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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Governor of the Central Bank (21 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I welcome the witnesses. I apologise to the committee. I had Taoiseach's Questions so I missed the first presentation but I have read some of the documents that have been submitted. With regard to the mortgage break, the key issue for many people is that workers are banned from working as of tonight, yet the response of the banks to them is that the mortgage break is discretionary, not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Governor of the Central Bank (21 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Is it possible for us to get a document outlining the rates that are being achieved by banks in Ireland from the ECB because there is a significant differential between the rates that they are receiving from the ECB and those they are charging to customers? One also needs to take into consideration that there has been a fair hike in bank charges in recent times as well. I understand that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Governor of the Central Bank (21 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Governor of the Central Bank (21 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: As was said earlier, the ambition and focus of a long-term investor in a bank operating in a market in this State would have a different profile from international vulture funds that have other objectives in their engagement with the State. On the pressure being put on domestic firms at the moment, impaired loan provisions for businesses, especially domestic businesses, are currently...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Governor of the Central Bank (21 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank Mr. Makhlouf and Mr. Sibley for that. Moving in a different direction, what will be the impact of the ECB move towards negative interest rates? What will it mean for savers, institutional investors such as pensions and consumers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Governor of the Central Bank (21 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: What does Mr. Makhlouf think will be the long-term impact on institutional investors such as pension funds?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Governor of the Central Bank (21 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Would it be possible to get a longer view?

Post-European Council Meeting on 15 and 16 October: Statements (Resumed) (20 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Deputy Brendan Smith was in the Chamber a few seconds ago. He mentioned that there should be cross-Border co-operation on Covid-19. We have been saying that for months and still there is absolutely no cross-Border co-operation on Covid-19. I have asked the Taoiseach and the Minister for Foreign Affairs where the locus of co-operation is. Is it within the Dáil, the Department of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Bereavement Leave (20 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 64. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason early childcare providers who have lost immediate family, even from Covid-19, and who take days off for the funeral have been told by his Department to make up those days. [31374/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2021 (20 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the manner in which the hardship funding of €50 million announced by his Department on budget day will be rolled out; and when it will be made available to students. [31371/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Budget 2021 (20 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the €90 million funding in budget 2021 for housing supports in each category for the elderly, the Traveller community and persons with disabilities, respectively; the amount that will be allocated in each category to each local authority; when such funding will be provided to local...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Work Projects (20 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 452. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons waiting to enrol in the localise youth volunteering programme nationally. [31079/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 548. To ask the Minister for Health the reason providers of childcare are expected to pay for flu vaccines for their staff members despite the fact that in other sectors the State has committed to paying for the vaccine. [31080/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (20 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 771. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on advertising including social media, broadcast, publications, online advertising, consultancy and production costs for the Be on Call for Ireland campaign. [31765/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 34. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if a grant to cover the fixed costs of enterprises that have been forced to close due to the Covid-19 pandemic will be provided. [29969/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a clear face visor will be supplied to driving test applicants at driving test centres as an alternative in cases in which cloth face masks are not suitable for applicants with conditions such as anxiety and breathing difficulties (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30708/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (15 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 118. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans a reduction in the VAT rate to 9% for the restaurant, café and pub sectors. [29970/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 270. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons from County Laois waiting on HSE cataract procedures and hip surgery; the waiting times for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30759/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has engaged in discussions with places of education regarding the disciplining of students who breach Covid-19 guidelines and restrictions. [30421/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a cluster of Covid-19 cases in NUI Galway in the past two weeks of September 2020; and if a rise in Covid-19 cases in NUI Galway had any bearing on the decision by his Department in September 2020 to move learning in universities online for two weeks. [30419/20]