Mon, 25 Jan – 31 Jan 2021 · 5 TDs · 0 bills voted on · 41 questions · 2 new lobbying filings
Erin McGreehan — Fianna Fáil
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0 questions ·
1 new lobbying return
New lobbying1 return
National Disability Services AssociationHealth
Submissions to members of new Oireachtas Committees on the National Disability Services Association
Ged Nash — Labour Party
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16 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked16 total
Health7 questions
2021-01-27Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if his Department or NPHET has carried out a solid evidence-based feasibility study comparing a zero Covid-19 strategy for Ireland against the existing plan for living with Covid-19 which was adopted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3856/21]
2021-01-27Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the expected vaccination timeline for maternity staff at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3857/21]
2021-01-27Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the progress he or his officials have made on advancing the regulations relating to section 12 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 which ensure the public is informed of the danger of alcohol consumption and the direct link between alcohol and fatal cancers in anticipation of the EU Commission's publication of its strategic plan on beating cancer in February 2021; when he expects to commence these regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3861/21]
2021-01-27Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if he will urgently review maternity hospitals' restriction of accompanying partners to key appointments relating to pregnancy; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current restrictions are being applied to couples who have lost children to stillbirth (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4298/21]
2021-01-27Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if the National Ambulance Service and HSE estates are working to identify a site in Drogheda, County Louth, to accommodate a modern, purpose-built ambulance service base; if a site has been identified; when the process will conclude; if such a commitment is included in the HSE's current programme of capital investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4324/21]
2021-01-28Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if sub-groups within category 7 of the national Covid-19 vaccination programme will be prioritised ahead of others in that cohort on the basis of urgent medical need; the way in which this will be achieved in practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4696/21]
2021-01-28Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the travel restrictions which apply in law to citizens of the Republic of Ireland under regulations governed by the provisions of section 31A of the Health Act 1947 cannot as it stands, be applied and enforced to restrict the movements of, for example, Northern Ireland residents and others who are not residents of the Republic of Ireland; his views on whether the relevant regulations must be amended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4902/21]
Finance5 questions
2021-01-27Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if tax liabilities will be issued to workers whose employer wrongly availed of the temporary wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3858/21]
2021-01-27Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the cost implications of extending the reduction in VAT from 23% to 21% for six months beyond February 2021; if he is considering this step; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4386/21]
2021-01-27Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the number of employers found not to be in compliance with the temporary wage subsidy scheme to date; if employees who have worked in firms found not to be compliant are subject a tax bill on their payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4478/21]
2021-01-27Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if another reference month can be used to calculate business mileage undertaken under the extended benefit-in-kind on company vehicles for those workers without a mileage record for January 2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4479/21]
2021-01-28Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that charity shops operating in the retail sector selling clothes and other items are ineligible for the Covid restrictions support scheme; his plans to review same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4901/21]
Transport1 question
2021-01-27Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 15 December 2020, if his Department or a company it has engaged with carried out a cost-benefit analysis with regard to the State owning the helicopters for this service over the length of their expected life span, that is, 20 years plus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3859/21]
Housing1 question
2021-01-27Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the collaborative town centre health check programme; the amount of funding provided; the staffing level of the group overseeing the implementation of the programme; the names of the towns currently on the programme; the person or body responsible for adding a town to the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3790/21]
Defence1 question
2021-01-27Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Defence if there are plans to deploy the Air Corps Casa aircraft in support of EUNAVFORMED Operation IRINI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3789/21]
Children1 question
2021-01-27Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the expected timeline for completion of legislation to extend paid parental leave by an additional three weeks; if payment for additional parental leave taken prior to the passing of this legislation can be backdated for parents whose child was born or adopted on or after 1 November 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4370/21]
Joanna Byrne — Sinn Féin
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0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
Paula Butterly — Fine Gael
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0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
Ruairí Ó Murchú — Sinn Féin
0 votes ·
5 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked5 total
Tourism1 question
2021-01-27Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the current financial supports available to a business (details supplied). [4120/21]
Housing1 question
2021-01-27Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, under the current level of the plan for living with Covid-19, documentation is required from homeowners in order to continue or complete the construction of private homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4166/21]
Education1 question
2021-01-27Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education when a teacher (details supplied) will receive an outstanding retrospective payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3913/21]
Foreign1 question
2021-01-28Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4723/21]
Health1 question
2021-01-28Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health when the HSE executive management team will consider the recommendations and decide on the approval for reimbursement of the drug dupilumab; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4802/21]