Mon, 29 Jun – 5 Jul 2020 · 4 TDs · 0 bills voted on · 30 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 ·
14 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked14 total
Health5 questions
2020-06-30Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if NPHET will be requested to consider preparing new guidelines for residential centres that allow for the differentiated risk level between nursing homes and social care homes during the next phase of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13675/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if regulations will be published that make the wearing of face coverings mandatory on public transport and in certain settings, such as hairdressers, in circumstances in which social distancing guidelines cannot be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13676/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be investigated in order to provide a satisfactory resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13677/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health when chiropody and podiatry services will resume under the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13678/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to review the suite of services available to persons with Parkinson’s disease, in particular those with other conditions such as diabetes to ensure the latest occupational treatments and advice are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13679/20]
Finance2 questions
2020-06-30Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance the measures being taken to refinance the outstanding obligations into long-term debt of the State in view of the historically low borrowing costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13672/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance the measures being taken to assist applicants that were refused access to a mortgage on the basis they are in receipt of a Covid-19 pandemic payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13673/20]
Education2 questions
2020-06-30Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to protect foreign language schools in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13680/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the July provision; if it will be made mandatory for schools which cater for persons with special needs to provide the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13681/20]
Transport2 questions
2020-06-30Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA will be instructed to extend the validity of travel wide annual Dublin Bus tickets purchased prior to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13684/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if NPHET will be requested to provide detailed guidelines on recommended measures driving instructors should take to reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13685/20]
Justice1 question
2020-06-30Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the 5th EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive will be transposed here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13674/20]
Employment1 question
2020-06-30Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if employees in receipt of the temporary wage subsidy scheme continue to accrue holiday entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13682/20]
Housing1 question
2020-06-30Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if arrangements will be made to automatically transfer persons in receipt of the rent supplement payment onto the housing assistance payment in view of the impact of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13683/20]
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
2020-06-30Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will provide each of the advices and directions from the expert advisory group to NPHET in relation to the original Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business, the accelerated roadmap, the one metre versus two metre social distancing advice, travel and quarantine restrictions and the wearing of face coverings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13647/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if each of the minutes from the expert advisory group to NPHET for May and June 2020 will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13648/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the plans in place for a second wave of Covid-19 in the view of the fact that a number of major hospitals are now working at 100% capacity and that the health service should only be running at 80% to provide for surge capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13649/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase capacity permanently across the health service in order to ensure that in the event of a second wave of Covid-19, there will be immediate availability for Covid-19 patients to be separately cared for to other patients; his plans for emergency departments and for Covid-19 specific hospitals in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13650/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the current permanent ICU and critical care capacity in the health service; the additional amount that was available during the peak of the Covid-19 crisis; if this capacity fluctuated or reduced in recent weeks; if there are plans to further increase the permanent ICU and critical care capacity; if so, the way this would breakdown between the public health system and the private system; the arrangements i that will exist between the public and private systems in relation to this capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13651/20]
Finance4 questions
2020-06-30Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the reason gyms are paying a 9% VAT rate while yoga studios pay a 13.5% rate; the supports he will put in place to help yoga studios reopen in view of the reduction in class sizes that will be necessary to maintain physical distancing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13644/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the number of persons, earners and tax units who are self-employed and PAYE workers for each of the years 2016 to 2019 by the economic and industrial sector they were employed, income brackets (details supplied), the amount of tax paid in each earning and tax category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13652/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the number of companies registered here; the number of those that paid corporation tax in the latest available annual figures; the number that did not pay corporation tax; the median and mean corporation tax payments for all companies registered here in that year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13653/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the average pre-tax and after-tax incomes of tax units earning above €100,000 annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13654/20]
Education2 questions
2020-06-30Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure school secretaries are employed as full-time public servants particularly in view of the contribution they made to the education of children during the course of the Covid-19 crisis and in view of the increased role they will have to play to ensure public health measures are followed as the schools go back in the autumn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13656/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if school secretaries that are normally laid off during the summer will be kept in full employment to help prepare for post-Covid-19 education in the autumn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13657/20]
Transport2 questions
2020-06-30Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a NCT appointment can be made by telephone for persons that are not online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13357/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if driving instructors are permitted to return to work on 29 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13358/20]
Employment2 questions
2020-06-30Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of carer's allowance recipients; the number in receipt of the half and full rate, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13645/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will make a substantial reward payment to those in receipt of the carer's allowance in view of the contribution they are making in the Covid-19 crisis while those in their care were unable to attend day care centres and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13646/20]
Business1 question
2020-06-30Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the options available to an employee if they are of the view their workplace is failing to comply with public health guidelines in relation to reopening; the actions they should take if they are of the view the workplace is not in compliance; the agency and or body they should contact; if a confidential hotline number is available to them; if not, the reason; if a response will be available in terms of assessment and enforcement; if additional staffing resources have been allocated for these purposes; if penalties and sanctions are planned for employers that fail to comply with public health guidelines; his plans to have a public health campaign on these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13655/20]