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Question· writtenPQ 1094asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
1094. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of new rent supplement applications received from 12 March 2020 to the most recent date for which figures are available; the number of new claims awarded from 12 March 2020 to the most recent date for which figures are available; the breakdown of these applications and claims by county; and if the availability of this rent support will be extended until the public health emergency is over. [8752/20]
Question· writtenPQ 990asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
990. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which decisions will be made regarding childcare access in which there is an excess of demand, for example, if essential healthcare workers will receive priority to access. [8420/20]
Question· writtenPQ 753asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
753. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of requests for capital health projects which have been made and which have not been precommitted under existing capital plans but have been applied for; the estimated cost of such requests; and the projects with precommitted funding for each year for the next five years and front-loading of funding. [9613/20]
Question· writtenPQ 750asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
750. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he will create a pathway for persons who are at risk due to underlying healthcare conditions to see a specialist and receive a letter to present to their employers to allow them to cocoon or work from home to protect their health. [9610/20]
Question· writtenPQ 743asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
743. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans for expanding testing into all healthcare settings including regularity with which healthcare workers will be tested and the way in which this will be rolled out to home help; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9590/20]
Question· writtenPQ 742asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
742. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will provide all the minutes of the expert advisory group, the advices and position papers provided to NPHET and the minutes of the vulnerable and elderly subgroup of NPHET as previously requested through the Covid inquiries line and directly with the CMO at the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9589/20]
Question· writtenPQ 709asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
709. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the efforts made to date to include a representative on NPHET with expertise in child psychology and child development to enable a child-centred approach to the transition from Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9434/20]
Question· writtenPQ 692asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
692. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the membership of the NPHET committee from its first meetings on Covid-19 in January 2020 to date; the persons added to the committee and when in each case; the reason for their inclusion; and the record of attendance of such persons at subsequent meetings of the committee. [9328/20]
Question· writtenPQ 687asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
687. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the progress made on the commitment to introduce a statutory home care scheme. [9312/20]
Question· writtenPQ 683asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
683. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health his plans for the return of non-Covid-19 healthcare in acute hospitals; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9287/20]
Question· writtenPQ 675asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
675. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health if the nine community healthcare organisations have now completed their assessments of all centres in which persons are living in congregated settings including direct provision centres to establish the state of readiness; the outcome of these assessments; if a copy of these reports will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9227/20]
Question· writtenPQ 661asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
661. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1366 of 20 May 2020 to the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, if his Department and the National Public Health Emergency Team for Covid-19 plan to issue direction, guidance and advice to local authorities in relation to the need for streets and public areas in towns and villages to be thoroughly cleaned and sanitised by means of deep clean to help address the Covid-19 pandemic in view of the fact that local authorities and an association (details supplied) have requested guidance on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9149/20]
Question· writtenPQ 660asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
660. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health his plans to meet with major bookmaker firms and ensure that they have sufficient safeguards and public health measures in place to safeguard staff and members of the public before reopening in June 2020. [9132/20]
Question· writtenPQ 649asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
649. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he has received advice from the Chief Medical Officer regarding the risk posed by the requirements in the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 that segregates alcohol from other shops due to the requirement to open additional doors to purchase alcohol; if plans to implement this measure will be delayed due to the disruption caused to retailers by Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9083/20]
Question· writtenPQ 646asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
646. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in discharging a person (details supplied) to the person's home; if the requirements for the person to be cared for at home have to be agreed between the parent and the HSE; if the director of public health nursing in County Kilkenny has met with a person; if so, the outcome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9066/20]
Question· writtenPQ 617asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
617. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 609 of 20 May 2020, if the work location of a person diagnosed with Covid-19, that is, a small retail, large retail, warehouse, construction, transport, hairdressing and so on will be included in the NPHET daily reports or a weekly report; and his views on whether this would assist in highlighting industry together with issues regarding public health guidelines in the Covid-19 crisis. [8860/20]
Question· writtenPQ 602asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
602. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding the current public health nurse sponsorship programme by 200 nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8789/20]
Question· writtenPQ 583asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
583. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the protection in place to encourage staff to report concerns they may have over practices they deem to impact on their own health and safety and the health and safety of patients; his views on whether staff at Mayo University Hospital and other healthcare facilities are issued with warnings of disciplinary action if they comment on concerns they have regarding their own health and safety or that of the patients and residents they are caring for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8648/20]
Question· writtenPQ 580asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
580. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the need for healthcare of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8642/20]
Question· writtenPQ 554asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
554. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if there are still plans to recruit 1,000 new community healthcare workers by the end of 2020 as was pledged in budget 2020; if so, the number of positions filled to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8505/20]
Question· writtenPQ 552asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
552. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he is considering a delay in the implementation of the enforcement of structural separation within off-licences as part of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018. [8493/20]
Question· writtenPQ 514asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
514. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that non-Covid-19 related cases and-or treatments and other delayed medical procedures are being accommodated in the private hospitals that have been utilised by the public health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8304/20]
Question· writtenPQ 510asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
510. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if an investigation has been undertaken into the continuing high incidence of Covid-19 in counties Cavan and Monaghan; if so, if there is an identified deficiency in healthcare provision in the areas; if so, if additional resources will be provided to public and private healthcare providers to deal with such issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8290/20]
Question· writtenPQ 426asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
426. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to meet with an association (details supplied) to discuss measures to maintain public health compliance; her plans to reopen the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8348/20]
Question· writtenPQ 411asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
411. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if guidance on the use of physical barriers in lieu of physical distancing will be published on appropriate public health measures to allow hairdressers operate safely ahead of the estimated opening on 20 July 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8870/20]
Question· writtenPQ 383asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
383. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given to granting permission to remain to the approximately 150 healthcare workers in the protection process in the event that they receive a negative refugee or subsidiary protection application decision in view of the fact that they have undertaken and continue to undertake vital healthcare work during this time of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9224/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1092asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2020
1092. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide the details including briefing notes of the briefing provided to her by her Department in respect of the derogation declarations for 2020 and 2021, that is, for the period 1 May 2020 to 30 April 2021 with regard to the customary annual derogations declarations that cater for the control of certain wild bird species in the interests of public health and safety and to protect air safety. [7380/20]
Question· writtenPQ 909asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2020
909. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the school meals programme into the summer holiday months will be extended in order that families that have lost jobs or are temporarily laid off as a result of the public health emergency can continue to access food during these exceptional times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7146/20]
Question· writtenPQ 891asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2020
891. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to provide childcare for healthcare workers; her further plans to bring forward a suitable scheme without further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8168/20]
Question· writtenPQ 868asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2020
868. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when childminders will be able to recommence providing services to parents that are healthcare workers, essential workers and all parents in their own homes and in the home of the child. [7608/20]
Question· writtenPQ 831asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2020
831. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a taxi driver will need an engineer's report to verify works if they adapt their vehicle to meet Covid-19 public health advice; and if so, the person or body that will cover the cost for the report. [7969/20]
Question· writtenPQ 830asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2020
830. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if specific financial supports are available for taxi drivers to adapt their vehicles to meet Covid-19 public health advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7968/20]
Question· writtenPQ 826asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2020
826. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a sporting event (details supplied); if the event has been reviewed by his Department; if so, if the event will proceed in view of public health guidance and social distancing concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7941/20]
Question· writtenPQ 810asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2020
810. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of expiring learner permits which may lapse while driver tests are unable to be taken due to Covid-19 public health measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7709/20]
Question· writtenPQ 794asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2020
794. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if guidance has been issued to sporting clubs and organisations on the way in which to implement public health guidelines within such clubs and organisations. [7590/20]
Question· writtenPQ 793asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2020
793. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if specific guidelines have been circulated to each sporting organisation on the communication of public health information to their members and players with regard to clubs reopening and continued restrictions on members from outside a 5km radius and cocooning members. [7589/20]
Question· writtenPQ 699asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2020
699. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of visits his Department paid for or were directly carried out by vets, public or private, or other inspectors or representatives to meat plants since the outbreak of Covid-19; the reports provided regarding hygiene, health and safety and compliance with public health guidelines; the details of those reports; if those reports indicated concerns in respect of hygiene and health and safety in the context of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8278/20]
Question· writtenPQ 643asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2020
643. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans and timeline to permanently increase the capacity in the health service in order that it can run at 80% capacity rather than near to 100% as it was prior to the outbreak of Covid-19 to ensure public health physical distancing rules and safe staffing levels can be complied with and extra capacity for crises in addition to tackling the waiting lists and accident and emergency overcrowding; his views on whether this requires permanently retaining all private hospital capacity under the control of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8282/20]
Question· writtenPQ 630asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2020
630. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Health the interventions made by his Department and the HSE in meat processing plants in relation to the Covid-19 outbreak; and the inspections undertaken by public health bodies in these plants. [8197/20]
Question· writtenPQ 599asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2020
599. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in the community healthcare system by county; and the number of those nurses diverted away from public health nursing duties during the public health crisis. [7948/20]
Question· writtenPQ 511asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2020
511. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of new primary healthcare facilities in Clondalkin and Rowlagh, Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7085/20]
Question· writtenPQ 412asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2020
412. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when small independent sports retailers may reopen their premises in line with public health guidance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7311/20]
Question· writtenPQ 378asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2020
378. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the level of compliance of passengers who arrived here in filling out the public health passenger locator form since it was introduced; the number who filled it in; the number who refused; and the number exempt as a total of the number of passengers who have arrived. [8178/20]
Question· writtenPQ 377asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2020
377. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of passengers who arrived through airports and seaports to date in May 2020; and the number who filled out public health passenger locator forms. [8177/20]
Question· writtenPQ 184asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2020
184. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Skills the additional funding resources schools will have in order to pay for the new public health and safety requirements they will have to implement. [7531/20]
Question· writtenPQ 183asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2020
183. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects to be able to issue schools with public health requirement guidelines for the reopening of schools. [7530/20]
Question· writtenPQ 182asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2020
182. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines schools and principals will receive in terms of public health safety before they return to reopen schools. [7529/20]
Question· writtenPQ 142asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2020
142. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has reviewed the recent advice considerations for school-related public health measures in the context of Covid-19 by the WHO; the implications of this advice in the Irish context for preparations for the reopening of schools in September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7192/20]
Question· writtenPQ 91asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2020
91. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if in the interests of supporting a fair economic recovery, he will continue to provide full income supports to workers in sectors particularly hard hit by the impact of Covid-19 and the public health measures (details supplied); if he will establish specific tailor-made financial packages of support for these workers and sectors and urgently engage with these workers sectors in a suitable forum to discuss with them the way in which such supports can best be designed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8276/20]
Question· writtenPQ 1388asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 May 2020
1388. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the co-living policy has been reviewed in view of the new Covid-19 public health guidelines on social distancing and self-isolation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6969/20]
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