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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 753. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 50 spectators are allowed for an indoor sporting event but dancing classes being held in the same facilities are restricted to pods of six which is not practical for many dancing schools with regard to the Living with Covid-19 plan; if the policy will be reviewed and clarity provided in relation to the matter; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 754. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it is possible to have a wedding of up to 50 in a function room but other family celebrations being held in the same function room are restricted to pods of six with no intermingling between pods with regard to the Living with Covid-19 plan; the reason a christening and a funeral meal for example could not have 50 with the same restrictions; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 755. To ask the Minister for Health the definition of what is considered a larger venue that would allow 100 persons at an indoor event with regard to the Living with Covid-19 plan; if a venue is considered suitably large if a wedding holding up to 100 in this instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24970/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 814. To ask the Minister for Health if the new Living with Covid-19 guidelines for weddings indicate 50 persons including the necessary reception and hotel staff or 50 guests of the wedding couple (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25389/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (22 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 786. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of transporting a patient with a nurse from South Tipperary General Hospital to the department of psychiatry in Kilkenny; the amount spent of the transport of mental health patients to Kilkenny since the closure of St. Michaels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25273/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (22 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 787. To ask the Minister for Health if provision for a special room to accommodate patients presenting with mental health difficulties can now be provided with the extra investment to help reduce the difficulties being faced by patients presenting with mental health difficulties following the announcement of a €1 million investment in the accident and emergency department at South...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Expenditure (22 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 788. To ask the Minister for Health the full cost of refurbishment works carried out at St. Michael’s Hospital, Clonmel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25275/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (22 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 790. To ask the Minister for Health the specialist mental health cover being provided at South Tipperary General Hospital; if a specialist nurse and doctor are available at the hospital 24/7; the mental health facilities available to those facing a crisis in south County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25294/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (22 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 791. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients with mental health difficulties presenting to South Tipperary General Hospital emergency department over the past two years; the numbers of patients transferred to the department of psychiatry in Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25295/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Data (22 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 889. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the CAP pillar 1 payments to each farmer by county and category (details supplied), in tabular form. [25307/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas (22 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 903. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has read in full the report of the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25300/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas (22 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 904. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the implementation measures taken to date in respect of the 34 recommendations contained in the CEDRA report by specific expenditure or action detail in tabular form. [25301/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas (22 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 905. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the overall or full costs associated with undertaking and publishing the CEDRA report. [25302/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Development Plan (22 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 906. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on whether the overarching control and decision-making measures pertaining to rural towns falls between Departments and agencies with a lack of a joined up approach including no central body taking charge of policy, strategy, funding and research of towns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25303/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Development Plan (22 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 907. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the attempts made to develop a place-based approach to rural policies which would emphasise bottom up policies supported by top-down supports; and her plans to decentralise central services to a point of contact closer to the citizen. [25304/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (22 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 908. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if successful applicants to the 2019 town and village renewal scheme can have their match funding requirement of 20% reduced to 10% in line with the 2020 scheme due to the difficulty that community groups are facing in fundraising during the Covid-19 pandemic and risk the entire project collapsing as a result; and if she will make a...

Expenditure Response to Covid-19 Crisis: Statements (Resumed) (17 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Anois bogfaimid ar aghaidh chuig an Independent Group. Glaoim ar an Teachta Connolly. Is she sharing time?

Expenditure Response to Covid-19 Crisis: Statements (Resumed) (17 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: That is wrong. I will rectify that.

Expenditure Response to Covid-19 Crisis: Statements (Resumed) (17 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I am sharing time with my two colleagues, who have two minutes each. The entertainment industry, which has a wide embrace, is extraordinarily important to our health and well-being. It is important not only to the entertainers and their families, who are dependent on them, but to us, the recipients, including many people who are bedbound, housebound, invalided or disabled. They love to be...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: It was acknowledged by the former Minister of State, Mr. Jim Daly, that we have a deficit of 20 mental health beds in south Tipperary. We do not have a single long-stay bed in the county of Tipperary. People in south Tipperary have to go to Kilkenny, where the beds are full, they are not wanted or there is no room. People from north Tipperary have to travel to Ennis. The former Minister...