSE in 2020 through the use of recruitment agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42444/20]

Special Educational Needs

Peadar Tóibín

295. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she will take steps to resolve the dispute that has arisen in schools in relation to SNAs being asked to use a catheter with certain students that need help with toileting; and when staff with nursing experience will be employed in schools to help certain students' needs as promised. [42561/20]

Protected Disclosures

Peadar Tóibín

376. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to recent reports in the media that a protected disclosure was made to his Department concerning warnings of issues pertaining to foetal diagnostic testing in 2018, some months before a perfectly healthy unborn baby was misdiagnosed and subsequently aborted in the National Maternity Hospital in 2019. [40270/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

377. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the rationale behind the current guidance in relation to attendance at funerals and weddings. [42095/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Peadar Tóibín

149. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) aged over 66 who has had their employment impacted by Covid-19, had been making PRSI contributions while in employment and was also in receipt of a contributory widow’s pension is excluded from being eligible to apply for the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42319/20]

Tax Data

Peadar Tóibín

186. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the revenue raised by taxes on advertisements on social media platforms (details supplied). [41494/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

232. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will engage with organisations (details supplied) to allow them to operate under levels 3 and 4 Covid-19 restrictions provided they follow all the relevant HSE guidelines, practise social distancing in classes and employ a pod system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41257/20]

Employment Support Services

Peadar Tóibín

408. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if persons with Down's syndrome are eligible to use the EmployAbility service. [41877/20]

Employment Support Services

Peadar Tóibín

409. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if audits are conducted annually for each EmployAbility service; if an audit has been conducted for each service annually for each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41878/20]

Employment Support Services

Peadar Tóibín

410. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost per placement for each jobseeker successfully placed in employment by the EmployAbility service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41879/20]

Employment Support Services

Peadar Tóibín

411. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the breakdown of funding for each EmployAbility service; and the funding of the programme nationally. [41880/20]

Employment Support Services

Peadar Tóibín

412. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number jobseekers registered with the EmployAbility programme in each of the past five years. [41881/20]

Employment Support Services

Peadar Tóibín

413. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of jobseekers who exited the EmployAbility programme without having secured employment in each of the past five years. [41882/20]

Employment Support Services

Peadar Tóibín

414. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of jobseekers who exited the EmployAbility programme after 18 months or more without having secured employment in each of the past five years. [41883/20]

Employment Support Services

Peadar Tóibín

415. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of the total jobseekers with EmployAbility currently in employment having secured employment through the programme under the wage subsidy scheme. [41884/20]

Employment Support Services

Peadar Tóibín

416. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of jobseekers registered with EmployAbility who secured employment of less than ten hours per week and between ten and 20 hours per week, respectively, through the programme in each of the past five years. [41885/20]

Employment Support Services

Peadar Tóibín

417. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has conducted research to determine the percentage of jobseekers who had gained employment through EmployAbility that were still in employment six months or more after exiting the programme. [41886/20]

Direct Provision System

Peadar Tóibín

454. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the procurement process for accommodation for asylum seekers, that is, direct provision centres. [41498/20]

Direct Provision System

Peadar Tóibín

455. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the companies currently providing accommodation to the State for use as direct provision centres; and the sums paid to each of these companies in each of the past five years. [41499/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

456. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 11 November 2020, if he will provide copies of the correspondence referenced in his reply. [41507/20]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

471. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount his Department has spent to date on student supports and grants. [41450/20]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

472. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount his Department has spent since it was established; and the breakdown on the spending. [41451/20]

Anti-Terrorism Measures

Peadar Tóibín

497. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if MI5 or any other British military intelligence organisations are or have been working in Ireland over the past five years; if so, if they are operating with the licence of the policing and Army authorities of the State; and if her attention has been drawn to MI5 or any other British military intelligence organisations operating at any level here without permission of An Garda Síochána, the Army or Government. [41228/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

617. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his Department indemnified any private companies in respect of the proposed roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine; if so, the name of each company any level of indemnity has been provided to; the type of indemnity provided in each case in terms of side effects, illness, potential death, lack of immunity provided, ineffective vaccine, damage to unborn children and so on; if any of the supply, delivery or administering the vaccine elements has been indemnified; if so, the value for each company; and the lowest and highest estimated potential cost to the State if the indemnification is called upon due to legal action in respect of the vaccine. [41365/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

633. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the studies or research conducted by his Department into the impacts of the lockdown, pandemic and restrictions on the mental health of persons, specifically persons who are homeless, older persons, persons in nursing homes, those residing in direct provision, members of the Travelling community and young persons, students; and if he will address the findings of any such research. [41445/20]

Speech and Language Therapy

Peadar Tóibín

640. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the detail of the waiting lists for speech and language therapy in County Donegal for each of the past five years.
[41500/20]

Speech and Language Therapy

Peadar Tóibín

641. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the detail of the waiting lists for speech and language therapy in County Meath for each of the past five years. [41501/20]

Speech and Language Therapy

Peadar Tóibín

642. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the detail of the waiting lists for speech and language therapy in County Galway for each of the past five years. [41502/20]

Speech and Language Therapy

Peadar Tóibín

643. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the details of the waiting lists for speech and language therapy in County Mayo for each of the past five years [41503/20]

Speech and Language Therapy

Peadar Tóibín

644. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the detail of the waiting lists for speech and language therapy in County Cavan for each of the past five years [41504/20]

Speech and Language Therapy

Peadar Tóibín

645. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the detail of the waiting lists for speech and language therapy in County Wexford for each of the past five years [41505/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

696. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if a contingency has been put aside to deal with potential cases that may be brought against the State if something goes wrong with the Covid-19 vaccine; and if so, the amount set aside. [41860/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Peadar Tóibín

32. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment. [40081/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Peadar Tóibín

47. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of the funding issued through the restart grant plus scheme which has been sought back; and if there have been other instances in which her Department has retrospectively sought the return of funding issued through various grant schemes. [40080/20]

Direct Provision System

Peadar Tóibín

249. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to open additional direct provision centres in the country; and the planned geographical location of such centres. [40885/20]

Direct Provision System

Peadar Tóibín

256. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is planning to open accommodation for asylum seekers in Letterkenny, County Donegal; the number of asylum seekers the centre will accommodate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40887/20]

School Accommodation

Peadar Tóibín

68. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education her Department's strategy to ensuring there are enough secondary school places in the rapidly expanding town of Trim, County Meath; the plans in place to extend existing secondary schools and to build new schools in the town; the time frame for proposed plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40546/20]

Direct Provision System

Peadar Tóibín

109. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to open additional direct provision centres here; and if so, the details of the geographical location of such centres. [40737/20]

Education Standards

Peadar Tóibín

42. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the monitoring and analysis she is undertaking to examine the quality of education leaving certificate 2020 students are receiving; and if it has been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. [40075/20]

Gaelscoil Issues

Peadar Tóibín

53. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education her plans to increase the number of Gaelscoileanna to meet the demand around the country. [40076/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Peadar Tóibín

126. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applicants for the restart grant plus who pay commercial rates in shared commercial spaces and who had their application approved but who were later informed by their local authority that there had been a misinterpretation of qualifying criteria and who had their offer rescinded; the number of applicants who had their application approved, received payment and were then informed the grant had to be paid back afterwards due to the same circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39687/20]

Social Media Regulation

Peadar Tóibín

160. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has undertaken any research or investigation into the alleged use of fake social media accounts or robots by political parties in Ireland; if so, the findings of such investigations and research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40317/20]

Tax Code

Peadar Tóibín

226. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the measures being considered to broaden Ireland's tax base beyond over-reliance on income tax revenues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40195/20]

National Debt

Peadar Tóibín

227. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the size of Ireland's national debt; and the annual repayment and servicing of the debt costs. [40196/20]

National Debt

Peadar Tóibín

228. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance when he expect Ireland's national debt to be reduced by at least 50%. [40197/20]

Value Added Tax

Peadar Tóibín

229. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of the VAT exemption on white and cylindrical candles per annum. [40198/20]

Banking Sector

Peadar Tóibín

231. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the research he has undertaken as to the effect on the Irish banking market by the proposed exit of a bank (details supplied) from the Irish market; the effect this will have on retail interests rates, customer access to physical banking facilities, the likelihood of banks to lend and so on. [40237/20]

Banking Sector

Peadar Tóibín

232. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to tackle the damage that will be created by the increased concentration of the banking market with the leaving of a bank (details supplied) from the Irish market. [40238/20]

Banking Sector

Peadar Tóibín

233. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the plans he has to create competition within the Irish market, given the proposed exit of a bank (details supplied) from the Irish market; and if will he undertake the development of a public banking system to increase competition. [40239/20]

Mortgage Data

Peadar Tóibín

234. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the research his Department is undertaking on the level of sales of property by receivers that are the subject of impaired loans; the analysis that is being carried out by his Department on whether receivers are fulfilling their duties to borrowers in terms of achieving the best price for their properties; and if the research and analysis will be made available. [40259/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Peadar Tóibín

244. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason the circus sector has been excluded from the Covid restrictions support scheme despite the statement she made that the sector may qualify for same (details supplied); the grant scheme for which the circus sector is eligible; if none, if a financial support package will be put in place for the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39927/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Peadar Tóibín

254. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason she has stated that the circus sector may qualify for the Covid restrictions support scheme when the eligibility criteria for the scheme expressly exclude the circus sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39921/20]

Homeless Persons Data

Peadar Tóibín

306. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress on the investigation his Department is conducting into the rise in deaths among homeless persons in Dublin in 2020 (details supplied). [40276/20]

Homeless Persons Data

Peadar Tóibín

307. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider introducing a system whereby the number of homeless deaths in each county are documented and published monthly given that statistics on deaths are currently only available for Dublin. [40277/20]

Homeless Accommodation

Peadar Tóibín

308. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the practice whereby homeless persons who seek assistance in Dublin are being told to return to their home counties and seek help there, resulting in many sleeping on the streets due the travel restrictions during Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40278/20]

Defence Forces Operations

Peadar Tóibín

341. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence the breakdown of annual operations by the Defence Forces; the percentage that are day patrols and so on; and the level of personnel and resources needed for each operation. [40189/20]

Defence Forces Remuneration

Peadar Tóibín

342. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence the obstacle to the implementation of the technical pay agreement agreed over a year ago with the Defence Forces. [40190/20]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Peadar Tóibín

434. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the reason some special needs assistants are not performing catheterisation at some schools as per circular 30/2014 being supported by their union and contrary to the Department of Health, which says the procedure does not need to be carried out by trained medical personnel (details supplied); the provisions in place in schools in which SNAs are not currently performing the procedure in circumstances in which a legal basis exists for them to do so as per the circular and a Labour Court ruling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40376/20]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Peadar Tóibín

435. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the circular under which special needs assistants can insist on a two-to-one ratio of two SNAs per one child to assist with toileting in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40377/20]

Direct Provision System

Peadar Tóibín

527. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps his Department has taken to tackle the problem of cockroaches in a direct provision centre (details supplied). [39818/20]

Asylum Seekers

Peadar Tóibín

528. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to an instance in which an asylum seeker is reportedly sleeping at the gates of a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39819/20]

Direct Provision System

Peadar Tóibín

529. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a cockroach and mice infestation in a centre (details supplied); the engagement he has had with the management of the centre on this topic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39820/20]

Direct Provision System

Peadar Tóibín

530. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons that died while residing in direct provision for each of the past five years; and the breakdown by cause of death, age, nationality and geographical location. [39821/20]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

569. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if additional details will be provided on the Revised Estimates for his Department (details supplied); and the areas in which the remainder is being spent. [40491/20]

Citizenship Applications

Peadar Tóibín

591. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of citizenship certificates granted by the State in each of the past 20 years. [39877/20]

Citizenship Applications

Peadar Tóibín

592. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of citizenship certificates granted by the State to persons on the grounds that they were born in Ireland in each of the years between 2000 and 2010. [39878/20]

Citizenship Applications

Peadar Tóibín

593. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of citizenship certificates granted by the State to children in each of the years between 2000 and 2010. [39879/20]

Prisoner Releases

Peadar Tóibín

600. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of notifications regarding early releases or temporary releases made each year; and the proportion of these notifications to the total number of early releases or temporary releases. [40200/20]

Prisoner Releases

Peadar Tóibín

601. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of victims of crime that have registered with the victim liaison service for updates on offenders; and the proportion of these victims to the total number of eligible victims to register for the service. [40201/20]

Prisoner Releases

Peadar Tóibín

602. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of those offenders released temporarily or released early that go on to repeat offend; and the number of these repeat offences that involve prior victims of their crime. [40202/20]

Crime Prevention

Peadar Tóibín

603. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if repeat offences have been linked to failure to adequately notify prior victims of the offenders; and if so, the number. [40203/20]

Abortion Services Provision

Peadar Tóibín

616. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions on which babies have survived abortions here and have been born alive (details supplied); the number of occasions on which doctors have requested palliative care in relation to same; and if it will be ensured that palliative care will be provided to babies who have survived abortions and been born alive in each case in the future. [39531/20]

Maternity Services

Peadar Tóibín

617. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the steps he has taken by to address the gap in clinical genetic services at the National Maternity Hospital in the period between receipt of a protected disclosure (details supplied) and the mistaken abortion at the hospital; and when the necessary clinical genetic services will be put in place. [39532/20]

Abortion Services Provision

Peadar Tóibín

618. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of abortions performed after 12 weeks here in which pain relief is being given and not given to the child, respectively. [39533/20]

Abortion Services Provision

Peadar Tóibín

619. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the research being carried out by his Department on the trauma, stress and psychological distress on doctors and nurses of delivering early-term and late-term abortions in Ireland (details supplied). [39534/20]

Abortion Services Provision

Peadar Tóibín

620. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce changes to abortion procedures here to provide for pain relief in late-term abortions, medical treatment for abortion survivors and palliative care for abortion survivors; and if he will seek to make the procedure somewhat humane. [39535/20]

Medicinal Products

Peadar Tóibín

680. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the body that will be carrying out the inquiry into the use of the epilepsy drug sodium valproate; and if he will provide the terms of reference for that enquiry [39836/20]

HSE Data

Peadar Tóibín

731. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of miscarriages recorded in Ireland in each of the years 2015 to 2019; and if the number or rate of miscarriages is an outlier in terms of other EU or European countries. [40191/20]

HSE Data

Peadar Tóibín

732. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if an investigation into the number of miscarriages in Ireland has taken place; if these investigations have taken place on a purely case by case basis; and if a review of underlying factors across a number of cases has taken place. [40192/20]

National Maternity Strategy

Peadar Tóibín

733. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if responses, policies or initiatives have been implemented by his Department to reduce the number of miscarriages by Irish women; if so, the details of same; and the success of same. [40193/20]

Patient Deaths

Peadar Tóibín

762. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the actions taken to investigate the death of a person (details supplied) by his Department or the organisations that report to his Department. [40374/20]

Abortion Services Provision

Peadar Tóibín

766. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 201 of 25 November 2020, if all 100 of the ministerial notifications received by his Department of terminations carried out here under section 11 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 in the year 2019 contained signatures from two medics as required by the Act (details supplied). [40422/20]

Counselling Services

Peadar Tóibín

200. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will consider offering psychological supports and counselling to women who have had abortions and to doctors and medics who have performed abortions, given the findings of a study (details supplied). [38952/20]

Abortion Services Provision

Peadar Tóibín

201. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of ministerial notifications he has received under the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if all ministerial notifications that identify the termination of pregnancy as having taken place under section 11 of the Act had, at the time of receipt by him, been signed off by two medical practitioners. [38953/20]

Abortion Services Provision

Peadar Tóibín

202. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his Department has been contacted by doctors or medics who have expressed concerns regarding failed, botched or unsuccessful abortions; and if so, if he will detail the nature of that correspondence. [38955/20]