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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (20 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance if concerns (details supplied) will be investigated; if there will be greater assistance in areas such as VAT and employer’s PRSI; and if he will meet with an organisation to discuss these issues. [5646/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (20 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding a college course (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6832/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Maternity Leave (20 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to extend the period of allowed unpaid maternity leave to new mothers that are currently off work and are now on leave due to Covid-19. [6129/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 512. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will examine proposals (details supplied); and if consideration will be given to allowing cinemas reopen sooner under the proposals. [5809/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 536. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a company (details supplied) is permitted to open on 18 May 2020. [5639/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 589. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if correspondence (details supplied) will be examined; when smaller tech hubs and co-working hubs in rural Ireland will be permitted to open during the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6119/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (20 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 658. To ask the Minister for Health if the cultivation of a crop (details supplied) falls under the remit of his Department; if so, the plans developed to date relating to the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6118/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (20 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 711. To ask the Minister for Health if the delay in providing Covid-19 test results to frontline staff and residents of Cregg House, County Sligo will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5958/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 723. To ask the Minister for Health if a quarantine will be placed on all visitors from outside Ireland during the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business following on from Covid-19; if so, if this will include the common travel area with the UK in view of the large number of cases there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6109/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (20 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 938. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if hedgerows on agricultural land should be included and counted towards the total reduction targets in climate emissions in view of the fact that they are natural carbon collectors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6469/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (20 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 1007. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an extension of 12 months can be applied to the rule that all taxis which operate under the remit of the Taxi Regulator must not be older than ten years of age in view of the fact the taxi fleet has now been put off the road due to Covid-19 and that taxi drivers have been left without employment until the matter is resolved...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme (20 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 1402. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a person (details supplied) will be paid the cessation payment for their bog in County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5704/20]

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (27 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: I am here.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: Our thoughts are with the families and friends of the more than 1,600 people who have lost their lives due to Covid-19, and indeed all those who have recovered from it. I thank the people of Ireland for the work they have done to help effectively flatten the curve. I wish to bring the thoughts of many of my constituents to the Chamber. The 2 m rule has been mentioned already and I know...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Minister for visiting Sligo University Hospital over a year ago. I look forward to going down with him next time, when we will go in the front door rather than through the emergency department.

Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: It is great to see the Minister of State here today. He spoke about his Leitrim connections. I believe the last time I met him was for breakfast in his adopted family home in Dromahair in north Leitrim. He is very aware of the issues in that county and, indeed, in all the counties throughout the country. I wish to discuss three issues. The first has been raised by other Deputies. Will...

Covid-19 (Communications, Climate Action and Environment): Statements (27 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: Over the past few months, certainly with Covid-19, many people are considering living and working in rural Ireland. Many Members in the Houses use the national broadband plan as a political football and now the same people are calling for greater access across the State. They are demanding more connectivity. The broadband operators are seeing 30% more use in broadband. Politicians in this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Divisional Headquarters (27 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 340. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the provision of the new regional Garda headquarters in County Sligo as set out in the capital plan of his Department; the stage the project is at; when a planning application will be submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7508/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 660. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are grants available from his Department or bodies and agencies under his remit that provide grant funding towards the costs of planting land for forestry, biodiversity and beekeeping (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7527/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (27 May 2020)

Frank Feighan: 786. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if issues (details supplied) regarding driver licences for former USA residents now seeking to obtain full Irish licences will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7526/20]