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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (23 Jun 2020)

Mary Butler: The INMO submission called for a public awareness campaign confirming the post-shift safety measures undertaken by nurses and midwives, and the low risk of contracting Covid-19 if caring for nurses' or midwives’ children. Nurses and midwives are calling for a public awareness campaign to assure childcare providers that their children would not be susceptible to Covid-19. Is that...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (23 Jun 2020)

Mary Butler: I read with interest Ms Daly's submission about the survey that was undertaken. Will the uncertainty of staff availability for reopening be an issue? Are staff nervous that they might contract the disease themselves? Is it because they have childcare issues themselves or they may have issues with being susceptible to the disease themselves? Is that the issue with uncertainty about staff...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (23 Jun 2020)

Mary Butler: Childcare providers will be opening up on Monday next. Is there apprehension among the different providers as to what they are facing? Exactly what they are facing is very uncertain, with the new way of childcare and these suggested pods. Many different supports will have to be put in place to make sure staff and children are kept as safe as possible as we live through Covid.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (23 Jun 2020)

Mary Butler: I thank the witnesses and I wish all the childcare providers the best of luck as they return to work next Monday. Go raibh maith agaibh.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (18 Jun 2020)

Mary Butler: Mr. Reid stated in his opening statement that the HSE did not have the opportunity of a dress rehearsal to plan and manage the crisis and I believe everyone accepts that it was an unprecedented pandemic that bore down on our country. As we all know it bore down most heavily on our older population. Due to the fact that 64% of the 1,710 deaths - and we offer our condolences and sympathies to...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (18 Jun 2020)

Mary Butler: Mr. Reid was before the committee a month ago. I asked similar questions and I was not satisfied by the answers. Mr. Reid replied to me that "That is a process we would have done, and that was the right thing to do at the point in time of doing it." Does he still stand over that reply? I am very concerned that if there is a resurgence of the pandemic and we take the same approach of...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (18 Jun 2020)

Mary Butler: I accept that and understand that there was a learning curve, but we must learn from the past three months. The purpose of this committee is to point out that we accept that everything was done in good faith, but if the HSE is going to take the same approach again, and 1,075 people lost their lives in nursing and residential care settings, I do not want to be part of that where we do not...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (18 Jun 2020)

Mary Butler: I thank Mr. Reid very much. Mr. Breslin said in his opening statement: "The deaths in our nursing homes are the most difficult aspect of our national experience, and each person who has died is deeply mourned by his or her family and all of us collectively." We all agree with that. He also complimented the significant effort of staff in nursing homes. It does not matter to me whether...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (18 Jun 2020)

Mary Butler: The question relates to the testing of staff in nursing homes from next week for four weeks in a row. I raised it with the Minister last week in the Dáil. My question is why only staff are to be tested not patients. Does it not make sense to test everyone in the facility?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (18 Jun 2020)

Mary Butler: I thank Dr. Henry very much.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (16 Jun 2020)

Mary Butler: 65. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 Jun 2020)

Mary Butler: 181. To ask 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Jun 2020)

Mary Butler: 289. To ask 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service (16 Jun 2020)

Mary Butler: 349. To ask the Tánaiste and 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (16 Jun 2020)

Mary Butler: 599. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (16 Jun 2020)

Mary Butler: 690. To ask 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Podiatry Services (16 Jun 2020)

Mary Butler: 702. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (16 Jun 2020)

Mary Butler: 1000. To ask 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...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on the Fiscal Position (16 Jun 2020)

Mary Butler: I also thank the witnesses for coming and for giving up their time. It is much appreciated. In a recent article in the Irish Examiner, Mr. Barnes acknowledged that spending to support the recovery over the coming years is the right thing to do. He also noted the fiscal challenges that lie ahead of the next government. SMEs, which are indigenous businesses, will obviously be key to the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on the Fiscal Position (16 Jun 2020)

Mary Butler: According to the Central Bank, people have saved significant amounts in recent months. Now as the economy reopens and people return to traditional shopping, we hope, do the witnesses believe this relative opening of the spending floodgates could drive inflation as supply struggles to cope? Could the scarcity of stock drive up prices? I refer, for example, to the cycle industry. Cycling has...