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

Imelda Munster: 439. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when funding will be made available to local authorities to issue restart grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11280/20]

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Imelda Munster: I hope the absence of any Fianna Fáil representative to speak on behalf of SMEs is not a sign. I welcome the opportunity to contribute on the Revised Estimates, which Sinn Féin will support. We are in a situation where entire sectors of the economy are at risk of failure if the State does not provide adequate supports and incentives for SMEs. I do not mean to say that this...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Imelda Munster: I sent the Tánaiste-----

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Imelda Munster: My question is on the restart grants and on those who have been excluded from applying for some for arbitrary reasons. Will the Tánaiste extend the restart grants application process to those many small businesses that have been excluded from it and have no supports whatsoever? Private bus and coach drivers in particular have no supports.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2020)

Imelda Munster: 652. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the guidelines for pubs and restaurants relating to Covid-19 social distancing measures include outside spaces which may be used for seating. [12913/20]

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

Imelda Munster: The programme for Government does not include any commitment to interest-free loans or new grants. There is only one Covid specific grant, the restart grant, which IBEC estimates to be worth on average €3,000 per firm, a minuscule amount in comparison with what other jurisdictions have provided as a restart grant for small and medium-sized businesses. I have spoken to small and...

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

Imelda Munster: Mr. Moran is not necessarily disappointed that there was no commitment in the programme for Government. Is he confident that these specific areas will be addressed in the Government’s July stimulus package? The strongest demand among small businesses is for some form of additional grant aid. For those who can afford to borrow, interest-free loans are the only option given the...

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

Imelda Munster: I want to raise another issue that has come to the fore in the past week. Many small businesses have reopened, are coming under immense pressure from landlords in respect of their rents and are looking for repayment plans. Many people who have contacted me, particularly from small businesses, have said the pressure they are already coming under is intense. It might not just yet have come...

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

Imelda Munster: Should the new Government implement such a measure?

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

Imelda Munster: The Government seems to be slow in taking advantage of changes in state aid rules and the very low interest rates available in respect of lending internationally. Has Mr. Moran an opinion on that in light of the vast number of SMEs looking for interest-free loans if they are in a position to apply for them? He might comment on the fact that the Government has been slow to recognise that...

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

Imelda Munster: Mr. Moran is seeking interest-free loans as a priority.

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

Imelda Munster: I turn to something that is starting to come to the fore. Mr. Moran represents small and medium-sized businesses. We are all looking to encourage people, through the staycation campaign, to holiday in Ireland. Issues have been flagged recently regarding the many people, particularly families, who were quite stunned by what hotels quoted them for a short break. We are aware that hotels, and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Jul 2020)

Imelda Munster: Yet again I raise the issue of funding for the port access northern cross route in Drogheda, which was rejected by the previous Government. Louth County Council has made another application under the local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF, for this vital and badly needed piece of infrastructure. It would also open up lands to provide homes in the depths of a housing crisis....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Jul 2020)

Imelda Munster: It is LIHAF.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Jul 2020)

Imelda Munster: 14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports available to sole traders affected by Covid-19, in particular those that do not pay rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13800/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Jul 2020)

Imelda Munster: 15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the specific supports, including financial supports and guidelines or advice provided to those working as taxi drivers or chauffeurs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13801/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Jul 2020)

Imelda Munster: 88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific supports, including financial supports and guidelines or advice provided to those working as taxi drivers or chauffeurs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13802/20]

Maternity Leave Benefit Extension: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2020)

Imelda Munster: I want to start by commending the #ExtendMaternityLeave2020 campaign group for all its hard work in what has been a difficult time for new parents. Mothers who have had their babies in recent months have had a particularly strange and difficult experience of maternity leave. After the birth of their children, many could not enjoy support from extended family members or from public health...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadcasting Sector (14 Jul 2020)

Imelda Munster: 123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding provided to RTÉ in each of the years, 2019, 2018 and 2017; the sum allocated to RTÉ in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15501/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadcasting Sector (14 Jul 2020)

Imelda Munster: 124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the allocation made in 2020 to RTÉ for independent productions commissioned by RTÉ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15502/20]