Mon, 8 Jun – 14 Jun 2020 · 4 TDs · 0 bills voted on · 20 questions · 0 new lobbying filings
Barry Ward — Fine Gael
0 votes ·
0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
Cormac Devlin — Fianna Fáil
0 votes ·
4 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked4 total
Education1 question
2020-06-09Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of financial support provided from March to May 2020 to ensure children in the direct provision system have access to information technology equipment during the Covid-19 pandemic to enable them to keep up-to-date with schoolwork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10473/20]
Justice1 question
2020-06-09Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of additional financial support given from March to May 2020 to provide PPE to persons in direct provision during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10472/20]
Health1 question
2020-06-09Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the additional financial support provided to section 39 organisations from March to May 2020; the measures he is taking to ensure the future viability of such organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10474/20]
Employment1 question
2020-06-09Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider providing sectors most impacted by the Covid-19 crisis with certainty in relation to the continuation of the pandemic unemployment payment, in particular photographers and videographers that are especially impacted by the pandemic and will be slower to recover; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10475/20]
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
Richard Boyd Barrett — People Before Profit-Solidarity
0 votes ·
16 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked16 total
Health5 questions
2020-06-09Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the location a drive-in cinema in which patrons are isolated in their cars and staff are safely socially distanced may reopen under the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business. [10013/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will examine opening up physiotherapy for those with severe conditions and those with a disability that rely on a physiotherapist to administer treatment for managing painful conditions and to mitigate against worsening health in the case, for example, of those with paralysis or degenerative diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10266/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed report on Covid-19 infections amongst health workers; his views on the request by an organisation (details supplied) for an inquiry into these infection levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10422/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the details of the guidance the Health Protection Surveillance Centre wrote for the nursing home and homecare sector on Covid-19 infection and transmission prevention; the way in which this guidance issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10423/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the details of the programme to test and keep testing homecare workers that work with the most vulnerable of persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10424/20]
Foreign3 questions
2020-06-09Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been in contact with the President of the United States of America and-or the US ambassador in view of the recent events in the US and recent comments regarding the dangers of racism. [10419/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if passport applications are now being processed; if passports are being issued to those needing to travel for work or study abroad in circumstances in which travel is permitted; if processing has not resumed, when the service will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10114/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has contacted the US ambassador to condemn actions by a police force (details supplied) in view of the recent events in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10420/20]
Housing3 questions
2020-06-09Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recommendation of a report (details supplied) that a refuge centre be established in the county; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that during the Covid-19 crisis the incidences of domestic violence have increased; if the necessary funds will be provided to the county council to acquire a suitable building for a refuge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10416/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if funding will be provided to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to acquire the 21 units at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10417/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the number of council house completions across the four Dublin local authorities was 228 in 2019 in comparison to 634 in 2018; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the projections for 2020 are lower again; his plans to improve these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10418/20]
Transport2 questions
2020-06-09Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider recommendations (details supplied) to support taxi drivers that have lost income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10427/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans in relation to licence renewal for taxi drivers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10428/20]
Employment2 questions
2020-06-09Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of taxi drivers and PSV licence holders currently in receipt of the Covid-19 payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10425/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will maintain the Covid-19 pandemic payment for taxi drivers until the industry recovers but allow drivers to top-up their income by doing some work without losing the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10426/20]
Justice1 question
2020-06-09Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to end the direct provision system here in view of the recent events in the United States of America and increased awareness of the dangers of racism and discrimination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10421/20]