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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: Can we take a note of it today with the agreement of the committee?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: It is another non-compliant procurement. Could we ask the Comptroller and Auditor General to clarify the response that has been given and make sense of it?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: Could I ask Mr. McCarthy something?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: I am aware of that. My question was on the particular response on which I had asked for clarity. Is Mr. McCarthy satisfied with the responses furnished?

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 318 of 2020): Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: I commend my colleague, Deputy Mac Lochlainn, on tabling this motion. Fianna Fáil's track record in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine since coming to power has been an absolute shambles. When it comes to Fianna Fáil, U-turns, talking out of both sides of the mouth and breaking promises should not really surprise us but its U-turn on the penalty points scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (29 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: 290. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes he plans to introduce to the VRT system to reflect the world harmonised light vehicle test procedure requirements; the safeguards he plans to introduce regarding potential increases to the VRT rate; if the rate will increased as a result of the changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27019/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (29 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: 291. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce changes to the VRT to encourage the purchase of new vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27020/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (29 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: 292. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax incentives he plans to introduce to encourage the purchase of new cars including new electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27021/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: 172. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the supports available to the chauffeur sector in view of the extreme hardship experienced by the sector due to the Covid-19 emergency; the grant aid available to chauffeur services; if a long-term debt relief plan has been considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27024/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (29 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: 406. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocation for the disabled person’s grants in each of the years 2013 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and the amount that each local authority drew down in each of those years from their allocation for the purposes of the grants. [27215/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: 527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available to the chauffeur sector in view of the extreme hardship experienced by the sector due to the Covid-19 emergency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27025/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (29 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: 944. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of each Covid-19 testing centre or testing facility in the State by county. [27103/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions (30 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: 92. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the transfer of the National Symphony Orchestra to the National Concert Hall. [27685/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (30 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: 93. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the representations she has made to the Minister for Social Protection and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the need to return the employment wage subsidy scheme to the previous rate under the temporary wage subsidy scheme for the tourism sector given the long-term effects of the Covid-19 restrictions on...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Capital Programme (30 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: 94. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department gives weighting to clubs applying for sports capital grants in circumstances in which women in sport will directly benefit; if not, her plans to include weighting of this type for clubs and groups applying for the grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27687/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Oct 2020)

Imelda Munster: 3. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to introduce a sector-specific Covid-19 plan for the coming months for the tourism and hospitality sector to provide additional support for businesses in view of the potential for further restrictions during the winter months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27684/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Oct 2020)

Imelda Munster: Does the Minister intend to introduce a sector-specific Covid-19 plan for the coming months for the tourism and hospitality sector to provide additional support for businesses given the potential for further restrictions during the winter months? Will she make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Oct 2020)

Imelda Munster: As the Minister says, she is acutely aware that the tourism and hospitality sectors are among the hardest hit sectors. They are on their knees and they face into a long winter. The Irish Hotels Federation, IHF, has said that the weekly rate of new bookings has plummeted by 67% and it is looking at occupancy rates of 23% for October. It also estimates 100,000 jobs have been lost and a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Oct 2020)

Imelda Munster: Can the Minister honestly say the stay and spend initiative is sufficient for what the sector needs? A whole section of society has been excluded from it and it is only those who can afford to go on a holiday that will benefit from it. A voucher scheme such as that proposed by my party, according to which every adult and every child in the State would have got €200, would been a real...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Television Licence Fee (1 Oct 2020)

Imelda Munster: 5. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the Commission on the Future of Irish Public Service Broadcasting plans to prioritise and expedite the matter of the licence fee; when the commission will report on same; her views on implementing the recommendations of the report regarding the licence fee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28045/20]