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

Matt Carthy: I absolutely agree. Would Ms Heeney also agree that, as an immediate measure, the extension of 12 weeks should be provided to those women who have been on maternity leave during the Covid pandemic?

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

Matt Carthy: Let the record show that is a "Yes".

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

Matt Carthy: I thank the witnesses. I have been speaking in recent days to numerous childcare professionals, not just the representatives of organisations but, in particular, the people who from this Monday onwards will be on the front line, to ask them what questions they would like asked. The predominant issue that has been raised with me is one that was touched on earlier, namely, the standards that...

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

Matt Carthy: My time is short. What will the Department do if it gets a telephone call to inform it that there has been an outbreak of Covid-19 in which several staff members or children have contracted the virus? What will its response be?

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

Matt Carthy: I get that and I thank Mr. Wolfe. The point is that I want to get an understanding of the decision-making processes that operate within the Department. We heard this morning from the representatives of healthcare workers about broken promises and the litany of correspondence relating to childcare needs that went unanswered. We also heard in the preceding session from the professional...

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

Matt Carthy: Is the answer to the question that nobody raised a concern about its viability?

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

Matt Carthy: The answer to the question, therefore, is that nobody in the Department said that it might not work.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Matt Carthy: Will the Minister give an assurance that disability services will not be affected by Covid-19? I wish to tell the Minister about a situation that is close to my heart. Since 2007, I have been working alongside a number of families on the issue of a group home for people with physical and sensory disabilities in Carrickmacross. At that point, the families had already been campaigning for a...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (16 Jun 2020)

Matt Carthy: 12. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of full-time personnel employed across the Defence Forces for each of the years 2008 to 2019 and to date in 2020, by branch in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11341/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (16 Jun 2020)

Matt Carthy: 13. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 20 May 2020, the date on which each of the current vacancies across the Defence Forces first arose in tabular form; the efforts taken to recruit to fill these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11342/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority (16 Jun 2020)

Matt Carthy: 444. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the additional resources that will be provided to the HSA to assist the agency to carry out its functions, including workplace inspections, in order to ensure business compliance with public health and safety guidelines as workplaces set to reopen following the Covid-19 pandemic; if she has received a formal request from the HSA for...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jun 2020)

Matt Carthy: 440. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason for the exclusion of commercially rated businesses within community and sports centres from the business restart grant scheme; her plans to provide supports to assist these businesses to reopen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11320/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jun 2020)

Matt Carthy: 441. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide details of the total number of applications received to date in the Covid-19 business loan scheme administered by Microfinance Ireland; the number of applications which have been made by businesses in the agrifood sector; the number of same that have been approved and refused, respectively; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Inspections (16 Jun 2020)

Matt Carthy: 442. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Health and Safety Authority inspections that have been carried out at meat processing plants in each month of 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11322/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Inspections (16 Jun 2020)

Matt Carthy: 443. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of complaints received by the Health and Safety Authority regarding meat processing plants and the issue of compliance with Covid-19 safety measures in the workplace; the number of inspections which have been carried out following these complaints; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11323/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Inspections (16 Jun 2020)

Matt Carthy: 445. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to her contribution in Dáil Éireann on 21 May 2020 regarding the number of HSA inspections that had taken place at meat plants, the reason this information was subsequently released to the media when it was considered confidential; if she considers this to be a breach of confidentiality; the actions that she plans...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Closures (16 Jun 2020)

Matt Carthy: 446. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has examined reasons for the proposed closure of a business (details supplied) in County Monaghan; if her Department can assist in addressing the causes for closure in order to protect the jobs there; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11326/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (16 Jun 2020)

Matt Carthy: 758. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will publish details regarding the remaining tranches of TAMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11329/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Poultry Industry (16 Jun 2020)

Matt Carthy: 759. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of chickens which have been culled as a result of the presence of bird flu H6N1 subtype following a recent outbreak per affected flock in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11330/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (16 Jun 2020)

Matt Carthy: 760. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received as part of the beef exceptional aid measure scheme; the amount allocated as part of the scheme; his plans to utilise unspent moneys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11331/20]