Mon, 1 Mar – 7 Mar 2021 · 4 TDs · 0 bills voted on · 45 questions · 0 new lobbying filings
Gary Gannon — Social Democrats
0 votes ·
12 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked12 total
Education5 questions
2021-03-03Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if all students who paid junior certificate examination and leaving certificate examination fees in 2020 have received a refund; if not, the number of students still awaiting a refund; the cause for delay; and when a refund can be expected. [12151/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if State certificates of completion will be issued to junior certificate candidates in 2021; if this certificate will serve as a mechanism for entry into apprenticeships; if not, the way in which students who were due to complete the junior certificate examinations can be deemed eligible for entry into apprenticeships; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12152/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the cost of including DEIS band one junior and vertical schools along with DEIS band one senior schools for the planned class size reductions in the staffing schedule; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12154/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to educators in DEIS band one schools who will not receive a reduction in their staffroom schedule calling for inclusion in the staffing schedule reduction which is set to benefit all primary schools with the exception of DEIS band one junior and vertical schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12155/21]
2021-03-04Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education when school building works for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will commence; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12418/21]
Health5 questions
2021-03-03Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to women suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum repeatedly presenting at accident and emergency departments as they are unable to afford to pay for their prescriptions to alleviate the symptoms of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12146/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the HSE-recommended first-line treatments for medical conditions should be available on the drugs payment scheme, including Cariban, Xonvea and Navalem which are used to treat hyperemesis gravidarum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12147/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if unlicensed prescription medications are available on the drugs payment scheme in circumstances in which licensed versions are not currently available or marketed in Ireland; and if licensed medications for hyperemesis gravidarum are currently available and marketed in Ireland. [12148/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an application for Xonvea was rejected for inclusion on the drugs payment scheme by the HSE on the advice of the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, NCPE, which determined that the medicine is not good value for money and that comes at a higher cost than other ways to manage this condition (details supplied); and the other ways of managing hyperemesis gravidarum that were assessed by the HSE and NCPE. [12153/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of vaccinators and vaccine staff Ireland requires to meet vaccination goals; if applicants who meet the correct criteria for vaccinators' roles and applied for the Be on Call for Ireland initiative will be contacted for the HSE Covid-19 vaccinator recruitment initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12156/21]
Public1 question
2021-03-03Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 25 February 2021, if the OPW will consider putting in place portable toilets in the park and ensure that all restroom facilities within the park are open and available to visitors to the park. [12157/21]
Tourism1 question
2021-03-03Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the expected timeline for the resumption of youth soccer under the COVID-19 Resilience and Recovery 2021: The Path Ahead plan in view of the role that the sport plays in promoting positive mental health in young people especially in disadvantaged communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12150/21]
Marie Sherlock — Labour Party
0 votes ·
0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
Mary Lou McDonald — Sinn Féin
0 votes ·
19 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked19 total
Health11 questions
2021-03-03Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health when members of An Garda Síochána are scheduled to receive the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11536/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the status of progress of the commitment to establish a national laboratory for cervical cancer screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11785/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the number of samples that have been received at CervicalCheck laboratories for January 2021 and for January 2020, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11786/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who were invited to attend a cervical screening appointment via CervicalCheck in 2019; the number of these persons who attended the appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11787/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who were invited to attend a cervical screening appointment via CervicalCheck in 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of these persons who attended the appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11788/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the number of colposcopy clinics that are currently operating at full capacity to examine persons with smear abnormalities who have been referred on for further examination during the current Covid-19 level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11789/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to difficulties being faced by persons seeking access to cervical cancer screening appointments via their general practitioner surgeries under current Covid-19 level 5 restrictions; the measures that have been undertaken to ensure that any short term delays being encountered will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11790/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the measures that have been put in place to manage backlogs which have built up within the cervical cancer screening services as a direct result of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11791/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the status of the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out across nursing homes and long-term care facilities in an area (details supplied); the number of residents who have received their first dose of the vaccine in these facilities; the number who have received their second dose of the vaccine in these facilities; and the number who have not yet received a vaccine. [12029/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he has explored the way in which visitation guidelines can be updated and reviewed to benefit residents' health and well-being following the successful roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine in nursing homes and long-term care facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12030/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if the review of the HPSC guidelines regarding visits to nursing homes and long-term care facilities has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12031/21]
Justice6 questions
2021-03-03Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice when the independent study into familicide and domestic homicide reviews commissioned in May 2019 will be completed. [11480/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the annual budget and resources allocated to the Hickson commission of investigation since its establishment in 2018, in tabular form. [11484/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the work undertaken by the Hickson commission of investigation to date since the formal commencement of the work on 1 November 2018. [11485/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the dates on which her Department received correspondence from the Hickson commission of investigation in tabular form. [11486/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if, further to her Department’s loss of a USB stick containing personal data relating to the Hickson commission of investigation, she has met the persons whose personal data were on the USB stick; and if she has provided them with the details of their information contained on the lost item. [11488/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice when she expects the Hickson commission of investigation to conclude its work. [11489/21]
Children2 questions
2021-03-03Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when his Department will publish a general scheme of a domestic violence Bill to provide for paid leave relating to domestic violence as referenced in the Programme for Government. [11477/21]
2021-03-03Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the audit on segmentation of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence responsibilities across Departments and agencies will be initiated; the lead Minister for the audit; and the scheduled date by which this work will be completed. [11478/21]
Paschal Donohoe — Fine Gael
0 votes ·
0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.