Mon, 15 Jun – 21 Jun 2020 · 4 TDs · 0 bills voted on · 17 questions · 2 new lobbying filings
Conor D McGuinness — Sinn Féin
0 votes ·
0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
David Cullinane — Sinn Féin
0 votes ·
7 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked7 total
Employment5 questions
2020-06-16Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the specific legal barrier that would prevent the use of section 202 to provide a payment of €350 to persons over 66 years of age who have lost their employment due to Covid-19 in view of her comments in Dáil Éireann on 20 May 2020. [10498/20]
2020-06-16Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a requirement to pay PRSI on the pandemic unemployment payment; and if not, if this will be reckoned as a break in employment and that no contributions will be reckoned during the period in which recipients are deemed unemployed. [10505/20]
2020-06-16Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which annual leave entitlements will be calculated for those on the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10521/20]
2020-06-16Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if provisions will be made to recoup annual leave entitlements for workers who were put on annual leave because of the public health emergency before the TWSS intervention was made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10523/20]
2020-06-16Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of a €1 increase for each weekly social welfare payment in tabular form. [10796/20]
Finance2 questions
2020-06-16Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance if workers being paid through the temporary wage subsidy scheme without the employer top-up to 100% of previous wages are expected to work full or pro rata hours; the mechanisms his Department is employing to monitor this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11136/20]
2020-06-16Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the reason there has not been flexibility in accommodating businesses that were unable to meet the payroll submission deadline in March 2020 and which can demonstrate their legitimate need to access the temporary wage subsidy scheme; if new applications are being accepted for businesses that require access to the scheme to retain and rehire employees in the coming weeks and months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11312/20]
John Cummins — Fine Gael
0 votes ·
0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
Mary Butler — Fianna Fáil
0 votes ·
8 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked8 total
Health3 questions
2020-06-16Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of legislative changes or amendments in respect of egg donation which were made to an Act (details supplied) in May 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11015/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the administering of results of cancer screening services for those who received tests prior to the suspension in services due to the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied); the figures for results which have been administered; the timeline for the circulation of remaining results which may be outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11461/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the reopening of podiatry services including face-to-face clinics in University Hospital Waterford; if he will provide a definitive timeline for the reopening of face-to-face services to include potential capacity restrictions for clinics as currently envisaged by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11491/20]
Education2 questions
2020-06-16Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the imminent and significant challenges facing the school transport scheme and its administration in 2020; his plans for administering the scheme in terms of transporting pupils to and from school while prioritising pupil safety and implementing social distancing; the action taken within his Department to date in order to meet the significant health and safety challenges posed in administering the scheme in 2020 due to the pandemic; if his officials have held discussions with Bus Éireann in respect of the points outlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10616/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding flexibility in application of regulation (details supplied) in the context of the practical difficulties and challenges posed to the education system by the current pandemic; the level of engagement he has undertaken with an organisation in consideration of a request made by same; his views on whether the cycle of transition caused by the continuous turnover of directors in centres potentially delimits the capacity for leadership across the network; and his views on whether the shortened tenure increases the likelihood that the role may be viewed as untenable and undesirable by future prospective candidates. [11516/20]
Finance1 question
2020-06-16Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Finance his views on and if he will address matters relating to expensive insurance premiums (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10668/20]
Justice1 question
2020-06-16Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the health and safety concerns expressed by the managing solicitor and staff at a law centre (details supplied) in respect of proposed relocation of premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10988/20]
Employment1 question
2020-06-16Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a pension scheme for community employment scheme supervisors following the 2008 Labour Court ruling in respect of same; the position regarding the report on a pension scheme for scheme supervisors due to be published by her Department; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11003/20]