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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 602. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that for many childminders reopening will not be feasible or sustainable if they can only provide care to parents that are essential workers; and if she has considered extending financial supports to these childminders. [9868/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 603. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the expenditure of her Department on the overhead payment to childcare providers following the closure of crèches due to Covid-19 in tabular form. [9870/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 604. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if additional funding will be provided to childminders and-or centre-based childcare settings to purchase additional PPE materials. [9871/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 605. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is seeking for childcare providers and staff to be deemed as essential workers in order that they can plan and prepare for the reopening of services on 29 June 2020; if she has raised this issue with her Ministerial colleagues; when she expects childcare workers to be included on the essential workers list; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 606. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for services which normally open for term time once the 12 week wage support scheme ends; the way in which such services will be funded and supported; if staff will instead be placed on jobseeker's allowance or benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9899/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (9 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 607. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for essential workers that do not use a centre-based setting and do not have access to a childminder on 29 June 2020; if such essential workers will be temporarily allowed use a crèche they previously had not used for the course of phase 3 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 608. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the advice she has received from NPHET in relation to social distancing in centre-based settings; if NPHET has suggested that reduced capacity will be a requirement for services to reopen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9901/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has an input into whether drivers over 70 years of age can operate Bus Éireann school contracts on routes which are operated by contractors; his plans to extend the age limit to 75 years of age; if the issue has been raised with his Department to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11238/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is the school that is deemed the employer of a teacher as opposed to his Department; if his Department is deemed the paymaster as opposed to the employer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11622/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 312. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if post mortems have been suspended during the Covid-19 crisis; if so, the date on which post mortems ceased; when they will recommence; if persons can request a post mortem to be carried out on a family member who has been buried; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11147/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (16 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 357. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases of domestic violence that have been reported to An Garda Síochána each month in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11148/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (16 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 358. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources made available by his Department in tackling the increase in cases of domestic violence by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11152/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (16 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 740. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the epidemiological report into the discovery of atypical BSE in a cow in County Tipperary will be finalised; when his attention was drawn to the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10631/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (16 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 741. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when beef exports to China will recommence; the estimated financial loss due to the suspension of exports; the discussions he has had with Chinese officials regarding the suspension of exports; if he has meetings scheduled with Chinese officials about the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10632/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 904. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which the verification processes will be implemented as outlined in the temporary wage subsidy childcare scheme; the estimated amount that will be recouped from same; the reason the guidelines regarding verification were updated; the purpose for which the funds will be used; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 973. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to support those working in the photography and videography industry whose businesses have been wiped out due to Covid-19 restrictions and numerous cancelled events as a result; if she will extend supports to such sectors in view of the fact they will be slow to recover to return to some sense of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (16 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 1008. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of farmers who have been granted the pandemic unemployment payment since it was introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11149/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (23 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the witnesses for their comprehensive presentation earlier on. As I am the last speaker of this session, most questions have been asked already so I am going to expand a little bit. One of my questions relates to fees. Ireland has some of the highest childcare fees in Europe, averaging around €185 per week for a single day care place. Is it fair for providers to return to...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (23 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: If I could just expand on that, what about the parents who might not need the service until next September? Would it be reasonable to have a conversation about them not having to pay the holding fee that would have been part of their pre-Covid contract while the service is getting up and running? I am talking about parents who would not need the service until September. Has that...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed) (23 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: My question concerns the expert advisory group that has been meeting once a week for the past number of weeks. Has a joint decision been made on how to support the parents who will not return to work until September? Is there a blanket recommendation for non-intake of fees for parents who will not need the service? I would like a "Yes" or "No" answer.