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

Matt Carthy: Are you going to work to stop it then?

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

Matt Carthy: Today, we received guidance that I understand is from the HSE on the conduct of our meetings here. It states: "If a person develops COVID-19 any person who spent a cumulative period of 2 hours or more during a 24 hour period in an enclosed space", and this place apparently fits that definition, should be advised to self-isolate within 14 days. In other words, if one person in this room gets...

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

Matt Carthy: If one were to take that advice, does Mr. Reid accept that in the situation of a meat factory that if one worker contracts Covid-19 then under the definition that we have been supplied with here the factory would have to close immediately or close for at least 14 days?

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

Matt Carthy: We have been given guidance. This relates to a committee that is doing important work, we hope, in terms of getting answers relating to Covid-19. The guidance very clearly states that even asking people to leave a room for two hours will not change the assessment and that, in the context of the controls, people who have been in contact in a room for over two hours should be asked to...

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

Matt Carthy: Only a few seconds remain. In terms of the advice that we were given, is that the advice that has been conveyed to employers this week as they reopen their businesses?

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (13 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: I hope to take less than two minutes in order to allow the Minister the same time to give a response. I understand that his officials are extremely busy dealing with some of the outworkings of the coronavirus crisis, but I want to use this opportunity, which is the first opportunity of the new Dáil to put questions to him, to raise the case of Shane O'Farrell, who was a young man from...

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (13 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: I have already spoken to the Minister and told him-----

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (13 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: -----that I would raise this issue.

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (13 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: The title of the debate is Questions to the Minister for Justice and Equality, and my question is one for the Minister. If we were to go through the Official Report of every debate we have had in these past weeks, we would see, on numerous occasions, instances where Deputies strayed-----

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (13 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: With due respect to the Ceann Comhairle, and I take his point on board, I spoke to Shane's mother today and on several other occasions, and one of the commitments I made was that at the very first opportunity I had to put questions to the Minister for Justice and Equality, regardless of who he or she might be, I would raise her son's case. As many Members know only too well, Shane was killed...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Enterprise Support Services (13 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: 24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the schemes and supports in place to assist returning emigrants that wish to establish new businesses here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4158/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (13 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: 400. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5045/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (13 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: 540. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) experienced a delay between providing a cervical screening sample on 22 November 2018 and receiving a positive cancer diagnosis based on that sample on 25 October 2019; the reason for the delay in commencement of treatment for the diagnosis until March 2020; the recourse that will be provided to them as a result of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (13 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: 541. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be issued with a medical card without delay due to extenuating circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4327/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (13 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: 924. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports he plans to provide to poultry farms that have been affected by avian flu; the measures he will pursue to reduce instances of avian flu; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4822/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: General Elections (13 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: 1237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of votes cast in the General Election on 8 February 2020 that were deemed invalid due to the fact that ballot papers were not franked; the numbers of such invalid, unfranked papers per constituency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4278/20]

Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: I will conclude with two short questions, if I may. Will the Government underwrite and compensate the cost of insurance? Is the Minister satisfied that insurance companies will actually provide any cover? We all want our childcare services back up and running but we must ensure that it is done in a manner that is safe for childcare workers, children and their families.

Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: It is deeply worrying that, as of this morning, workers in the sector did not have the answers to those questions. These workers, who will be pivotal to the success of the return to work in the economy, must be consulted and engaged with immediately.

Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: A written response would be perfect.

Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)

Matt Carthy: Throughout the debates on the provision of childcare it is natural that there has been an amount of discussion considering the impact it is having on parents and those involved in essential services. However, there seems to have been one glaring omission in the consultations, namely, with childcare workers themselves. Last week, the Taoiseach announced that childcare services would open on...