Results 11,301-11,320 of 11,367 for speaker:Matt Carthy

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (20 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: 1129. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if appropriate health and safety signage will be provided to childcare facilities for display prior to recommencing operation on 29 July 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6035/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (20 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: 1126. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the days childcare services will be open for all children from 20 July 2020 in view of the fact that the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business implies that it will only be one or two days per week initially; if she will liaise with childcare providers in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6030/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: 1127. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if childcare providers will be allocated PPE or grant support towards same in advance of the re-opening of services. [6032/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Health and Safety Inspections (20 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: 1128. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which future inspections by Pobal and Tusla will be conducted following the reopening of childcare services; if unannounced inspections will continue; if guidelines will be provided to inspectors and childcare facilities in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6034/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (20 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: 1130. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has contacted the insurance industry to request that childcare providers be given refunds for the period during which they were not operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6036/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Wage Subsidy Scheme (20 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: 1177. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if those childcare workers who are in receipt of one-parent family payment or working family payment, and who have also been receiving the wage subsidy scheme, will not be required to return the amount received during the Covid-19 closures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6033/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Wage Subsidy Scheme (20 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: 1229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if those childcare workers who are in receipt of one-parent family payment or working family payment, and who have also been receiving the wage subsidy scheme, will not be required to return amounts received during the Covid-19 closures. [6041/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (20 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: 1346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be provided for a new fire station at Ballybay, County Monaghan; when he expects this development to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6047/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach agus tá fáilte roimh an Uasal Reid, agus roimh na daoine uaisle eile. I welcome our colleagues from the HSE. I also echo the words of Mr. Reid by thanking and commending all of the healthcare workers who have delivered and served all of us incredibly well in recent weeks. When the story of this pandemic is told, we will find that,...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: On the last day that we have figures for, how many tests were carried out?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: How many test centres were open yesterday?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: Out of 47. If we recognise that testing and tracing are going to be pivotal in terms of our recovery, those figures suggest we have a bit to go. When Mr. Jim Breslin was here earlier on, he referred to the fact that around 70% of negative test results are conveyed within 72 hours. Can Mr. Reid confirm that this is the case? Even with that, that would indicate that 30% of negative cases...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: In terms of conveying results, say, for example, we get to a point where we are delivering 100,000 tests per week, how long will it take for negative test results to be conveyed to those 100,000 people?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: That was my next question. How long is the end-to-end, on average, now?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: How long is it currently, rather than the target?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: Does Mr. Reid know offhand how many employers were informed of their employees' test results before the employees themselves?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: I get that but the question I asked was whether Mr. Reid knew how many workers had their results conveyed to their employer as opposed to them.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: Does Mr. Reid agree with what Dr. Holohan said earlier on? I think his words were that this practice would clearly breach patient confidentiality. Does Mr. Reid not agree with that?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: We are in a pandemic. Does that mean that the derogation, as defined, applies to anybody?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by HSE Officials (19 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: Does Mr. Reid stand over the position whereby, in some instances, employers are informed about their workers' health before the workers themselves?