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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (30 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an increased number of special needs assistants will be approved for a school (details supplied) to support the current extra needs of students and the new students enrolled; if the various needs of the students requiring supports will be examined in view of the fact extra training will be required to support their needs; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (30 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the request for funding to lease an established outdoor facility for physical education purposes by a school (details supplied) will be approved as a matter of urgency in view of the fact that the facilities of the school are operating beyond a safe capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12868/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (30 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: 409. To ask the Minister for Health if cervical testing has been restored to normal levels of activity; if there is a backlog of appointments; if it is normal for patients to be waiting for six months or more; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12865/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pension Provisions (30 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: 491. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 608 of 3 June 2020, if the matter will be directed to another office (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of persons are seeking information on their entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13221/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: While the 12 noon vote today is not an issue, we will have to participate in the votes after we finish here. We were notified just now that it is okay. I agree with the Chair for the future that we need to get sorted.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: SME Recovery (30 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: The representatives of the small businesses - the butcher, baker, candlestick maker and others - have told us at previous meetings that they have approached the Government and met senior officials, and they have impressed on them the urgent need to deliver a package that would have an impact on those businesses and restore them to some form of normality. The representatives' voices, instead...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: SME Recovery (30 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: With respect to Mr. Moran, I know that analysis. I am asking him to comment on the fact that the €100 million is not €6 billion. Is that the fault of the construction of the scheme by the Civil Service? Mr. Moran has insight into this because he worked there and he might be able to tell us. Will he tell us why the banks, which are owned by the State, are not lending properly...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: SME Recovery (30 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: That is a cop-out because the interim Government could easily have brought in legislation.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: SME Recovery (30 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: It is a cop-out. The Government, at any stage, could have brought in the appropriate legislation. Mr. Moran is dancing around the issue. Why, in his opinion, is the money not being made available as freely as it should be by the different Departments managing the system? Are they ignoring the policy or are they deliberately making it difficult?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: SME Recovery (30 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: Mr. Butler has delivered the message of the day.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: SME Recovery (30 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: The message cannot be ignored. The package had better be heavily geared towards the sector we are discussing. We must take note of the fact that at other hearings - in different scenarios and in the context of different sectors - we heard the same message that the stakeholders were not consulted. I am shocked to hear Mr. Butler say that. I hope the Government and the Departments have...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Hospitality Sector (30 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: What engagement have the witnesses had with the Government or senior officials in the respective Departments to put forward their requests for supports and for the inclusion of those supports in the July stimulus package? Have the witnesses been consulted in respect of the July stimulus package?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Hospitality Sector (30 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: I realise what Mr. Cummins is saying with regard to his engagement with the Departments and other agencies. He has put before them his ask. I want to know the response. What we have heard so far in these hearings about the SME sector, particularly micro-businesses, is that it has been loud in its declaration of what is required but that the follow-up from the Department has been extremely...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Hospitality Sector (30 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: Is that the experience of the other witnesses?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Hospitality Sector (30 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: Mr. Cribben wants to see a wide-ranging package of grants in the July stimulus that will support the general business sector he represents. If I am reading him correctly, loans may be considered by the sector but only if they are at 0%.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Hospitality Sector (30 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: May I ask him about the banks and older borrowings within businesses that have come through the recession and the financial crash? Is there a demand within the sectors to bundle those loans and seek support for those loans in the long term with help from the Government? This would allow businesses to deal with long-term debt and short-term requirements for capital, with them getting all of...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Hospitality Sector (30 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: Are the utility services playing ball?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Hospitality Sector (30 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: What has been the response of the banks?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Hospitality Sector (30 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: Do the witnesses expect the employment level within the sectors to drop and will they be looking for assistance in terminating employment contracts and effecting redundancies and so on? Has there been reaction from members in all of this? What has been the response from Government?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Hospitality Sector (30 Jun 2020)

John McGuinness: Essentially, what Mr. Cribben is asking for here is a huge injection in the July stimulus and for each Department and Minister to understand that this is urgent and required now.